Federation Square

Federation Square is a cultural precinct in the town of Newhaven, Kings. It comprises a series of buildings containing some hops, art galleries, auditoria, a restaurant and a parc around two major public spaces, one covered, the other open to the sky. It is composed of two spaces that flow into one another (and is located in the neighborhood of Malipa. The majority of the precinct is built on top of a concrete deck.

Location and layout
Federation Square occupies roughly a whole urban block bounded by ... Streets and the Abby River. The layout of the precinct helps to connect the historical central district of the town with the Abby River and a new park. This refocusing of the city on the Abby river also partly reinforces links with the Abby Springs neighborhood, whose redevelopment has been ongoing as a key part of central Newhaven.

The site of Federation Square has had a variety of former uses. Some gas and fuel buildings and a railway station were the immediate predecessors, though in the nineteenth century there was a morgue on the site. The result of an international design competition in the 1990s, Federation Square was designed by Don Bates and Peter Davidson of Lov. Architecture Studio.