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Fed Square, Melbourne

Date

2018 – 2022

Location

Melbourne

Awards

Australian Institute of Architects – Victorian Chapter – Bates Smart Award for Architecture in Media (Advocacy Award) + ArchiTeam Cooperative – Sustainability Medal

Project type

Strategy, Advice, Planning, Placemaking

Founding Director of Heritage Workshop, Dr James Lesh has been instrumental to the conservation of Federation Square in Melbourne. It is the first twenty-first century heritage place heritage listed in Victoria. He provided heritage rationale and historical research to the state heritage listing and the Conservation Management Plan. He also collaborated with the wider community for the protection of the place as a public gathering place – as co-founder of Citizens for Melbourne and the Our City Our Square campaign.

Key Outputs included:
* Historical Community Response to Federation Square – Conservation Management Plan – with Lovell Chen
* Nomination to Victorian Heritage Register – with Victorian National Trust
* Community Campaign Coordination – with Citizens for Melbourne

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