The Final Battle - Anzac Hall by Denton Corker Marshall
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 พ.ค. 2021
- Kevin Hui and Andrew Maynard made the trip to Canberra, Australia to add to the fight for the survival of 20 year old award winning Anzac Hall by Denton Corker Marshall. Potentially the last goodbye to this elegant and poetic piece of architecture at a difficult time when our Federal Government thinks that spending half a billion Australian dollars during a pandemic on demolishing this building and upgrading a war memorial is a good idea.
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Haven't had the argument for keeping Anzac Hall put so convincingly or succinctly in all I've read. HALF A BILLION. WTF.
Fun fact: in the early Canberra plans the war memorial site was flagged as a casino.
Yes, but 'casino' took on different meaning throughout the 20th Century. A casino was a social hub for citizens, not what casino means now.
Also, see the proposed in the video link in description.
@@Archimarathon sure, I still find the contrast amusing. I imagine a casino would have been a vibrant gathering place in comparison to the (rightly) sombre war memorial.
And yes, couldn't agree more that there's plenty of space to expand the exhibition and storage areas without demolishing such a young and poetic building!
@@Archimarathon oh God that music was cheesy. And the sound effects at the beginning could be rather triggering for veterans with PTSD who I imagine would keep an eye on this development. Finally, that comments have been turned off on TH-cam is troubling... actually, one more thing: the proposal is very British Museum.
Yes, except can you imagine frying under the Canberra sun under that glass roof. I am sweating just looking at it.
This episode was an absolute Corker
Ahh - I see what you did there….
Great video about an amazing building!!! I totally agree with you guys, there would be a great lost to demolish it. I love the way architecture can be so meaningful and with just simple resources can not only be just a place to storage old war stuff but a place to mourn and remember. There are lots of additions all over the world that made even better the original building. It would be an amazing challenge to redesign the whole site, keeping the memorial instead of wiping it out
The proposed scheme video in the description
Also. I have added English subtitles. I wonder if it will translate now to Spanish correctly
@@Archimarathon I just realized that I was reading in portuguese! Great job!
I'm from Canberra and this has been a contriversial issue over the past year. The project recieved a record number of submissions against it, however it is still going ahead. The NCA (National Capital Authority) are responsible for ensuring all designs meet criteria in the National Capital Plan on NCA managed land (Northbourne Ave, National Triangle, Lake Burley Griffin etc.) and therefore ACT Government have no say. If the ACT Government had to approve it (our council and state/territory governments are combined, we don't actually have a council), it probably wouldn't have passed. I dont think the NCA is fulfilling one of their key principles which is to fulfill, "The development of a city which both respects environmental values and reflects national concerns with the sustainability of Australia’s urban areas".
Just got the news today that NCA have approved it for demolition.
Big brother is watching y'all.
Yes. Always.
Gosh Australian Government making great decisions with money as always. Maybe they could use that to get all the Aussies home who are stuck overseas.
Back to the main point such a beautiful poetic building that used to sit in the Tussocks.
“It’s for the greater good”
@@Archimarathon it always is, isn't it. 😉
Thanks for the tour of this subtle and appropriate building I never got to see. I'm outraged at the $500M on this. Especially when the same ilk of Govt sold our northern security in the form of the Port of Darwin to the chinese for that amount, equivalent to 2600 social housing units!
Yes it's an unsung hero for the public consciousness. One of my favourite things in Canberra.
Hell yeah I have stood under the shade of this magnificent building, and makes a legit comment. Monsters.
Treasure that memory. Hopefully you don’t have to
Tanks for this video 😉
Tanks for watching 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
#dadjoke
I bet this video will have a big contribution in saving this building. Good job!
I hope so!
tank you for making this video!
Tanks for watching
I really can't think of any other war memorial that integrates a military museum into it. If you look at the Tank Museum at Bovington or the Udvar-Hazy annex or the Canadian War Museum, they're all big sheds separate from the war memorial. They have programming you can't really do in a space like a war memorial; Big workshops, tracks for running vehicles, live demonstrations. The knife wall and the minimalist structure of Anzac Hall are a nice solution to a weird brief.
Interesting. I have never thought of that. I can’t think of any.
@@Archimarathon If you're integrating some of that programming into a big atriumed war memorial expansion, I can see why the cost is so immense.
Have a look at the proposed design also, especially the new Anzac Hall part. Also, is this the right time to spend $500million amid COVID?
@@Archimarathon Oh, it's obscene to be spending that money on a war memorial expansion. It's like some meta version of Eisenhower's arms race speech. "The cost of one modern war memorial is this: a modern brick school in 30 cities". I meant that they trying to reinvent the wheel when it comes to storing planes and tractors and that is going to cost a ton of money.
Hey! What a great idea to add Uk English subtitles! And also there´s the possibility to get the translation to lots of languages. I love that!
Thanks. TH-cam made it easier to add subtitles. Still a lot of work but if it helps many others I’ll consider adding them slowly to past videos. Andrew talks so fast I have to listen and listen and listen and to cut the sentences up to fit
@@Archimarathon I reckon it´s a hard job. But I guess it´s helpful also for English speakers too, not to mention that not English speakers now have the chance to enjoy your videos.
Actually just check the auto generated. It’s not that far off
So not sure if it’s worth all that effort
@@Archimarathon Fair enough. I think that sometimes automatic subs generate ok and so do the automatic translation. Sometimes it doesn´t that accurate
Excellent video and project. Very elegant and a great response to the site and brief
Tanks Roman. Have you checked the video of what is proposed?
@@Archimarathon I haven't besides the clips in this video. Kind of looks like a wannabe British museum by Norman Foster.
Link in the description
Hopefully your suggestion for affordable housing would be realized in the future!
You are assuming politicians have common sense
Roll that intro baby
Awesome video! Thanks for making the uninformed informed like myself!
Uniformed?
@@Archimarathon whoops uninformed I meant, clearly reflecting that in my grammar haha
I thought uniformed as in you were/are also in the military
Thant's a shame! It's a keeper :)
Yes it's been approved for demolition
If there is indeed a political ulterior motive involved in literally vanishing this jewel of a building [which is very likely that there is a political motive], in certain political parties and their ideologies there's an eagerness to get rid of anything that would be reminiscent of the previous administration and its "accomplishments", an eagerness to vanish the memory, specially if said previous admin. doesn't aligned or represents what the current administration stands for, happens a lot in dictatorships like regimes. It's absurd! There's also high levels of corruption and money laundering involved.
Oh! By the way #DadJokes are getting more and more memorable...every time!
Tankyou very much for the great video, couldn't agree more half a billion is super wasteful, the wing is amazing but the guards saying we NEED more space.... I hear a robot beep boop beep boop.
For the greater good
@@Archimarathon what bullshit man, like you said they have heaps of space and that glass roof.... doesn't sound very efficient
Fry in that Canberra sun
Half a billion could not only go towards affordable housing but to help those veterans who are screwed physically and mentally by ‘serving their country’. Unfortunately if it only has the NCA to go through for approval it’s a Commonwealth entity (not the ACT Government) so they aren’t going to sway away from the Government’s position, although it will take an age to be approved.
Last goodbye then? Anything to sway public opinion, even if it is to show how ridiculous this Federal Government is
I agree what you mean Andrew about needing housing etc instead of spending half a billion on the new extension- but domestic violence is another subject altogether. I’m not sure money can appease those stats I’m afraid.
I've been fuming over this decision since I read about it. I had no idea what this award winning building looked like, but from the outset I knew this was the typical LNP world view where they know the cost of everything but the value of nothing.
Now that I can actually see this extremely subtle piece of architecture I feel even worse. What is the point in Australia of even awarding excellence for anything if we basically cancel the award by removing all memory of the building or art work or service to our society ?
Ok, let's just completely demolish the WHOLE National War Memorial. Let's build a completely new enormous structure to commemorate every aspect of every conflict Australia has ever been involved in. Every military folly every hard won battle for peace in our time. Yes wrap ourselves in the Australian flag by building a new memorial that will last a thousand years.
Stupid politics
Did they knock it down ?
No building ever houses everything. To argue that it's not big enough is so short-sighted and dumb. I love the Anzac hall because it represents so much to so many people. They should not be doing what they are doing and I am so disappointed.
I don’t want to be negative but have a look at the one Anzac Hall vs what is already here.
Well said… half a billion.. what a joke.
Sadly it’s just been approved for demolition
WHY NOT RE PURPOSE IT
SILLY -
MUSEUMS - MOST THINGS ARE ONLINE ANYWAY
more landscaping and gardens that are in a desert style and rockery and across the road where tourists can picnic - Arizona style - palm springs
basically better to spend money on landscaping in the area for a dry climate and in long run save money
its like pully down a banksy
I remember going to DCM Sydney office as a young student wanting a job there
I don't mind the original Egyptian temple style not euro - more ROMAN - PERSIAN
Very sad to see DCM building go. Wonderful poetic work replaced by a piece of crap. Thankyou
:(
You guys are bad for 'business' deals - you must stop trying to save notable fine working examples of architecture that get in the way of the 'common good'. Side note - not far from me a landlord left a building to weather & fall into disrepair to improve it's chances of being demolished/redeveloped.