This 1.6 km Underground Labyrinth Has an Unusual Purpose
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Thanks to Federation Square for the invite, and the graphics; thanks to Esme James for filming - www.esmeljames.com
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More surprising than the labyrinth under Fed Square is the fact that "coolth" is a real word.
You could say the it's really cooth that it is!
Mike Tyson surprised that he's been using a correct word all along
@Nospater I discovered it thanks to Sting and the Police, except that I wasn't sure it was a real word, more like a pop-singer inventing something that fit. Given that Sting was a teacher, I should have known at the time.
Now that I have found you
In the coolth of your evening smile
In the shade of your parasol
And your love flows through me
'Though I drink at your pool
I burn for you
Depending upon my mood I'm not sure whether I prefer The Police's I Burn for You or INXS's Burn for You.
Yeah, it definitely sounds like incorrect over-regularisation. Or the sort of thing I'd make up and insist is real to annoy people, only to find out I's right all along.
Don't blame you you summer child.
Thank you Julian, that system is amazing. It is good to see that the designers and planners didn't just go for "the look" aspect but also considered how to take advantage of their close proximity to the Yarra. Big shout out to Fed Square management too for allowing you to access and film the labyrinth
Agreed - was very cool to visit this one.
You should do a video about the many under-city passageways in the Melbourne CBD. There are so many subterranean areas I walk over regularly which I would love to know about. Loved this vid!!!
Thanks Shannon - it’s a neat idea.
Dude, I worked in and around fed for a couple years. I went through all the underground loading areas and even into the security room itself but never knew about the lab. Im genuinely impressed. Excellent video mate.
Thanks, Sean! This one might have actually been Unknown Melbourne…
Julian is like a really cool geography teacher. He packs so much information into each succinct, superbly delivered video.
Thanks, Rachelle!
He's also much less anti-vax and fundamentalist Christian than my geography teacher was
I love learning about these kind of large-scale HVAC solutions, since remaining at a constant comfortable temperature is a feature we often take for granted in large public work/recreation spaces but the engineering behind these solutions is often pretty amazing.
I recently had a chance to explore a bit of the fire suppression plant and storage tanks at the warehouse site where I work, some pretty cool engineering in these largely hidden systems too!
My theory is they designed it this way after being inspired by the heat sync metal plate and fan ductwork’s on most modern computers, purposely keeping the heat lower and acting almost like a heat dissipation battery, allowing for comfortable street life above ground. Within busy cities like Melbourne where there often lots of skyscrapers or tall buildings, and especially ones like New York City with lots of car dependency in its urban planning, it’s common to see the downtown areas contain a higher temperature where the taller buildings create a biome or bubble effect on the wind around them, consequently heating them up.
The other benefits this gives is lowered local building running costs being lowered due to any heating system being built near to there being entirely arranged as something to make up a very small desired temperature gap, because of the thermal battery underneath.
This can sometimes be further enhanced by buildings using glass at certain angles (like the famous walkie-talkie building in london, having an ultraviolet ray problem). To combat this good methods to keep ground temperature in a comfortable position would be to plant lots of trees and diverse greenery, so any excess rainwater or ground surface temperature can be lowered slightly, and purposely choosing to limit the angle or height of buildings unless thermal shield barrier plating can be placed over the outside in urban planning code.
With warehouses like the ones you mentioned, a good method to perhaps suggest is a rooftop filled with mosses or different types of grassy turfing to simultaneously provide fresh drinking water, natural air conditioning, and a small local gas neutralisation system to renew the air quality and lower carbon emissions.
Hope this helps with anything :)
@@maxnewts oh yes now I can pretend to be a much more educated wanker, and dazzle people with my newfound knowledge of things no one cares about unless it's their job.
As a Brisbane-ite who loves Melbourne, your channel really brings me back to being in the city and allows me to learn some super interesting facts along the way. Love your content and keep up the great work!
Thanks, Jack! Will have to head up and make some Brissy content at some stage.
@@JulianOShea Brisbane has some great history and some cool places so you wouldn’t be short of any ideas here!
Ahhh, we so desperately need this labyrinth system under King George Square- I've been known to cook my breakfast directly on it in the height of summer, haha! Shame the underground space has been taken up by the Busway.
Interesting, never knew Melbourne had anything like this 😮
Melbourne has a plethora of things like this! :D
Fascinating! So glad you’re getting such a name for yourself, organisations are reaching out to share the interesting tidbits directly.
Thanks! Yep - it is cool to get the chance to see interesting new places for sure.
I never thought HVAC design could be this interesting!
Thanks, Patrick! - HVAC content is best content.
I've worked at Fed Square for many years. Never had an excuse to go in there.
Now I don't have to!
Great content. Keep it up.
Thanks, mate
I love having an Aussie Tom Scott in Melbourne 🥰
I'd love to see a collab between them
This is usually one of the buildings open as part of Open House Melbourne, which this year will be held on 30 + 31 July. Fed Square is a pre-booked space with the program being released on 30 June.
Yep - Great event
I noticed that brick vent structure when I was much younger and wondered what was behind it. Young me would have been blown away if you said a labyrinth was behind it.
It's great to not seeing you back uploading content but getting the recognition you deserve. Way to go!!!
I knew Fed Square was built on a deck above the Flinders Street railway lines, but I had no idea there was a whole floor and all this stuff under the surface! I have however noticed the brick vents on Old Batman Ave Walk, I just assumed they were for the building above, not the whole atrium! Also the wooden slats in the atrium as vents are genius!
Makes it way cooler knowing what they're for huh.
I love this channel! Essentially Tom Scott, but exclusively for Australia - which is absolutely AMAZING!!
Awesome. Thank you for covering this. I had no idea this existed at the square and this sort cooling existed. Looking forward to the next video. Keep up the good work.
As a Melburnian, would love to go down there if they ever open to public haha
They’ve opened it as part of Open House in the past - check it out then.
@@JulianOShea This years program is released on 30 June.
Love your videos Julian. Watching these videos you post make me really appreciate the city I live in so much more. Thank you for making genuinely interesting content.
Glad you like them!
Hunh, that's a really cool bit of kit I didn't know about. Looking at the thumbnail, I was expecting to hear about the maze of tunnels beneath Melbourne for accessing utilities and access to the metro.
Seeing the Atrium these days just reminds me that the bastards in charge kicked out the great book market that was held there on Sundays because it wasn't profitable enough, and then they haven't done anything interesting with the space since smh
Another fantastic and insightful video about our beautiful city! Well done and keep it up, Julian!
Thanks, Jason! - Glad you enjoyed it. More on their way…
There are tunnels and vaults under the Treasury Buildings which are pretty "cool" too. There are railway tracks where the wagons laden with gold would be wheeled around.....amazing!
Here is me, with the sniffles watching the Melbourne series and loving it.
Melbourne is so cool. And now we know why! Thanks again, Julian!
Quite the Tom Scott moment! no idea that was there!
Been a while since you uploaded looks like you’ve hit a BOOM in subs. Been here since 10k! Love t see you have grown since then!
Cheers, Jack. Great to see an early adopter. More vids on their way.
Love that aitrium and facintateed to learn about the eco-friendly heating and cooling. Thanks.
That is so cool!! It is a pretty smart cooling solution
Another fascinating video, Julian. Love your work
Thanks, Jason!
Shows how completely we take cleaver design for granted in buildings like Federation Square. Another great Melbourne icon.
Indeed. Thanks, Luke!
Great content, mate. Really enjoy learning about things local to me. Cheers.
Julian makes me proud to me a Melburnian
Doing my part!
feel that Mal burn ... jus' kidding - I lived there for 5 years and loved it ...
Thanks for another video Julian and thanks for adding "coolth" to my vocabulary!
My pleasure!
Very cool that places are now reaching out to you for video content.
Sure is!
I imagine the Minotaurs down there are all qualified HVAC technicians
Excellent comment.
Very cool, more places should do this.
The system would also help to remove dust from visitors when running so the indoor spaces don’t need to be vacuumed as frequently! :)
wow, that's some...COOL ingenuity!
Thank you for the video!
Fascinating, now I’ll look out for it
Wow, simply wow. Thanks Julian. Love your Melbourne videos.
Thanks mate!
Absolutely fascinating!
Great work Julian
0:50 Slam! Welcome to the dungeon.
Great video once again Julian, keep it up!
Thanks, mate!
love seeing ur uploads julian!!
Thanks, mate!
Never knew about this! Thanks.
I’d love to see the hidden underground of Melbourne. I’m sure most of it is just boring cellars and storage but I wonder what else there is. St V’s has tunnels
how amazing - I live right next to it and never knew! Thanks Julian for all your gems!
Cheers Paul!
Wow I learnt a lot here today! Thanks for the bonus new word - “coolth” 😎
As part of the 2022 Open House Melbourne program Fed Square 'behind the scenes' tours will run on Saturday 30 July. Tours run 10am, 11.30am, 1.15pm & 2.45pm. Running 75 minutes in groups of 15 people. Only 15 people per tour, please arrive early to avoid disappointment. Tour participants to meet in front of the stage in the Main Square approx 10 minutes before the scheduled tour time.
These are always incredibly popular. Get there early!
Thanks for another great video Julian
Thanks, Jason!
When u get to watch the next Julian O'Shea video before it even gets processed for 1080p 😤
Another awesome video about Melbourne!
Cheers, Caelan!
Surprising facts about Melbourne;well done 😎
Thanks, John
Was not what I expected but glad I watched.
Hello from Newcastle
Hello, Newcastle! - Glad you enjoyed.
oh hell yeah can't wait to use coolth from now
Yet another amazing video, Julian. But why 480p?
Dunno. Something went wrong. There will be sackings.
Finally get to see the maze, thank you! I always miss the public viewings (pre covid)
I’ve also missed it in the past. Was great to visit!
Really interesting. 👍👍 Nice 1
Let's hope at some stage in the future they cover over the rest of the Jolimont Road yard so it too can be used for useful buildings and other useful space....
There is some real potential there. What would you like to see?
@@JulianOShea Covering the rail yards to Spring Sreet, and perhaps even down to the MCG. As for uses for the new space... perhaps more sporting facilities, more hosuing accomodation, maybe green spaces...
great design love it😁
Very cool. I did notice the strange system next to the river and the stairs as thats where i usaly eat some snacs. And i rember the hot air coming out that floor vent at the center of the atreum. We used to do city experance every week and that was the main meeting spot. so wed all sit on the vent during winter. Had no clue it was such a cool system though
When you've made so many videos about all the nifty places in Australia that all the other nifty places in Australia personally reach out and want you to make a video so they're not the only ones left out. 😂😂😂
I had no idea this was under Fed Square. Great series of videos.
I always wondered about the gappy brick wall on the river-side of Fed Square was. Thanks for this great video!
Thanks, Michael!
Neat, I'll be there tomorrow!
I always seem to miss going here during Open House. Thanks for showing us around!
Thanks for watching!
They have a similar system (albeit far smaller) at Royal Children's Hospital in Parkville.
Nice work
That's really trippy. No idea that was under my feet.
There is another labyrinth nearby... the lavatories at Riverland Bar... rubber boots are recommended.
There is used to be an underground mall structure under Fed square before Fed square was built. I wonder if its still there.
Do you mean under the railway tracks?
Princes Bridge Station and mall.
Completely gone now. 👍🏼
Well done Julian
Really interesting!
I think so too!
Another awesome video.
Was that you on ABC the other day breaking Guinness World Record on a quad peddle cycle?
Great stuff mate!
Wow, remarkable. Thanks
Glad you liked it!
That was amazing, I would never have known
That was extremely cool, I cannot wait to tell my country mates Federation square has air conditioning
amazing!
Is it CZcams or just me? 480p is the highest quality I can watch this.
PS Always love your videos Julian.
Thanks, mate! - Yep - weird quality setting was on my end. Not sure went rogue.
good video! Do you have a 1080P version?
ha. i worked there as a cleaner for 6 months a couple days a week in my early 20’s.. had no idea that existed under it
I worked for 20 mins in the Atrium roof last summer and came out as drenched in sweat as if I had jumped fully clothed into a swimming pool.
The University of Queensland has a similar cooling system for it's Advanced Engineering Building that takes in cool air from a lake that's situated right next to it.
Very cool, would love to go down myself one day.
If you ever get the chance. Grab it!
Not sure how I got here but I’m happy I’m here! New sub!
Laser tag lets go!!!
I’d love to see how much of the old princess bridge station is left. You used to be able to walk from princess bridge station right down to the corner of Flinders st and Elizabeth st.
Good to hear from you at the CoM Future Committee meeting the other day!
Thanks, mate. Lots of love for making the city more sustainable and cycle friendly.
Oh wow, so it's like a hypocaust!
This reminds me of a computer heat sink and makes me wonder how long it will be until Linus Tech Tips copy this design to do a whole building heat sink project.
This is an ingenious feat of engineering to reduce the heat island effect of Federation Square.
oh awesome! great video
Thanks, Aria!
Literally very cool 😎
Brilliant video. The area has been greatly improved since it had the SEC Victoria building on it.
Cheers!
The SEC building is actually still standing at it's original location opposite Flinders St Station. The Gas & Fuel buildings were the ones demolished for Fed Square.
@@handyandyaus Got it. 👍I thought it was the Electricity department in there. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes_Gate_Towers
Went down there yeeears ago in highschool. It. Is. Pitch. Black. You cannot see your hand in front of your face, but can feel the heat coming off it. Very cool stuff.
i had to find this video just after i came back from melbourne 💔
Wow, so clever