XXCQ Cafe (20 Customhouse Quay) by Heelee Architecture

ArchiPro Project Summary - XXCQ Cafe, a sophisticated café pod designed by Heelee Studio, seamlessly integrates into the lobby of New Zealand’s most seismic-resistant tall building, featuring elegant aluminium cladding and stained oak finishes for a refined aesthetic.

Title:: XXCQ Cafe (20 Customhouse Quay)
Architectural Designer:: Heelee Architecture
Category:: Commercial/; Hospitality

Located inside New Zealand’s most seismic-resistant tall building, XXCQ cafe sit prestigiously inside the ground lobby space of the landmark Wellington building. Architecture within architecture, Heelee Studio was tasked to design the entire cafe pod structure as well as the final coordination of the project.

To complement the elegance of the lobby space, the cafe uses specifically manufactured aluminium fin cladding for the outer shell as well as stained oak veneer finish on the inside. One of the features of the cafe is the integrated menu-board on to the oak veneer wall panels. The integrated menu-board system becomes part of the pod architecture and achieves both the functional aspect of the café operations as well as giving an elegant finish to the café aesthetics.

For the front counter design, white soft-touch HPL panels were used on the sides to contrast with the black aluminium finish of the pod outer shell and a thin plate of stainless-steel benchtop was used to reinforce the signature stainless-steel look of “The Lab Food and Beverages” brand.

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Located inside New Zealand’s most seismic-resistant tall building, XXCQ cafe sit prestigiously inside the ground lobby space of the landmark Wellington building.

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Heelee ArchitectureArchitectural Designers

Heelee Architecture

Architectural Designers

Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt, Wellington

Heelee Architecture. Heelee Architecture is a multi-disciplinary architecture and design studio based in Wellington with projects all around NZ. At Heelee Architecture, we pride ourselves in creating exceptional projects by looking at every aspect of the design process and project life cycle. Whether it is using digital media for project branding or using the latest VR technologies to explore architectural projects, we use a holistic design approach to create high-quality and well-executed projects.Another important aspect of our identity is people. At Heelee Architecture, we love working with people, and there is no greater joy to see a client with a successful project outcome. Their project is our project.