MOSO Bamboo Decking at the V&A Waterfront

At the V&A Waterfront, one of Africa’s most prestigious and high-traffic mixed-use precincts, MOSO® Bamboo X-treme Decking was specified and installed several years ago. As composite and hardwood decking previously installed across the precinct has reached the end of its lifespan, it is being replaced. Not with something new. With MOSO® Bamboo.

That is not a sales claim. That is a track record.

We want to take a moment to recognise the exceptional architectural work behind two standout projects at the V&A Waterfront where MOSO® Bamboo has been specified.

Congratulations to KMH Architects on the Lux Wing, a refined addition to one of Africa’s most iconic retail and hospitality destinations. And to Revel Fox and Partners on the Helicopter Walkways alongside the V&A heliport, a project that demanded both precision and material integrity in one of Cape Town’s most visible waterfront settings. It is a privilege to see MOSO® Bamboo as part of work of this calibre.

For architects and developers working at the upper end of the market, material selection is reputation. What is specified today will be walked on, touched, photographed and scrutinised for decades. It needs to perform as beautifully as it looks in the render.

Genuine MOSO® Bamboo. Nothing else comes close.

MOSO Bamboo is a natural, bio-based product with zero plastic content. MOSO® X-treme is solid thermally modified bamboo, with no composite fillers, no off-gassing and no microplastic shedding. It arrives on site looking like a premium material because it is one, and it stays that way years, even decades, later.

Dimensionally stable in ways hardwood simply cannot match, MOSO® X-treme exhibits negligible movement, including cupping, bending and warping. What is specified is precisely what clients experience at handover, and precisely what their guests experience ten years on.

Extend the material language from deck to structure with MOSO® Bamboo Cladding & Beams. The same quality certification. Class B fire rating (EN 13501-1). FSC certification available on request. Contributing towards BREEAM, LEED and Green Star ratings. One considered material. One cohesive specification.