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usable as waiting areas prior to an event or opening times and offered visitors a commemorative or artistic experience to occupy them whilst also providing shade and shelter from the weather.

    The distinction between east and west arrival sequences also received praise from the jurors with each plaza offering a unique experience and enhancing the value of multiple visits to the site. The use of landscape and built architecture to draw visitors into these plazas naturally whilst not obscuring or limiting access to the original entrance was also noted.

  2.5.5  The Replacement of Anzac Hall Precinct Spatial Solution
 The exercise to determine the most appropriate precinct spatial solution through the Detailed Business Case process thoroughly evaluated the options for additional gallery space that could be connected to the Main Building whilst having minimal impact on the Parliament House Vista. The only solution that would maintain the strong relationship with the Commemorative Area and provide the space to tell the stories of modern conflicts was to the immediate north of the Main Building, allowing sufficient stand- off to view the Main Building in-the-round. In essence, the reason that the additional gallery space

   needs to be constructed on the site of the existing Anzac Hall is the same reason the decision was made to locate the existing Anzac Hall at that location when it was first constructed. It is the only above ground area in close proximity to the Main Building that does not interrupt the Parliament House Vista.

    Why the retention solution was not selected

   The Design Competition guidelines for Anzac Hall and the Glazed Link, detailed by the Memorial, offered the opportunity to the shortlisted architectural firms to develop a design that retained Anzac Hall, and indeed one competitor, a highly regarded architectural practice, did propose a solution that retained Anzac Hall. Extensive analysis of the design revealed that this option did not meet the brief, specifically in relation to the display and relocation of Large Technology Objects to provide the Memorial flexibility to renew galleries for the future.

   With the current Anzac Hall there is considerable difficulty relocating medium and large sized objects. The solution proposed in the Design Competition entry that retained the current Anzac Hall involved enclosing the only door to Anzac Hall and using alternative approaches through a series of relatively small spaces. A key design objective was for flexibility well into the future.

   Whilst the existing Anzac Hall is listed in the heritage values, the design did not include a strategy for how the Memorial could be expanded when required, as it was a highly bespoke building that limited any opportunity to be functionally extended. Anzac Hall is likely to have a life of 80-100