ENVS10004 Designing Environments
SITE Myeongji Chu 780662 Amani Eljari 757362 Jack Hibbins 834424 Hanna Lepperød 767060
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In 1854, Crown Surveyor Hodgkinson made a decision to extend the boundary of the recently founded University of Melbourne to include a marshy swampland and two good trees. The swamp had strong importance to the indigenous people of the time and was frequently used as a spot for gathering food for the Wurundjeri people. However, in 1861 the swamp was entrenched and transformed into an ornamental lake. As the University developed overtime, space became limited and the decision to fill in the existing lake was made in 1939. Instead a Union Court, also known as the concrete lawn was to be designed and constructed during 1968. The design came about in an effort to deter the acknowledgement of the complexities of the site before it such that of student riots and debates, complexities that involved both indigenous and non-indigenous people. Today, Union Court is used for a variety of purposes such as being a passage way for students, a social area for people to eat lunch, a function area for events such as the noodle night market, and every Wednesday for the farmer’s market. It is an essential open space and gathering point within the university, and will remain that way for years to come.
Historical context overlay: 1936 map onto 2016 map
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