Urban Coffee Farm utilised a central part of the city to temporarily showcase city activation through ‘meanwhile’ use with a story that linked visitors with local suppliers and producers.

Urban Coffee Farm transplants the world’s exotic and elusive coffee-growing origins to Melbourne’s CBD, generating a new temporary landscape for the visitor to explore.

A sequence of educational components is integrated into the design and illuminate the process of harvesting and preparing the coffee cherries for export. Finally, and perhaps most importantly in our caffeinated city, the visitor can sample freshly and expertly brewed coffee in the Tasting Cafe, hidden within the hill.