The following formal submission have been made public
Submitter: The South Hobart Progress Association Inc.Anzac Hall and Glazed Link
The South Hobart Progress Association Inc. (SHPA Inc.) views with much concern the AWM’s development plans, which include the demolition of Anzac Hall. Opened in 2001 at a reported cost of $11.3 million, Anzac Hall has been lauded for its sensitivity to the heritage and cultural context of the War Memorial whilst also providing functional design.
Anzac Hall was designed by Denton Corker Marshall (DCM) and won the Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture and, also, the Canberra Medallion in recognition of its significance to the AWM heritage. Indeed, the importance of Anzac Hall is already acknowledged for its contribution to the precinct. Given time, it is extremely likely that Anzac Hall would obtain a direct heritage listing in its own right.
The current and pending AWM Heritage Management Plan’s recognise the
importance of Anzac Hall to the AWM Campbell precinct and require that Anzac Hall be retained
and conserved.
However, frustratingly and pig-headedly, those responsible for maintaining and preserving the AWM continue to prosecute a Development Project that requires the demolition of Anzac Hall. This is also a patent and profligate waste of public money. At only nineteen (19) years of age, Anzac Hall is considered young
in public building terms.
There is growing concern about this Development Project. It would appear that no approvals have been given
by the National Capital Authority for the demolition of Anzac Hall.
There has been very limited transparency in the decision making-process regarding this Project
and the SHPA (Inc.) sees little evidence that the demolition is required. Why hasn’t there been an
appropriate level of community consultation on options that include the retention of Anzac Hall?
Anzac Hall was designed by Denton Corker Marshall (DCM) and won the Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture and, also, the Canberra Medallion in recognition of its significance to the AWM heritage. Indeed, the importance of Anzac Hall is already acknowledged for its contribution to the precinct. Given time, it is extremely likely that Anzac Hall would obtain a direct heritage listing in its own right.
The current and pending AWM Heritage Management Plan’s recognise the
importance of Anzac Hall to the AWM Campbell precinct and require that Anzac Hall be retained
and conserved.
However, frustratingly and pig-headedly, those responsible for maintaining and preserving the AWM continue to prosecute a Development Project that requires the demolition of Anzac Hall. This is also a patent and profligate waste of public money. At only nineteen (19) years of age, Anzac Hall is considered young
in public building terms.
There is growing concern about this Development Project. It would appear that no approvals have been given
by the National Capital Authority for the demolition of Anzac Hall.
There has been very limited transparency in the decision making-process regarding this Project
and the SHPA (Inc.) sees little evidence that the demolition is required. Why hasn’t there been an
appropriate level of community consultation on options that include the retention of Anzac Hall?