ROYAL EXPOSITION BUILDING,AUSTRALIA CITY : MELBOURNE, VICTORIA OVERVIEW HISTORY AND DESIGN CONCEPT LOCATION FACTS OF THE BUILDING EXHIBITIONS SITE CONTEXT ZONING SENSITIVITY AND INSENSITIVE CONTEXT SITE ZONING BUS CIRCULATION BUBBLE DIA Museum Spaces GROUND FLOOR NO BUILD ZONES GROUND FLOOR SERVICE PITS GROUND FLOORWEIGHT LOADING GALLERY NO BUILD ZONES GALLERY WEIGHT LOADINGS GROUND FLOOR CATENARY WEIGTH LOADING GALLERY CATENARY HANGING WEIGTH EXTERNAL SERVICES FACILITIES ELEVATION (ROYAL EXHIBITION BUILDING) PARKING AND TRANSPORT CONNECTIVITY DISTANCE FROM MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PARKING ROYAL EXHIBITION BUILDING VIEWS INFERENCES

1. ARCHITECTURAL
DESIGN
EXHIBITION CENTER
ANALYSIS ACTIVITY
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2. INTRODUCTIO
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OVERVIEW
BIE-CLASS : UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION
NAME : ROYAL EXPOSITION BUILDING
AREA : 26 HECTARES (64 ACRES)
VISITORS : 22,200,000
LOCATION COUNTRY :AUSTRALIA
CITY : MELBOURNE, VICTORIA
VENUE :9 NICHOLSON STREET
ARCHITECT: JOSEPH REED
CONSTRUCTION STARTED : 1879
CONCTRUCTION COMPLETED : 1880

3. • THE ROYAL EXHIBITION BUILDING WAS THE LARGEST DESIGN
COMPLETED BY REED AND BARNES.
• ACCORDING TO REED, THE ECLECTIC DESIGN WAS INSPIRED BY
MANY SOURCES. COMPOSED OF BRICK, TIMBER, STEEL, AND
SLATE, THE EXHIBITION BUILDING IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
BYZANTINE, ROMANESQUE, LOMBARDIC AND ITALIAN
RENAISSANCE STYLES.THE DOME WAS MODELED ON
THE FLORENCE CATHEDRAL, WHILE THE MAIN PAVILIONS WERE
INFLUENCED BY THE STYLE OF RUNDBOGENSTIL AND SEVERAL
BUILDINGS FROM NORMANDY, CAEN AND PARIS.
• DOME RISING 68 METRES, AND 18.3 METRES ACROSS.
• THE DOME WAS FORMED USING CAST IRON AND TIMBER FRAME
AND HAS A DOUBLE SHELL.
• AT THE CROSSING, WINDOWS IN THE DRUM OF THE DOME BRING
IN SUNLIGHT FOR A BRIGHT OPEN SPACE.
• THE INTERIOR IS PAINTED IN THE COLOUR SCHEME OF 1901,
WITH MURALS AND THE WORDS "VICTORIA WELCOMES ALL
NATIONS" UNDER THE DOME SURVIVING FROM 1888.
HISTORY AND DESIGN CONCEPT-

4. The Royal Exhibition Building is located in the Carlton
Gardens, between Rathdowne Street and Nicholson Street
and is adjacent to the Melbourne Museum.
The street address is 9Nicholson St, Carlton, 3053.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT The following public transport
options are available for travel to the REB:
• Tram 86 or 96 to corner of Nicholson Street and
Gertrude Street.
• Free Tram Zone to Victoria Parade and Nicholson Street.
• City Loop train to Parliament Station.
• Bus routes 250, 251 and 402 to Rathdowne Street.
• Free City of Melbourne Tourist Shuttle Bus to stop No.5.
LOCATION-
DISTANCE FROM MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
The REB is approximately 25kms from the Melbourne International Airport and 25 minutes in a vehicle
at non-peak times.
PARKING
Conveniently located and competitively priced, the Melbourne Museum Car Park offers ease of access to
the Royal Exhibition Building. The car park is open seven days a week from 06:00 to midnight. Entry is

5. •The Royal Exhibition Building was built for the 1880 International Exhibition and is
one of the few remaining structures from the 19th-century world fairs
•The Exhibition Building is the first Heritage-listed building in Australia, being added
to the World Heritage List on 1 July 2004
•At 152 metres long and covering an area of 7,000 square metres, the Exhibition
Building today constitutes only one-tenth of the entire exhibition space created in
the 1880
•Temporary annexes covering most of the northern gardens were built for the
Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition
•The Royal Exhibition Building continues to support a spectrum of trade shows,
fairs, exhibitions, cultural and community events
•The building also has special significance in Australia’s history as the place where
the first Parliament of Australia was opened in 1901
•On 3 September 1901, the new Australian flag was first unveiled and flown here
•The Exhibition Building took a meagre 18 months to complete; its restoration took
a whole 12 years
•The highlight of the Royal Exhibition Building is the dome of the building
FACTS OF THE BUILDING-

6. EXHIBITIONS-
• They provided a mechanism for the worldwide
exchange of goods, technology, ideas, culture and
values, and heralded a new era of trading
networks and the modern international economy.
• The exhibitions were a spectacular shop front for
the industrial revolution, which shaped some of
the greatest global social and economic
transformations.
• Around 1.5 million people visited the 1880
Melbourne International Exhibition (including
repeat visitors).
• Around 2.2 million visited the 1888 Centennial
Exhibition, amounting to about 69 per cent of the
population of the Australian colonies.
• The Building boasts many of the important
features that made the exhibitions so dramatic
and effective, including a dome, a great hall, giant
entry portals, versatile display areas, axial
planning and complementary gardens and viewing

7. SITE
CONTEXT
ZONING
SENSITIVITY AND
INSENSITIVE CONTEXT

8. SITE
ZONING
BUS
CIRCULATI
ON

9. BUBBLE DIA

11. • Museum Spaces business is focused on the use of MV
Venues for commercial hire or contract. This includes venue
hire across all MV Venues, relationships with third party
commercial partners, operators and catering contractors
and business development for the use of spaces for new
purposes. The Museum Spaces business currently consists
of four separate products specifically MM and surrounds,
REB, SW and IM.
• The Royal Exhibition Building was erected as a ‘Palace of
Industry’.
• It displayed the technologies and achievements of the
mechanized age.
• Its huge temporary halls housed exhibits from more than 30
nations.
• Pianos, typewriters, lawnmowers, electric lights, carriages
and decorative homewares were all on display.
• The 1880 exhibition was the greatest show the city had ever
seen, and attracted over one million visitors; it changed
public taste in Melbourne
Museum
Spaces-

12. GROUND FLOOR NO
BUILD ZONES

13. GROUND FLOOR
SERVICE PITS

14. GROUND
FLOORWEIGHT
LOADING

15. GALLERY NO BUILD
ZONES

17. GALLERY WEIGHT
LOADINGS

18. GROUND FLOOR
CATENARY WEIGTH
LOADING

19. GALLERY CATENARY
HANGING WEIGTH

20. EXTERNAL SERVICES

21. TOILETS
There are washroom blocks, consisting of male, female and accessible
facilities. They are located in the Ground south east, Ground south west
and Gallery south west corners of the Great Hall. There is also the
provision for baby change facilities in these locations. ATM There is one
ATM located in the eastern nave of the REB between Doors 3 and 4. The
ATM is a permanent feature at the REB and must be available at all
times. Although the ATM is contracted through Museums Victoria it is
managed, solely, by DC Payments.
DRINKS VENDING MACHINE
There is one vending machine located in the Eastern Nave of the REB
between Doors 3 and 4. The vending machine is a permanent feature at
the REB and must be available at all times, for all events. Although the
vending machine is contracted through Museums Victoria it is
managed, solely, by Coca-Cola Amatil.
DRINKING WATER
There is no provision for drinking water for general public at the REB. It is
advised that the Licensee ensure water is available for general public sale.
There is provision for drinking water for staff working in the REB in the First
Aid room only.
LOST PROPERTY
Lost property items found during the HLP are the responsibility of the
Licensee. The Licensee must ensure that all event-related property is
removed from the REB at the conclusion of the HLP. Museum Spaces will
FACILITIES-

22. Paint scheme
The paint scheme of the building has changed over
the years. Today, the paint scheme used is the 1901
paint scheme. In 1901 the most important event in
this building’s life took place – when Australia
became a nation. After 1901 the Board of Trustees
had the building painted about 25-27 times.
Gas chandeliers
The gas chandeliers in the Royal Exhibition Building
are original copies of the chandeliers used during
the 1880 Exhibition. The company that made the
originals made the reproductions that we currently
see in the building.
The Floor
The Exhibition Building floor is made of spotted
gum; the original floor of the building was Baltic
pine. Spotted gum was sourced locally from NSW
and was the closest in looks to Baltic pine; hence it
was used as a replacement.

23. Floor plans are to be submitted for all Licence Areas
(internal and external) and include:
• clearly defined no build zones
• highlighted fire and electrical cabinets
• stand dimensions, detailing measurements
• aisle widths, detailing measurements
• custom stands
• café furniture
• adequate access to kiosk
• storage areas
• weight loading information
• positioning of furniture/show features
• significant event equipment or infrastructure
• details of any specialty areas
• any external infrastructure
• back of house areas for security and cleaning
personal
• pillars
• available floor space excluding occupied stand
space
• First Aid room
• identify points where catenary wires will be
attached (include weight loading)

25. ELEVATION (ROYAL EXHIBITION

26. If you’re driving to the Royal Exhibition Building undercover parking is available at the Melbourne
Museum.
PARKING AND TRANSPORT
CONNECTIVITY-
DISTANCE FROM MELBOURNE
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
The REB is approximately 25kms from
the Melbourne International Airport
and 25 minutes in a vehicle at non-
peak times.
PARKING
Conveniently located and
competitively priced, the Melbourne
Museum Car Park offers ease of access
to the Royal Exhibition Building. The
car park is open seven days a week
from 06:00 to midnight. Entry is via
Rathdowne Street or Nicholson Street.
Online bookings available.

27. ROYAL EXHIBITION BUILDING
VIEWS:

28. INFERENCES:
• 4 side entry and equal division of
doors.
• Approx. 75% of the site has
landscaping.
• Byzantine, Romanesque, Lombardic
and Italian Renaissance Styles.
• Design balance on facade/all four
walls.
• Dome over the built-up which
depicts a good architectural
building and brings heaviness to the

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