HOTA Gallery

2022 National Architecture Awards: Public Architecture – Shortlist

HOTA Gallery | ARM Architecture

Traditional Land Owners: The Kombumerri families of the Yugambeh Language Region

HOTA Gallery is third built element of ARM Architecture’s masterplan for the precinct, which transforms a Gold Coast administrative site into a mammoth cultural and landscape precinct along the Nerang River in Surfers Paradise.

At 9,100 m², it’s one of Australia’s largest regional galleries. It opened in May 2021 and houses the City’s permanent collection of contemporary art and cultural artifacts, and hosts international touring collections.
Like the neighbouring HOTA Outdoor Stage, the pedestrian bridge to Chevron Island and the surrounding landscape, the Gallery uses Voronoi geometry. A cellular web was laid over the entire HOTA masterplan as a technique for staging projects, to bring unity, and to give a distinct visual character to the site.

Client perspective:
How does the design benefit the way you live/work/play/operate/educate/other?

Eight years after an international design competition to realise the vision for a heart for cultural, civic and artistic celebration, the City has delivered the most significant investment into arts and culture ever undertaken by a local government authority in Australia. HOTA Gallery is a significant capacity building project for local creative industries. It is a thriving cultural destination, alive with 24-hour activity and a world class artistic and cultural program for residents and visitors to come together to engage with arts and culture.

Practice team:

Daniel Lazarow, Architectural Assistant
Katherine Brown, Interior Designer
Rocio Batlle, Graduate of Architecture
Emilia Meinero, Documentation
Rebecca Li, Documentation
Georgia Eade, Graduate of Architecture
Jenny Watson, Lead Designer
Andrea Wilson, Lead Interior Designer
Aaron Poupard, Project Architect
Howard Raggatt, Design Director
Jesse Judd, Project Director

Builder:

Hansen Yuncken

Construction team:

Rowles Time, Management Programmer
Studio Maat, Wayfinding
Omnii, Fire Engineer
Thylacine, Gallery and Exhibition Consultant
Place Design Group, Town Planner
Electrolight, Lighting Consultant
Aurecon, Hydraulic Consultant
Aurecon, Electrical Consultant
Rider Levett Bucknall, Cost Consultant
McKenzie Group, Building Surveyor
Arup, Civil Consultant
ASK, Acoustic Consultant
WSP, Services Consultant
Arup, Structural Engineer
Cusp, Landscape Consultant