Site plan key
1 Smoking vessel
2 Memorial wall
3 Accessible ramp
4 Seated congregation space
5 The deck
6 Raised land (views to congregation space and Fitzroy Gardens)
7 Purple planting
When you think of a memorial, what comes to mind? Is it a bronze object or a grand structure inscribed with names, dates and times? Is it a tree or a spot by the shore that gives you the space and time you need for a moment of mindfulness – a moment for reflection? On a leftover green space in busy East Melbourne, the Victorian Family Violence Memorial, designed