The square from inside out: Federation Square, Melbourne de Jong, Ursula 2004, The square from inside out: Federation Square, Melbourne, in LIMITS: proceedings from the 21st Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, Society of Architectural Historians Australia & New Zealand, Melbourne, Vic., pp. 127-132. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The square from inside out: Federation Square, Melbourne Author(s) de Jong, Ursula Conference name Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand. Conference (21st : 2004 : Melbourne, Vic.) Conference location Melbourne, Australia Conference dates 26-29 September 2004 Title of proceedings LIMITS: proceedings from the 21st Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand Editor(s) Edquist, Harriet Frichot, Helen Publication date 2004 Conference series Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand Conference Start page 127 End page 132 Publisher Society of Architectural Historians Australia & New Zealand Place of publication Melbourne, Vic. Summary This XXlst Annual Conference of SAHANZ offers a timely opportunity for celebrating and critically reflecting on Federation Square, Melbourne - a project that continually crosses the line between the purely experimental and the built form (A Benjamin, 2003) and offers an opportunity to identify and investigate the different, often competing, limits within the discipline of architecture. Here in this project, considered by the city of Melbourne to point to its future aspirations; and by the RAIA as demonstrating 'the strength of design and the leap into the unknown which is where good design always comes from' (I McDougall, 2003), different approaches to the possibilities of 'limit' as a contemporary concern can be fruitfully explored. Architectural masterpieces are daringly imaginative and each in their own way challenges architects, engineers, builders and technologists - those who are to realise the dream - and makes administrators, politicians and governments put their credibility on the line. So how does Federation Square contribute to contemporary architectural debate, specifically to Melbourne architecture? How has it dealt with thresholds? Where has It approached, crossed and/or exceeded boundaries? This paper will deal with design aesthetics in the realisation of the Lab architects 'vision' in the context of historical, urban and political realities. Analysis will provide insights into the limitations imposed upon this architectural project and the limitations it now, in turn, imposes on the city. Two aspects will be dealt with: understanding Lab's overall vision, and juxtaposing the vision with the reality of Federation Square. The author's interview with Don Bates, principal Lab architecture studio, forms the frame argument about Federation Square in this paper. ISBN 0646440624 Language eng Field of Research 120101 Architectural Design Socio Economic Objective 970112 Expanding Knowledge in Built Environment and Design HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed Copyright notice ©2004, Society of Architectural Historians Australia & New Zealand Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30005509 Document type: Conference Paper Collection: School of Architecture and Built Environment   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 17 Feb 2009, 10:52:26 EST Fri, 08 May 2009, 08:55:50 EST Mon, 10 May 2010, 13:59:56 EST Mon, 10 May 2010, 14:02:03 EST Mon, 24 May 2010, 12:05:11 EST Mon, 24 May 2010, 12:06:05 EST Mon, 03 Jun 2013, 16:21:50 EST Tue, 11 Jun 2013, 15:34:17 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 795 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 09:50:37 EST

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