The following formal submission have been made public
Submitter: Catherine IkinNew Southern Entrance
The responsibility of the NCA is to assess whether the AWM extension is appropriate under the National Capital Plan and whether it is consistent with the Griffin Plan.
The NCA surely knows that the AWM was established as a memorial and not a museum portraying and glorifying war?
As I said in my original submission, the redevelopment is designed to be a museum (however beautifully the architects have designed it!), rather than a memorial, with additional space to display and showcase large military objects and weaponry, in other words, a showroom for weapons manufacturers.
To justify it to the Australian people by allowing sponsorship of weapons manufacturers to reduce the taxpayers contribution is an affront to democracy. As the NCA's responsibility is also to ensure the conservation of the Capital of Canberra as a symbol of Australian national life and values, you must be aware of this.
The Griffins imagined the space as a democratic space, a place of the people, not weapons manufacturers advertising their wares.
The NCA surely knows that the AWM was established as a memorial and not a museum portraying and glorifying war?
As I said in my original submission, the redevelopment is designed to be a museum (however beautifully the architects have designed it!), rather than a memorial, with additional space to display and showcase large military objects and weaponry, in other words, a showroom for weapons manufacturers.
To justify it to the Australian people by allowing sponsorship of weapons manufacturers to reduce the taxpayers contribution is an affront to democracy. As the NCA's responsibility is also to ensure the conservation of the Capital of Canberra as a symbol of Australian national life and values, you must be aware of this.
The Griffins imagined the space as a democratic space, a place of the people, not weapons manufacturers advertising their wares.
Bean Building Extension and Central Energy Plant
as above
Anzac Hall and Glazed Link
as above
I believe that the NCA must come to the conclusion that the AWM expansion is not appropriate under the National Capital Plan, nor is it consistent with the Griffin Plan.
I believe that the NCA must come to the conclusion that the AWM expansion is not appropriate under the National Capital Plan, nor is it consistent with the Griffin Plan.