BROOKE STREET PIER
2019
‘Located on Hobart’s waterfront, Brooke Street Pier operates as the departure point for the MONA ROMA ferry, positioning the kiosk within a broader ritual of movement, anticipation and pause.’
The Lark Brook Street Pier kiosk continues an ongoing collaboration between March Studio and Lark Distilling, translating the rituals and material culture of whisky into a compact, transportable form. Conceived as both object and architecture, the kiosk is designed to move, adapting to different contexts while maintaining a strong and recognisable identity.
Located on Hobart’s waterfront, Brooke Street Pier operates as the departure point for the MONA ROMA ferry, positioning the kiosk within a broader ritual of movement, anticipation and pause. Visitors gather at the edge of the Derwent, often with a Tasmanian whisky in hand, waiting for departure. This moment—sipping, watching, waiting—becomes intrinsically tied to the experience of both place and product, grounding the project in a distinctly Tasmanian sensibility.
The project draws directly from the coopered oak barrels used to mature whisky. Referencing the stacked formations found in traditional bond stores, the kiosk is composed as an aggregation of 100-litre and 50-litre barrels, arranged to read as a dense vertical stack. These are decommissioned barrels, retired from use by Lark, carrying with them the patina and memory of the ageing process.
Rather than sitting as a grounded mass, the barrels are held within a tightly resolved steel armature that suspends them in place. The structure is deliberately minimised, allowing the barrels to appear as though they are hovering—a familiar form made unexpectedly light.
The stacked barrels create a porous boundary, allowing glimpses through the structure while establishing a clear perimeter. Openings are carved within the assembly to accommodate service, tasting and transaction, with surfaces emerging from within rather than being applied to it. The result is a structure that feels both solid and permeable, robust yet finely tuned to its use.
Internally, the kiosk operates as a highly efficient working environment, supporting tasting, sales and storage within a minimal footprint. Externally, it reads as both recognisable and reinterpreted—an architectural expression of the bond store condition, compressed and made mobile.
Small in scale but deliberate in its construction, the project reflects a broader interest in reuse, adaptability and the translation of process into form. It is less a pavilion than a distillation of Lark itself, compressed into a portable architecture.
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BAR
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COMPLETE
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MUWININA | HOBART | TASMANIA
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BUILDER | SKINNY
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ADAM GIBSON