The MPavilion’s squat concrete bunker in Queen Victoria Gardens is here to stay a little longer after a fight to save it from being partly demolished and relocated.
It had a date with the wrecker’s ball, but public enthusiasm and a coalition of prominent Melburnians have stopped the dismantling of the MPavilion, the squat concrete bunker in Queen Victoria Gardens.
Some architects wanted the building prolonged because of the reputation of Ando, who has won a Pritzker Prize, became known as the “concrete Picasso” for his work with that medium, and had never worked in Australia before. But a report to the council said the design was “not consistent with best practice gender equity place principles”, expressed concern about the site’s vulnerability to graffiti and worried about the ornamental pool’s water safety issues, which it said were “low risk”.
Over the summer, the pavilion, which is opposite the National Gallery of Victoria, welcomed more than 150,000 visitors for concerts, talks, fashion parades and a signature grey ice cream by Brazilian artist João Loureiro, made locally in collaboration with Piccolina Gelateria.
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