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Combination of Anzac Hall and Glazed Link

 As the design of Anzac Hall and the Glazed Link were to be an integrated solution, it was considered appropriate that they were joined for the purposes of the design process.

     New Anzac Hall/Glazed Link and New Southern Entrance Design Competition Process

 The Memorial considered that the appropriate approach for the second entrance and the additional gallery space was to undertake two design competitions for these elements. The competition jury (both projects) included three eminent architects and two Memorial staff. The chair of the jury was Professor Daryl Le Grew AO, former Vice Chancellor of the University of Tasmania and included Professor Richard Marshall, formerly a Harvard University professor, now a Director at Wills Perkins, a major US architectural practice. The competition jury was supported by a heritage conservation architect, the Project's design manager, a probity lawyer and a quantity surveyor who each provided specialist advice on key performance outcomes of each of the competition entries.

     Competition Assessment Criteria

 The assessment criteria issued to the competitors and the competition jury were:

      * Innovation;

      * Integration;

      * Connectivity and Circulation;

      * Heritage;

      * Capacity and Sensitivity;

      * Sustainability and Climatic Response;

      * Respectful and Dignified Visual Impact;

      * Integration into the Main Building; and

      * Functional Outcomes.

  Selected Design–New Anzac Hall and Glazed Link

 There were three entries that proposed the replacement of the existing Anzac Hall and one that proposed a solution that retained Anzac Hall through proposing extensions to either side of the existing building.

 Whilst only the latter responded directly to the heritage values of Anzac Hall and specific conservation policies on the treatment of Anzac Hall in the 2011 Heritage Management Plan, each entry took clear account of the Memorial's broader heritage imperatives and the heritage management principles laid out in the Heritage Management Plan as required by the tender process and met or exceeded minimum requirements relating to this assessment criteria.

 The competition entry from Cox Architecture was one of the three that replaced Anzac Hall and was judged as the winning design as it was considered to have strongly met all of the assessment criteria. The winning design as further developed through to concept design is included in Figure 2.27.

   Figure 2.27 New Anzac Hall and Glazed Link render (Source: Cox Architecture).

   The competition jury statement on the winning design is as follows:

      This scheme was found by the jury to have a strong overall design approach that met both the functional brief as well as the aesthetic requirements. The jury was impressed by the way the design places the new spaces as well as the Main Building within a broader campus/precinct with a distinct identity and purpose