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Fed Square
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
