<strong>Katoomba</strong> <strong>Charrette</strong> <strong>Report</strong> & Town Centre Strategy Plans and Building Sections of the Multi-Use Development with Supermarket 96
<strong>Katoomba</strong> <strong>Charrette</strong> <strong>Report</strong> & Town Centre Strategy 10.1.7 Project Design Brief The designs above illustrate compliance with the following proposed design and performance requirements, with which any development for the Old TAFE Site and related properties should comply: Development should incorporate a high quality public Cultural/Visitors Centre at the northern end, facing across Froma Lane to the Carrington, with public spaces for the uses noted above in Section 10.1.1, including at least one multi-storey tower for public viewing of the surrounding scenery. Total floor climate controlled area for this facility should equal about sqm (Luke, please calculate floor areas from the design and fill this in; we don’t have scale plans). The open space between the Center and the Carrington Hotel should be improved (by joint venture with both parties to their mutual benefit) as a high quality, sunny, sheltered public open space, accommodating slow-speed vehicular traffic through to College Lane and possibly into the Carrington Lawn’s driveways. The development should incorporate medium density residential and/or short term accommodation atop the majority of its roof, except for the roof of the Cultural/Visitors Centre component, some of which should be dedicated to a public viewing area. Each dwelling should enjoy at least 8 square metres of private open space in the form of balconies and/or roof terraces. The residential development should contribute, where appropriate, to activating the street frontages for passive surveillance and public safety, by occupying frontages at street level for residences or home offices, especially along College Lane and Parke Street, if commercial premises along those frontages are not as feasible. While access to the some upstairs residences may be via lifts from the underground parking, entry doors are also encouraged at or near street level, especially along College Lane and Parke Street, to increase residential activity and passive surveillance. Dedicated car parking for dwellings should be minimal, as all daily needs would be in walking distance, as well as access to Sydney via the railway station, also in walking distance. The roof design of the building should preserve a commodious view-way, southward and roughly horizontally out to the distant <strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Mountains</strong>, from the top floor clear windows of the Carrington’s south facade. Development should provide enough shared (not designated) parking to serve the Cultural/Visitors Centre and day-long parking to enable many town visitors to leave their vehicles and take the bus to Echo Point or other destinations. It is assumed that the parking capacity may not completely meet the few peak visitor day demands of the year, if they occur on days when the supermarket and cinemas are all open simultaneously. Street level development should incorporate active frontages with at least 50% contiguous verandahs or other weather protection, and at least 50% clear windows distributed roughly evenly along all adjoining public streets, including Froma Lane, College Lane, Park Street and Prior Lane (if applicable). The Development should offer a dignified and sheltered access connection to the Civic Centre, aligning with the proposed new Civic Centre rear access at College Lane. Car parking should be largely internalised, with only vehicular accessways visible at street level. The car parking should be shared, with the possible exception of dedicated spaces for permanent apartments in the development, if applicable. The architectural image at the Cultural/Visitors Centre end of the development should respect the Carrington and manifest its use, and should ‘read’ differently from the architectural image of the southern uses, when not related to the Cultural/Visitors Centre (such as the supermarket in Option C). 97
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