Katoomba Charrette Outcomes Report - Blue Mountains City Council

Katoomba Charrette Report & Town Centre Strategy
establish an ‘Internet’ or ‘Cyber Cafe’, where locals and visitors can ‘surf the net’ and send
or receive emails, and which may serve as a ‘satellite’ remote teaching outlet for a
participating university or other teaching facility;
introduce a small indoor playground for infants and young children;
improve lighting and amenity of access to the ground floor premises;
consider other redesigns and redevelopment/s which would achieve the above objectives
and further revitalise Katoomba, subject to consultation with the Katoomba and Leura
Senior Citizens organisation.
10.6.2 Proposed Design
The proposed Charrette design, pictured below, is a good way to implement the Project Design
Brief.
Aerial Sectional Perspective Showing Public Open Space and More Open Street Frontage
Opening Up of the Katoomba Street Frontage
The design proposes more windows upstairs from the library, and a brighter shopfront at
street level at the southeastern corner on Katoomba Street.
New ‘Vestpocket Park’ Steps Out to Katoomba Street, Links Directly to College Lane with
Disabled Access
A sunny new ‘vestpocket park’ is proposed along the northern side of the property, stepping
down to the street, as shown in the sketch above, with ramps for disabled access up a slight
rise to outdoor seating, overlooked by the new ‘Cyber Cafe’ (see below). The trees in the
stepped terraces down to the street level are deciduous, so that they will lose their leaves in
winter and let the sun shine into the space. This outdoor space extends back right through to
College Lane via a new walkway at the north end of the present meeting hall, with a direct view
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