KereKere Kiosk

Our KereKere Kiosk project sat on the land of the Wurundjeri people, who have been the traditional custodians of this area for generations.

KereKere is a coffee vendor and social enterprise: customers choose where the profits go, and it employs young people who face barriers to finding work. After years running an outdoor coffee cart, the founder asked us for a small enclosure to get him and his staff out of the weather, and to give a dull university laneway some presence.

The answer was a timber-clad box about three metres on each side. Its doors swing open into different positions to become awnings and crowd barriers, so the kiosk changes shape through the day. Somewhere between a found object and a piece of industrial design.

It was also designed from the start to be temporary. The kiosk was made to be dismantled and moved on, not built in place to stay. In 2026 it was taken apart and removed rather than demolished. Not every building needs to last forever; some just need to know how to leave.