Cocobei, Docklands VIC

Cocobei aims to be a new destination café for the NewQuay Central precinct, proffering not only a designer sit down food experience but also offer a quick takeaway offering to the influx of city workers waiting for trams into the CBD. With a blank canvas double height shell of concrete and steel, and a highly geometric residential building above, DKO set out to soften the space with warm timber and soft curves. The expansive footprint was broken up into distinct dining zones offering clientele separate experiences for communal and individual dining, private dining, bar seating and voyeuristic counter spaces offering views of the passing parade. Engaging passing foot traffic was particularly important, so DKO converted one of the door ways into a pass-through window serving takeaway coffee to those awaiting trams and displaying the day’s patisserie treats. YEAR 2018 STATUS Complete CLIENT Loyal Venture Property LOCATION Docklands, AUS SCALE 200m2 DISCIPLINE Interior Design EXPERTISE Interior Design Photographer: Sharyn Cairns