The café came about as part of Central Coast Council’s redevelopment of the Ettalong Beach foreshore, which included a new sandstone seawall, playgrounds, cycleway, and public beach facilities. The initial project brief was for a simple kiosk, boatshed and public amenities, however, through analysing the site and understanding the opportunities it presented, the brief evolved into a café/restaurant.
- Client: Central Coast Council (former Gosford City Council)
- Size: 230m2
- Completion: 2014
- Client: Central Coast Council (former Gosford City Council)
- Size: 230m2
- Completion: 2014
Opportunities for relaxation and retreat are created through the incorporation of new seating and shade structures against a playful mural backdrop.
The project includes two separate seating pavilions with a gridded patchwork of coloured ‘leaves’ to filter light and shade to the seating and ‘grassed’ areas below. The artwork to the mural provides visual inspiration and references learning and the crystalisation of new ideas through colourful geometric graphics. The new structures have been designed to retain the existing spirit of the library roof top courtyard, providing a variety of sunny and shaded seating areas to the external space. A vertical games wall and lighting pelmet on the southern wall of the courtyard completes the project and provides for a playful change of personality between day and night.