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INTERNATIONAL & INTERSTELLAR SQUARES PLAN scale 1.500 Final LEGEND
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1. Gallery [from Fed Square] 2. Arts Square [entrance] 3. Hotel 4. Cafe/Restaurant 5. Hostel 6. Bar 7. America Square [market] 8. Africa Square [market] 9. Europe Square [market] 10. Asia Square [market] 11. Oceania Square [market] 12. Amusement Park 13. Constellation Playground 14. Astronomy School 15. Gallery 16. Planetarium
The inspiration for the project came from the surroundings consideration that includes Federation Square and the new project for Flinders St Station. This relation allowed the partition of the site in two different themes: an International Square that represents the Multiculturalism hugely present in Melbourne and an Interstellar Square which includes a planetarium and a thematic amusement park. The organic circulation was inspired by the Olympic symbol (5 continents) and by the galaxies and the universe.
Despite the relation between the neighbour sites, the site visit to Federation Square during a Festival inspired me about what the new square needs: a new space that is big enough to arrange a big Culture Festival, but that could be used for another purpose in other days, like a market that sells products from all the continents. Moreover, the project aims to be used during different times of the day and night, giving life to the city through a night market, a planetarium and a hotel, for instance.
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