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JOOST

A GREEnHOUSE.
SUSTAINABLE
CAF IN PERTH.

Caf culture has become synonymous with sustainability across the country. Just
take Kitchen by Mike, the Grounds and Cornersmith in Sydney for starters. Joost
Bakker one of the earliest proponents of this movement continues to send his
sustainability message through his green building project Greenhouse.
Every feature of the Greeenhouse is carefully considered and furniture is crafted
and recycled from old materials.

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Started in 2008 as an installation project in Federation Square in Melbourne it is

now permanently located in the business district of Perth on St Georges Terrace.
The design includes a rooftop garden with irrigation system and LED grow-lighting,
worm farm and composting. Lucky Perth! What better way to send the sustainability
message than through our love of coffee.
Still sporting many of the original features since we saw it visit Sydney in 2011,
the Greenhouse in Perth grows its own produce, makes its own honey, bread and
hosts a range of sustainable building features making it environmentally friendly and
generally a model for sustainable building practices and reducing your ecological
footprint.

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Constructed entirely from recycled materials with special attention given to their
future disposal and recyclability one of the most distinguishing characteristics is
the faade. Terracotta potted plants not only adorn the front of the building but also
provide much needed produce for the caf.
The idea of an urban garden in the middle of the central business district immediately
grabs the early morning coffee seeker. While in Perth I certainly chose this caf over
and above any other. Filled with intrigue and attracted by the strawberry wall I was
met with a curious array of interior features after I broached the straw bale filled
walls surrounding the threshold. Of course the staw is encased in the walls and not
visible and insulates the building to maintain the constant internal temperature all
year round and just as well Perth can get mighty hot!
Artist, florist, architect, educator, designer, constructor and more in this ABC
interview with Greg Hoy for the 7.30 report (in AR), you will learn there is so much
more to the man behind the Greenhouse Joost Bakker.