Katoomba Charrette Outcomes Report - Blue Mountains City Council

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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 106
Katoomba Charrette Report & Town Centre Strategy line, and another disabled ramp beside the College Lane stairs, to make a much more appealing and safer connection between College Lane and Katoomba Street. Lower Passageway to College Lane to Receive Barrel-Vaulted Glass Weather Protection and Better Connection with Activities Above The lower level open passageway through to College Lane is to receive a barrel-vaulted glass roof, two storeys up, so that both the adjoining library to the south and the new ‘Cyber Cafe’ to the north can both look down into this space, increasing its vitality and safety. Some of the shops on the southern side gain in area slightly, as well as weather protection. This vaulted space is likely to have excellent acoustic qualities, so that choral or similar groups may choose to perform in this brightly lit space in the evenings, even when the weather is bad outside. View of the barrel-vaulted glass enclosure over the lower passage through to College Lane 107
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