Elizabeth Quay Gelato Kiosk

Whadjuk Noongar

Date

2016

Collaborators

Artist: Pamela Gaunt

Selected Awards

2017 Commercial Category Award Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) WA Chapter Awards.

2017 Shortlisted World Architecture News (WAN) Awards, Small Spaces Category.

2017 Shortlisted World Architecture Festival (WAF), Shopping- Completed Buildings Category.

2017 Shortlisted World Architecture Festival (WAF), Best use of Colour Prize- Completed Buildings Category.

The Elizabeth Quay gelato kiosk sits as part of the existing EQ family, a glowing gem; small in footprint and large in presence. A day/night transformation combined with the flexibility to respond to changing weather patterns ensures continual surprise and delight. Reflective during the day and colour emitting at night this chameleon like existence reflects the surrounding context during the day and becomes a small beacon of colour and joy at night.

Our little object floats on the Ashton Raggat MacDougall Elizabeth Quay ‘ripple-wave pattern’ forming part of a unified EQ theme welcoming the city in the EQ north east corner. It acknowledges the role of EQ as a landing and entry point in to the city of Perth and expands the conversation to include precious and unique West Australian objects.
Internally the colour, texture and patterning creates a Kaleidoscopic effect consuming the occupants and encouraging one to look up.

Inspired by the unique gems of Western Australia and the Gelato Ice-cream, colours were developed to create a synergy of product and purchaser. One eats and inhabits what one is eating simultaneously.