HERITAGE MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL QUT CREATIVE INDUSTRIES PRECINCT KELVIN GROVE URBAN VILLAGE QUT CREATIVE INDUSTRIES PRECINCT A Heritage Management Protocol ■ © COPYRIGHT Allom Lovell Pty Ltd, October 2004 G:\Projects\04015 CreativeInd QUT\Reports\r01.doc QUT CREATIVE INDUSTRIES PRECINCT, KELVIN GROVE URBAN VILLAGE CONTENTS ■ i 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 BACKGROUND 1 1.2 THIS STUDY 2 1.3 WHO SHOULD USE THIS DOCUMENT 3 1.4 THE STRUCTURE OF THE PROTOCOL & HOW TO USE IT 4 2 LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK 6 2.1 BRISBANE CITYPLAN 2000 6 2.2 QUEENSLAND HERITAGE ACT 6 DEFINITIONS 7 PENALTIES 8 PERIODIC INSPECTIONS 9 2.3 EMERGENCIES 9 2.4 WORK METHOD STATEMENTS 10 3 AN APPROACH TO CONSERVATION 11 3.1 PHILOSOPHY 11 CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE GUIDING DECISIONS 11 CONTINUING THE THEME 11 3.2 PROCESS 12 FOLLOWING A LOGICAL PROCESS 12 KEEPING RECORDS 12 REVERSIBILITY 12 QUT CREATIVE INDUSTRIES PRECINCT, KELVIN GROVE URBAN VILLAGE CONTENTS ■ ii 4 BUILDING Z1 (FORMERLY BUILDINGS A & B) 13 4.1 APPROVALS 13 EMERGENCIES 13 WORK TO SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT 14 TABLE OF APPROVALS 14 5 BUILDING Z2 (FORMERLY BUILDING C) 15 5.1 APPROVALS 15 EMERGENCIES 15 WORK TO SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT 16 TABLE OF APPROVALS 16 6 BUILDING Z3 (FORMERLY D/C39) 17 6.1 SIGNIFICANCE 18 6.2 THE EXTERIOR 18 SIGNIFICANT FABRIC 18 NON-SIGNIFICANT FABRIC 19 6.3 THE INTERIOR 19 SIGNIFICANT FABRIC 19 NON-SIGNIFICANT FABRIC 20 6.4 APPROVALS 20 EMERGENCIES 20 WORK TO SERVICES & EQUIPMENT 20 TABLE OF APPROVALS 20 7 BUILDING Z4 (FORMERLY BUILDING E1/C39) 25 7.1 SIGNIFICANCE 26 7.2 THE EXTERIOR 26 QUT CREATIVE INDUSTRIES PRECINCT, KELVIN GROVE URBAN VILLAGE CONTENTS ■ iii SIGNIFICANT FABRIC 26 NON-SIGNIFICANT FABRIC 27 7.3 THE INTERIOR 27 SIGNIFICANT FABRIC 27 NON-SIGNIFICANT FABRIC 28 7.4 APPROVALS 28 EMERGENCIES 28 WORK TO SERVICES & EQUIPMENT 28 TABLE OF APPROVALS 28 8 BUILDING Z5 (FORMERLY E2/C33) 33 8.1 SIGNIFICANCE 34 8.2 THE EXTERIOR 34 SIGNIFICANT FABRIC 34 NON-SIGNIFICANT FABRIC 34 NON-SIGNIFICANT FABRIC 35 8.3 THE INTERIOR 35 SIGNIFICANT FABRIC 35 8.4 NON-SIGNIFICANT FABRIC 36 8.5 APPROVALS 36 EMERGENCIES 36 WORK TO SERVICES & EQUIPMENT 36 TABLE OF APPROVALS 36 9 BUILDING Z6 (FORMERLY BUILDING F) 41 9.1 APPROVALS 41 EMERGENCIES 41 WORK TO SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT 42 TABLE OF APPROVALS 42 QUT CREATIVE INDUSTRIES PRECINCT, KELVIN GROVE URBAN VILLAGE CONTENTS ■ iv 10 BUILDING Z7 (FORMERLY BUILDING C34) 43 10.1 SIGNIFICANCE 43 SIGNIFICANT FABRIC 44 NON-SIGNIFICANT FABRIC 44 10.2 APPROVALS 44 EMERGENCIES 44 WORK TO SERVICES & EQUIPMENT 44 TABLE OF APPROVALS 44 11 BUILDING Z9 (PREVIOUSLY C56) 46 11.1 SIGNIFICANCE 46 11.2 APPROVALS 46 EMERGENCIES 46 WORK TO SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT 47 TABLE OF APPROVALS 47 12 PARER PLACE (LOT 903) 48 12.1 SIGNIFICANCE 49 12.2 APPROVALS 49 EMERGENCIES 49 WORK TO SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT 49 TABLE OF APPROVALS 49 13 GONA PARADE 51 13.1 SIGNIFICANCE 52 13.2 APPROVALS 52 EMERGENCIES 52 QUT CREATIVE INDUSTRIES PRECINCT, KELVIN GROVE URBAN VILLAGE CONTENTS ■ v WORK TO SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT 52 TABLE OF APPROVALS 52 14 SPACES BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS (LOT 1) 54 14.1 SIGNIFICANCE 57 14.2 APPROVALS 57 EMERGENCIES 57 WORK TO SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT 57 TABLE OF APPROVALS 58 QUT CREATIVE INDUSTRIES PRECINCT, KELVIN GROVE URBAN VILLAGE 1 INTRODUCTION ■ 1 1 INTRODUCTION his Heritage Management Protocol has been prepared to assist the TQueensland University of Technology and the Queensland Heritage Council to manage changes to part of the heritage listed Gona Barracks. It concerns that part of the listed site known as the Creative Industries Precinct - Lot 1 of the Kelvin Grove Urban Village, part of Gona Parade, and Parer Place (Lot 903). This document acknowledges and identifies the cultural significance of the place and its parts, and aims to protect that significance. It should be read in conjunction with the updated Conservation Plan for the whole listed site prepared in 2004 which recognises the changes made to the site as part of the Kelvin Grove Urban Village infrastructure development and the recent adaptation and new construction by QUT to form the Creative industries Precinct. Philosophy for further adaptation and changes is discussed and categories or levels of approvals for various works are established for each building and the open spaces. 1 Plan of the Subject Site, part of the Kelvin Grove Urban Village. The heavy broken line denotes the Heritage Register boundary for Gona Barracks, the shaded area denotes the part of the site which is the subject of the Protocol – The Creative Industries Precinct [Allom Lovell] 1.1 B ACKGROUND In June 2000, the Queensland Government purchased the former Gona Barracks site from the Department of Defence. The Queensland Department of Housing, in association with the Queensland University of Technology, have developed the barracks and other land to form the Kelvin Grove Urban Village. It will house public and private housing, QUT CREATIVE INDUSTRIES PRECINCT, KELVIN GROVE URBAN VILLAGE 1 INTRODUCTION ■ 2 commercial, retail and mixed use development as well as various QUT facilities such as a physical activity and health centre and an Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation. The first part of the village to be developed and occupied was the Creative Industries Precinct, the subject of this document. Specifically, this protocol relates to Lot 1 on SP151277 – the area occupied by the Creative Industries buildings – as well as Lot 903, now named Parer Place, and a section of Gona Parade. Other parts of the listed site may be the subject of separate future heritage management protocols. Development of the Creative Industries Precinct, which entailed the adaptation of the two early buildings, the removal of one building and the construction of three new buildings, was approved by the Queensland Heritage Council in May 2002. Infrastructure works, including the removal of several buildings within the precinct area and the construction of landscaping and roads, were approved and constructed earlier. Approval was received for revisions to the approved development in September 2003. These revisions were for changes to landscaping and the provision of shade structures and projection facilities to the former parade ground area. The work was completed in time for the commencement of the academic year early in 2004. Separate approval was received for the adaptation of building A26 on Lot 2 for use by Creative Industries in June 2003. That building is not included within the scope of this protocol. 1.2 T HIS S TUDY The aim of this study is to enable QUT, including its lessees and tenants, to use and manage the Creative Industries Precinct on a daily basis without the need to constantly seek heritage approvals for minor changes. These most often relate to matters of fit-out and maintenance. On a broader scale, the study considers further development of the site and structures, and seeks to provide certainty as to heritage management requirements. The Protocol aims to reduce the administration burden to QUT, its subsidiaries, its lessees and its tenants, and the Queensland Heritage Council by streamlining the heritage assessment process. The procedures for protecting significant fabric generally follow the findings of the Conservation Plan prepared in 2004. That study updated earlier reports and took into account the changes to the Heritage Register boundary and the resultant reduction in site area, the provision of infrastructure as part of the Kelvin Grove Urban Village which included the removal of several buildings from the site, and the construction of the Creative Industries Precinct for QUT. QUT CREATIVE INDUSTRIES PRECINCT, KELVIN GROVE URBAN VILLAGE 1 INTRODUCTION ■ 3 This Protocol takes these findings into account, identifies significant fabric and non-significant fabric in detail, and sets parameters for changes which will require heritage approval or formal exemption. 1.3 W HO SHOULD USE THIS DOCUMENT Due to the complex nature of tenure over the site and its parts, there are several groups involved in the management and maintenance of the Creative Industries Precinct. It is critical that the matter of cultural significance be considered at the earliest stages of any project or proposal to determine if in fact the proposed changes are appropriate to the buildings and the site. QUT Facilities Management: Trade & Supervisory Staff This document has been designed to be used on a daily basis by QUT staff, including maintenance staff who carry out routine changes to buildings in the precinct. Garden maintenance contractors should also be familiar with relevant protocol requirements. QUT Facilities Management: Capital Works and Operations Staff The document should also be used by the Facilities Management Staff who are involved in the planning and implementation of building projects within the subject site. It should be made available where appropriate to consultant teams engaged for specific projects. Brisbane City Council As the body with responsibility for the section of Gona Parade within the subject site, Brisbane City Council need to use the relevant section of the Protocol when planning or carrying out any work in that area. QUT Creative Industries Faculty, QUT Precincts (part of the Division of International & Development), Creative Industries Precinct Pty Ltd, tenants including La Boite theatre, Education Television, caterers These groups need at least to be aware of the constraints involved in the heritage listing of the site even though they may not originate work to the buildings and surrounds. The Protocol should be used to guide any work relating to sub-tenants’ and exhibitors’ requirements which may be co-ordinated by the tenants. QUT CREATIVE INDUSTRIES PRECINCT, KELVIN GROVE URBAN VILLAGE 1 INTRODUCTION ■ 4 2 Plan of the Creative Industries site with the early buildings shaded. [Allom Lovell] 1.4 T HE STRUCTURE OF THE P ROTOCOL & H OW TO USE IT Following this introductory chapter is a section which deals with the relevant legislative framework, then there is a section on the general philosophy for adapting and changing places of cultural significance.