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Edgar wrote:Put up a few huge screens and maybe it'll work better than huge empty lawn space. Maintenance would be significantly higher in order to keep the lawn green and trees healthy, coupled with water restrictions is not beneficial at all.

Cruise wrote:Concrete lawn, all problems solved

Zender wrote:this is a complete f@rkn joke. they had a state-wide competition and this is what they can come up with! a $40m landscaping. The only way to have a completely open and 'traffic free' park is to tunnel Grote street. I hope the Hilton takes em to town if this goes ahead.
And if u want people there, build a frikin tower or something half amusing.

Will wrote:I actually remember going into the Sir Samuel Way building back when we were learning about the legal system of Australia in primary school. The building is actually quite elegant insde. The grand staircase is still in place, but furthermore the central dome is superb. A Queen Victoria Building style shopping centre would work marvellously inside. The state government should seriously think abut selling the building to a developer with the intention of turning it into a shopping complex, with basement foodcourt. This would seriously attract people to Victoria Square!

AG wrote:I suppose if a decision is made to rebuild the Supreme Courts - which are very old and rundown - they could build a large facility to accomodate all of the courts into the one facility and then convert the Sir Samuel Way Building with a connection at the back into the Central Market area.

Council aims to begin Victoria Square revamp in 2010

Released: 01 Apr 2008

The Adelaide City Council will immediately begin planning for a major redevelopment of Victoria Square/Tarndanyangga, with the aim of having construction work begin in 2010.


Last night’s meeting of Council agreed to a timeline to redevelop the Square, commencing with the $20,000 Community Ideas Competition to be conducted from next month to June.


At the same time, Council will host a series of workshops with key stakeholders including the State Government to seek input towards the project’s objectives, scope and possible cost.


Lord Mayor Michael Harbison says a successful redevelopment of Victoria Square needs a structured project management approach.


“The redevelopment of Victoria Square/Tarndanyangga as a world class civic space in the centre of the City has been a topic of discussion in our State for many years, and the new Adelaide City Council is keen to turn the talk into action,” he says.


“To ensure that any redevelopment of the Square is of the highest quality and standard, we need to start work now on putting the right project management structure in place.”


“It’s also essential that partnerships with the State and Federal Governments are forged as soon as possible so there can be clear objectives in terms of the cost of the project and the resources available to successfully complete it.”


“The timeline agreed by Council gives all stakeholders – including the City and broader South Australian communities – ample opportunity to have their say,” says the Lord Mayor.


The timeline would see consultants engaged after the Community Ideas Competition to begin concept designs and a Master Plan for the project, with that work – based on the ideas generated by the competition - to be completed by March 2009.


Consultation on the proposed designs would then begin, with detailed designs to be ready by March 2010. It’s then envisaged that the project would go to tender in April 2010, with construction to begin in July 2010.