VICTORIAN NEWS ‘Our heritage... yesterday, today and tomorrow’ February 2011 In 2011… Green is the new black P3 MANNEQUIN P5 CONSERVING OUR waY TO SUStaINABILITY P12 BRANCH WRAP-UP Events in Brief: February 2011 to June 2011 (see pages 13 -18) National Trust of Australia (Vic) Tasma Terrace, 4 Parliament Place, East Melbourne, Victoria 3002 Telephone: (03) 9656 9800 Facsimile: (03) 9650 5397 Email: [email protected] www.nattrust.com.au Message from the Chairman The 2010 Annual General Meeting held on Saturday 20 November, 2010 was attended by 80 members, Board members and staff at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) overlooking places. In November 2010 the Queensland in 2011 utilising Trust building stock to the Polly Woodside. Heritage Council coordinated a national help develop new tools for assessment of forum to explore the issues surrounding Green Star ratings for heritage buildings. the conservation of commercial heritage With these initiatives, 2011 looks certain to MCEC kindly offered a room free of charge buildings and sustainability. The entire keep the Trust at the forefront of strategic and our members were treated to state of conference proceedings and case studies heritage issues. the art facilities in the only 6 Star Green Star can be viewed on YouTube. environmentally rated convention centre in Finally, in 2010 we presented, for the first the world. In Victoria we are fortunate to have world time, a membership stand at the Melbourne class expertise in this field available to International Flower & Garden Show I am thrilled to announce that in October heritage place managers and owners, and (MIFGS), and we will be there again in 2011 2011 we will be returning to MCEC for the we have invited Jeff Robinson, Principal launching an iphone ‘application’ based on National Trusts of Australia and ICOMOS’ (In- Sustainable Buildings Engineer at Aurecon our Significant Tree Register. The linking of ternational Council on Monuments and Sites) to give an overview in this edition of some new technologies to our vast collection of inaugural national conference. The Trust’s role of the recent commercial projects at Aurecon heritage data has been made possible by in the conference has been made possible by funding from Heritage Victoria. Commonwealth funding, and I am grateful The redevelopment of Goods Shed No.2 for their support in this exciting venture. North in Docklands is an example of I look forward to seeing you at MIFGS sustainable reuse of a commercial building, 30 March-3 April for this exciting new Our partnership with ICOMOS is an example and this remarkable project by VicUrban is development. of the strategic links that are crucial for us in perhaps the most exciting heritage projects developing the broadest level of community of its kind ever undertaken in Victoria. It and professional engagement and we will be demonstrates that governments can lead by developing these further in 2011. example with their building stock. Anchor Dr Graeme L. Blackman OAM In this issue we look at the ‘greening’ tenants include the Building Commission Chairman and sustainability issues of heritage and we look forward to working with them The National Trust of Australia (Vic) at Como House & Garden. This major Message from sponsored exhibition forms part of The the CEO L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival (LMFF). The exhibition focuses on Melbourne models A focus of this issue is the from the 1950s and 1960s, and includes increasing range of activities numerous unseen dresses and beautiful photographs from private collections. members can take part in and Also in this issue is a focus on sustainability enjoy at the Victorian Trust. and buildings, including the reuse and THE TRUst CLassifieD BELLS BeacH IN 2000 upgrade of heritage structures. The Trust has Our upcoming Heritage Festival beginning been engaged with the Victorian Building Commission and others as we seek to in April entitled ‘From Steam to Surf’, forms Trust. Three theatrical performances since promote the viable re-use of heritage part of a national focus on International the New Year included the reintroduction buildings as a green and sustainable Day for Monuments and Sites (18 April) of live performance at Polly Woodside alternative to outright demolition. supported by Federal Government. The event with Peter Pan, and Alice in Wonderland includes many separate activities across at Rippon Lea House & Gardens. A more I hope you enjoy this quarterly issue of Victoria. mature audience is anticipated for Lady Victorian News and are inspired to use We are indebted to all those organisations Chatterley’s Lover at Rippon Lea from 1 your membership and get out and enjoy who are taking part, and to our Branches for March, 2011. our heritage. their considerable efforts. We hope members I hope members will welcome more live will enjoy this growing festival and support performances at Trust properties in 2011. some of the many different events that are Also taking place at Rippon Lea is our listed in this magazine. Easter family event, sponsored this year with Martin Purslow This issue of Victorian News highlights a 5000 Easter eggs available for children! CEO wide range of events and exhibitions at the March will also see the launch of Mannequin The National Trust of Australia (Vic) GOODS SHED NortH. PHoto CREDIT: JANUSZ MOLINSKI 2 VICTORIAN NEWS MannequinFashion modelling in the 1950s and 1960s Mannequin is the third in a Mannequin is about a generation of popular and critically acclaimed professional models, such as Janice Wakely and Diane Masters who were photographed series of fashion exhibitions by the leading image makers of the time - staged by the Trust at Como Helmut Newton and Athol Shmith. These collaborations gave Melbourne fashion its House & Garden (part of the own distinctive and influential style. L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Together with the fashion press, advertising Festival Cultural Program). and local couturiers, modelling was part of an industry that was burgeoning with confidence in the 1950s and 1960s. Told in their own words, Mannequin will showcase the careers of Melbourne’s top models through their personal memorabilia, images and couture by designers, such as Hall Ludlow. The exhibition will delve into the vast archive of photographs, newspaper and magazine spreads and the fashion that inspired them, held in the private collections of well-known career models. The Trust is privileged to offer Melbourne’s most elegant heritage estate for this important and popular fashion exhibition program. Como House will be transformed into an immersive visitor experience: a catwalk, a photographer’s studio and a MODEL DIANE Masters WEARING SUIT by HALL LUDLow ON Location at COMO. magazine. PHotograpHER ATHOL SHMITH, 1960 CA A full public program will accompany the exhibition, from celebrating the vintage glamour of the 1950s and 1960s and elegant affairs to workshops designed to inspire and bring out your own style and beauty. A Fashion Exhibition at Como House & Garden 18 March – 19 June, 2011 Exhibition tickets: FULL $12 CONC/STUDENTS: $9 UNDER 14: $6.50 FAMILY: $30 (2 adults and up to 4 children) For further information, program details and MODEL Diane Masters PHotograpHED by ATHOL SHmitH, 1950 ca © THE Estate of ATHOL SHmitH, bookings visit www.comohouse.com.au COUrtesy KALLI ROLFE Contemporary Art © HELMUT Newton FOUNDation, COUrtesy OF THE RMIT DESIGN ARCHIVES FEBRUARY 2011 3 the space into office use. Lovell Chen Pty Ltd was then commissioned to undertake the conservation and restoration works and BVN Architecture the reworked Goods Shed No.2 interiors. A new entry building by architects Elenberg Fraser was also created to provide access from the Collins Street extension giving an overall 9700m2 of office space and 1500m2 of retail space. The building is now occupied by VicUrban, the Building Commission, the Plumbing Industry Commission and retailers. Goods Shed North achieved a 5 Star Green Star design rating, the first heritage building in Victoria and only the second in Australia to do so. To achieve the rating, GOODS SHED NortH, BOURKE STREET entrance: PAUL ROSER, NT 2010 a gas fired tri-generation plant, a chilled beam system, an underfloor displacement system, rainwater collection and treatment Completed in 1890 and system and a greywater collection and originally 385m long, the railway treatment system were included as ESD initiatives. goods shed was the workplace The central services trench runs under the of more than 1500 people and floor utilising original track space between the busiest on the Victorian platforms and is used as a horizontal distribution spine for services. A chilled Railways network. beam system located at both the mezzanine level and ground floors provides the In 2000, the expansion of the Docklands cooling and heating. Precinct saw the removal of the seven The $60m development has won nine major central bays of the Good Shed to make way awards in 2010 including Property Council for the extension of Collins Street, thus of Australia, Planning Minister’s Heritage splitting the shed in two: ‘North’ and ‘South’. Award, and Interior Design Association In 2007 redevelopment work began by GooDS SHED NortH interior, Awards. The southern section of the shed is PHoto CREDIT: JANUSZ MOLINSKI Equiset to Goods Shed North to convert due to be redeveloped in 2011. ‘From steam to surf’ – Trust Heritage Festival 2011 For many years the Trust used Our aim is to celebrate all of Victoria’s restoration and reuse of heritage places. rich heritage: natural, cultural and Our heritage includes buildings, gardens to coordinate a statewide indigenous and we particularly encourage and objects, public and private places. heritage festival. you to participate in the regional and Based on the awards scheme organised rural activities being offered around by the Geelong and Region Branch and Victoria. The event will be based around Ballarat Branch with their respective Some time ago the Festival ceased running the ICOMOS International Day for Councils in 2010, the 2011 awards are and there has subsequently been no over- Monuments and Sites (18 April) the based on a strong partnership between all coordination of a festival in the State.