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ANGASTONRAILWAY PRECINCT

MASTERPLAN REPORT

FEBRUARY 2017

For Council Endorsement

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Angaston Railway Station Precinct Master Plan has been developed by WAX Design in conjunction with the Barossa Council.

The project working party included representatives from the following:

• Angaston Community and Business Alliance (ACBA) - Project Sponsor

• Barossa Valley Machinery Preservation Society (BVMPS)• Angaston and Penrice Historical Society (A&PHS)• Barossa Council• Regional Development Australia - Barossa (RDA)• Local State MP Stephan Knoll

CONTENTS

Angaston Penrice Historical Society

Barossa Valley Machine Preservation Society

INTRODUCTION

SITE ANALYSIS

PHOTO SURVEY

LITERATURE REVIEW

CASE STUDIES

MASTERPLAN

APPENDIX A: DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

APPENDIX B: INDICATIVE COSTING

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INTRODUCTION

The Gawler to Angaston Railway Line was established early in the 20th Century and became an important part of the development of Angaston and the region, operating until the 1980s. The railway line influenced the development of the township of Angaston as well as everyday life through the improved connections to the region and to the city of Adelaide.

The Railway Station Precinct, although no longer operational, is an important part of the history of Angaston and the Barossa Valley region as a whole.

The railway station site includes existing structures (such as the station building, goods shed, railway works accommodation), railway infrastructure (including the rail track, turntable, points), remnant gardens, cutting, bike track and open space.

The Angaston Railway Precinct Conservation Management Plan, undertaken to assess the historical significance, quality and value of the precinct, concluded that the railway station precinct was a historically significant example of railway stations within South Australia with a high level of legibility and infrastructure retained within the precinct.

The Angaston Railway Station Precinct Masterplan aims to build on the recommendations of the Management Plan and provide a cohesive framework for the future planning and development of the precinct.

While Angaston services an immediate population of 2,000 people it also services a broader cross council area. Its connection and contribution to the Barossa Valley region ensures that the town attracts a significant amount of visitors in a tourism capacity.

Angaston’s existing tourism reputation, the railway precinct’s location in relation to the town centre, as well as the railway precinct’s historical focus and credentials provides an opportunity for the precinct to attract a significant number of local, regional, state and national visitors and events representing a variety of interests.

The recent development of the railway precinct (including the regional bike track and car parking facilities) has increased the precinct’s function as a community recreation facility. However there is a significant opportunity to re-imagine the precinct and for it to continue to support the town of Angaston and the wider population now and into the future.

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PROJECT OBJECTIVES:

• Recognise and retain Angaston Railway Station’s heritage value

• Preserve key rail assets and their interpretation and identification to both protect, explain and display them

• Enable self guided tours

• Confirm location and design of storage/display facilities for Barossa Valley Machine Preservation Society (BVMPS)

• Upgrade of public toilets and review of location

• Upgrade of car parking facilities

• Upgrade entry to site from Murray Street

• Design and layout of landscape

• Locate and develop mixed use opportunities of all site buildings

• Review of site access and on site road configuration

• Consider links to key facilities outside the Station Precinct boundary (Main Street – Murray street, Angaston, cycle track, Angaston Farmers Market, Village Green, Angaston Recreation Park and Town Hall)

• Consider the future use of site and potential staging of development

SITE ANALYSIS

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1. Railway Station Building2. 1960s Toilet Block3. 1960s Railway Workers

Accommodation4. Goods Shed5. Turntable6. Crane

A detailed site analysis of the Railway Station Precinct and its relationship to the town centre was undertaken by the project team to gain an understanding of the physical aspects of the precinct as well as the character and function of the built form and open spaces.

Looking at the precinct holistically, this analysis resulted in the following topics:

Railway Buildings and InfrastructureLand UseDestinations and HeritageTransport and ParkingPedestrian and CyclingOpen Space and VegetationTopographyViewlinesVisual BarriersHistoric Layout

Precinct Boundary

Barossa Valley Machine Preservation Society (BVMPs)

Angaston Hotel (Car Park)

Car Parking

Railway Platforms

Cycle/Shared Use Pathway

The Railway Precinct is a large parcel of land (approximately 4.3 hectares). The map below shows the existing railway buildings and infrastructure within the site, the newer editions of the cycle/shared use pathway and current license agreements. These are concentrated in the centre and the eastern side of the precinct.

Railway Buildings and Infrastructure

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SITE ANALYSIS

Land Use

Destinations & Heritage

• Defined residential and retail edges

• Adjacent open space• Adjacent land uses turn their

back on the precinct• Existing lease holders and land

uses within the precinct• Undeveloped land containing

cultural heritage

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• Numerous key destinations in close proximity

• Opportunities to improve connections to destinations

• Defined heritage context• Need to reflect and enhance

heritage character of precinct

Residential

Retail/ Commercial

Civic

Open Space

Car Parking

State Heritage

Local Heritage

Contributory

1. Zion Lutheran Church 2. Memorial Gardens 3. Angaston Hotel4. Village Green 5. Town Hall6. Taste Eden Valley

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Transport & Parking

Pedestrian & Cycling

• Mainstreet runs parallel to the precinct

• Few links between precinct and mainstreet (need to reinforce)

• No road connection through the precinct

• Significant frontage along Kent Street

• Two car parking areas within the site (additional parking adjacent)

• Dominance of car parking impacts on sense of arrival

• Service and emergency vehicle access (southern entrance)

• Defined shared use path through centre of the precinct (connecting precinct to the district)

• Pedestrian entrances undefined and uninviting

• No pedestrian access through workers accommodation building

Main Arterial Roads

Distributor Roads

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Car Parking

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SITE ANALYSIS

Open Space & Vegetation

Topography

• Large open space spine to precinct (heritage context)

• Explore opportunities to revitalise existing open space and increase activation

• Numerous densely vegetated areas (mixed plant selection around the site)

• Significant heritage vegetation (palms)

• Well vegetated southern embankment creates a strong landscape backdrop

• Significant embankment forms an enclosed backdrop to the southern edge

• Various level changes associated with heritage infrastructure

• Potential to retain or enhance topography as part of the precinct

• Railway cuttings and sidings underutilised space and overgrown

• Consider stormwater associated with topography

• Station platforms create physical barriers

Open SpaceHeritage VegetationVisually Significant VegetationDense Vegetation

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Viewlines

Visual Barriers

• Defined view corridor through the precinct spine

• Key elevated locations provide views over the precinct or towards the town and hills to the north

• Visual link across hotel car park and along Kent Street over the precinct

• Potential to improve the visual connection into the precinct and to the town

• Defined built form enclosure to Kent Street and the north

• Densely vegetated areas and southern embankment creates visual enclosure and reduces visibility into and out of the precinct

• Small scale visual barriers throughout the precinct created by existing building, infrastructure and vegetation

• Some key viewlines are interrupted by vegetation

Major Vista

Visual Links

View Points

Visual Barriers

Interrupted View

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HISTORIC LAYOUT

Historical layouts of the railway precinct were overlayed on the current aerial photography to gain a sense of how the precinct has changed, what remains and what opportunities exist in the future.

This also allows an understanding of the missing elements and how this impacts the interpretation of the original precinct and the function of the railway.

1. Railway Station Building2. Goods Shed3. Workers Accommodation4. Turntable5. Oil Store6. Crane7. Old Station Master’s house (Privately owned)8. Engine Running Shed (demolished)

9. Old Loco Barracks (x2) (demolished)10. Stock Yards Building (check function)11. Cattle Yard12. Shed Yard13. Goods Platform14. Railway Cutting

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2. UNDERSTANDING THE PLACE

Angaston Railway Station Precinct 22 Stevens Architects Pty Ltd Conservation Management Plan

Photograph 3. Angaston railway station, looking west. (The Barossa District Gawler – Angaston Railway Opening Souvenir, 1911). Photograph 4. Angaston railway station, looking east. (The Barossa District, Gawler – Angaston Railway Opening Souvenir, 1911).

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Angaston Railway Station Building c1911; Angaston Railway Conservation Management Plan, 2013

Angaston Railway Station c1911; Angaston Railway Conservation Management Plan, 2013

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PHOTO SURVEY

HERITAGE

station building

turntable

goods shed

crane

stone walls

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VEGETATION

MATERIALS

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signage

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reuse material

LITERATURE REVIEW

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Barossa Community Plan 2016-2036A review of previous planning documents was undertaken to gain an understanding of the precinct and how it fits into the wider context. The following documents formed the review:

• Barossa Community Plan 2016-2036

• Angaston Railway Station Precinct Conservation Management Plan, 2013

• Barossa Council Development Plan (consolidated – 11 August 2016)

• Angaston Urban Design Framework, 2008

• A Heritage Walk of Angaston (pamphlet)

The Barossa Community Plan sets out the vision and strategies for the development and management of the Barossa Council over the next twenty years.

Vision: Enhancing our premium wine, food and tourism region and its unique lifestyle, heritage and community spirit.

KEY CONSIDERATIONS:

• Provide support and advice to preserve properties and sites which have historic significance

• Facilitate opportunities to repurpose or find alternative use of built heritage

• Support tourism development that is sensitive to the natural environment and sustainable

• Support the development of activities that celebrate the history and culture of the Barossa and its people.

• Invest in, and advocate for, community facilities that support cultural and community participation.

• Ensure that community members can participate in cultural, recreational, sporting and learning opportunities.

• Design our future developments and facilities to support active lifestyles and community health and wellbeing.

• Help build the capacity of the tourism sector and encourage the development of tourist services, including eco and recreational tourism infrastructure.

• Support economic development through events.

A Heritage Walk of Angaston (pamplet)

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LITERATURE REVIEW

Angaston Railway Station Precinct Conservation Management Plan, 2013

Barossa Development Plan (consolidated – 11 August 2016)

The Angaston Railway Station Precinct Conservation Management Plan undertook an assessment of the heritage value and significance of the Angaston Railway Station precinct. It found that the surviving buildings and infrastructure of the precinct are a tangible link with the importance that railways had on the Barossa Valley and on the development of South Australia.

The Angaston Railway Station building is one of the few remaining examples of a timber-framed station building in South Australia and of these it is the most substantial and unique in its design.

Despite its disuse the Railway Precinct retains a high level of historical integrity with the arrangement of the tracks and infrastructure remaining legible and interpretable.

This report confirms that the Railway Precinct is a worthy State Heritage Place with the following description recommended: “Angaston Railway Station Precinct including station building, goods shed, turntable, crane, stone walls, and associated railway infrastructure.”

The purpose of the conservation policy is to guide the care of the place in a manner that will retain its significance. The guide includes 37 policies directed towards preserving the surviving historic fabric, maintaining the integrity of the place and improving its setting. These policies have been incorporated into the project brief.

KEY CONSIDERATIONS:

• Retain and conserve existing historical buildings and railway infrastructure including the station building, goods shed, platforms, tracks, turntable, crane, points

• Retain the visually open character of the precinct

• Retain the original earthworks and cuttings

• Retain where possible original native and exotic vegetation, particularly the palm tress alongside the station building

• Improve legibility and interpretation of the historical context and function of the site

• Remove structures that do not contribute to the historic value of the site including the toilet block and railway workers accommodation block

• Improve connections to the town centre

The Angaston Railway Precinct is within the District Town Centre Zone and is covered by the Historic Conservation Area – Angaston Centre Area 1.

District Town Centre Zone

It is expected that the township of Angaston will serve as one of the principal service centres for the surrounding district, providing both services and facilities for the day-to-day needs of residents, as well as for visiting tourists.

The main focus for development for Angaston town centre fronts Murray Street, from its intersection with North Street to the vicinity of Penrice Road.

Development within the zone will reinforce the unique character derived from the distinctive layout, mix of land uses, heritage buildings, post-supported verandas and deciduous trees. It is envisaged that development will generally utilise existing historic building stock, with opportunities for new development limited to appropriate locations.

Historic Conservation Area

It is expected that development will retain the historic character and cultural significance of the policy area through the retention of historic buildings and sensitively located and designed new development. This conservation area focuses on conservation of historical significance and development that promotes, conserves and enhances the cultural significance of the area.

In particular in relation to the railway station precinct the Development Plan states:

Development in proximity to the Railway Station and goods yard at Angaston will respect its heritage character, physical context and development pattern.

KEY CONSIDERATIONS”

• District Town Centre Zone - serving the needs of the town and the wider district

• Acknowledgment and retention of historic buildings with the opportunity for adaptive reuse.

• Mixed use centre with the opportunity for small creative enterprises

• Temporary or seasonal retail opportunities

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Angaston Urban Design Framework, 2008 A Heritage Walk of Angaston (pamplet)

Undertaken in 2008 the Anagaston Urban Design Framework acknowledged that the railway precinct was in disrepair and poorly managed and that there is need to identify a new use for the precinct. The framework identified a number of potential new uses for the precinct including:

• Rail Trail – pedestrian and cyclist connection between townships (implemented)

• Mix of public park and housing

• Tourist accommodation (caravan park, cabins, camping)

• Car parking behind the hotel (implemented)

• Recreation

The framework recognises the importance of retaining the historic value of the site while creating a valuable asset for the town.

KEY CONSIDERATIONS:

• Potential for new development along Murray Street and Fife Street

• Improved connections to Murray Street

• Increase visitors to the site through site activation

• Improve passive surveillance and reduce vandalism

The heritage walk through Angaston includes 32 places of historical interest such as the Town Hall on the corner of Washington Street and Sturt Street as well as Franklin House which was previously the station master’s house.

KEY CONSIDERATIONS:

• Incorporation of the Railway Precinct into the Angaston Heritage Walk

• Include interpretative signage

A N G A S T O N U R B A N D E S I G N F R A M E W O R K“ a w a l k a b o u t t o w n ”

3.7 Detailed Design

The Consultant Team has selected a number of sites for further detailed analysis and concept design ideas. These are by no means fi nal design solutions but offer a visual cue as to what possibilities could be relevant for each site.

3.7.1 Angaston Railway Station Precinct

The railway land between Kent Street and Fife Street is currently unused and poorly maintained and the Angaston station building is falling into disrepair.

Being in such a valuable location close to the town centre the land has great potential for town centre-related or tourism uses.

Some of the land behind the Hotel has potential for parking associated with the Hotel’s planned upgrade. Other areas have the potential for alternative uses including:

• a public park with recreational trail extending along the railway line to Nuriootpa;

• possible tourist accommodation such as cabins or a small caravan park;

• residential lots at the western end of Fife Street where there are some existing houses.

Public access to the rail corridor with a trail and improved maintenance would create a valuable asset for the town as a new recreational experience. It would also allow an appreciation of the historic station building for visitors, and the added surveillance would help in the protection of the building from vandalism.

J e n s e n P l a n n i n g + D e s i g nH U B T r a f f i c & T r a n s p o r t

August 2008

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The stone wall at the eastern end of Kent Street should be retained, with some tree clearing associated with the possible car park development to allow views over the wall for better car park security.

The potential trail links into Washington Street at the Town Hall Square precinct and is already an attractive sheltered walk in the railway land with trees along the southern side of the existing access track.

Angaston Urban Design Framework, 2008

CASE STUDIES

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Mount Gambier Railway Lands Redevelopment Project

Project Title: Mount Gambier Railway Lands

Location: Mount Gambier, South Australia, 2015

Project Lead: City of Mount Gambier

Estimated Project Cost: $4.5 Million

The Mount Gambier Railway Lands is a unique and exciting new public space located in the heart of the City of Mount Gambier.

‘The Rail’ is an initiative of the City of Mount Gambier which aims support the community to test and trial a range events and activities at the Railway Lands.

The Mount Gambier Railway Lands is a dynamic, multipurpose, public space which has been transformed a long-unused rail corridor in the heart of Mount Gambier.

The site stretches from Bay Road to Wehl Street and includes a range of unique assets including an amphitheater, children’s nature play area, paved large events plaza, raised sheltered market platform and open grassland.

KEY CONSIDERATIONS:

• Major modification of railway infrastructure with the railway platforms, track lines and turntables reconfigured as elements within the design

• Retention and adaptive reuse of railway structures

• Formalised open landscape, completely replanted, with large grassed area for events

• Track lines modified and used for pathways

• Creates a new landscape context where heritage is made new

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CASE STUDIES

Duisburg-Nord; The Railway Park(part of a larger project)

Landscape Architecture: Latz + PartnerTeam Members: Latz + Partner, Latz-RiehlLocation: Duisburg, GermanyDesign year: 1990Year of construction: 1992 – 2002Area: 230 hectaresEstimated Project Cost: $24 Million (whole project)

The railway park focuses on the retention of the historic rail infrastructure. The retention of the railway bridges allow visitors to view the park from different perspectives, creating vertical legibility and visual connections across the site, resulting in a secure and coherent precinct.

Part of a larger project to reinvent an industrial estate the Railway park was realised through various funding opportunities, help of community action and employment schemes.

KEY CONSIDERATIONS:

• Minimal modification of railway infrastructure

• Post industrial landscape preserved and enhanced through integration of vegetation and retention of original materials such as concrete and aged metal

• Project uses a more natural style of landscape verses formalised gardens

• Track lines used for walking trails

• Preserve sense of abandonment

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The Goods Line

Project Title: The Goods LineLocation: Ultimo, Sydney, 2007, NSW, AustraliaClient: Sydney Harbour Foreshore AuthorityProject Design Lead: ASPECT StudiosDesign Partner: CHROFIEstimated Project Cost: $15 Million

This unique elevated park has seen a disused rail corridor running from Railway Square to Darling Harbour reimagined as a leafy, energised spine in the heart of Sydney’s most densely populated area.

The Goods Line is filled with ‘social infrastructure’ from bleachers, bench seats and an amphitheatre to fully-enabled wifi, a children’s play area, table tennis tables and raised lawns. This new platform for public engagement provides a transformative social and environmental role in the precinct.

KEY CONSIDERATIONS:

• The original railway infrastructure is revealed at certain points rather than incorporated into the design which reduces the legibility of the original site function

• The design contrasts with the original industrialised railway through the use of bright colours and material palette

• Large focus on social function and smaller spaces with a variety of uses, exercise, picnic, ping pong

• A mixture of formalised planting and retention of established vegetation

• Heritage is curated within a new landscape context

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VISION

MASTERPLAN

Following the site analysis, literature review and case studies a overall precinct vision and set of design principles have been developed in order to guide the development of the masterplan. The design principles set a framework for change, conservation and renewal within the railway station precinct.

These principles aim to amplify the character and values associated with the railway station precinct as well as guide the approach to the future development of the site.

The masterplan will guide development, further community involvement and activation of the precinct into the future. This has resulted in a number of actions identified to deliver the master plan.

A range of photomontages, drawings of the rolling stock activation and representative imagery have been included to demonstrate the potential behind various actions within the masterplan.

History:

Value and recognise the railway precinct’s role in the town’s history and cultural heritage.

Community:

Supporting Angaston’s potential tourism, recreation and event opportunities. Create a place with a strong sense of community where people can meet, linger and have fun.

Environment:

Rehabilitate and enhance the environmental setting of the precinct in a way that pays respect to the historical rail infrastructure and character of the site as well as the future use.

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DESIGN PRINCIPLES

Conserve Adapt

To recognise the historical significance of the Angaston Railway Precinct and conserve existing features and infrastructure.

The Angaston Railway Precinct is defined by its historical assets and function as well as its importance in contributing to the township of Angaston and the Barossa region. The historical value of the precinct is largely intact and this increases its historical significance. These assets can be repaired and conserved to create a precinct that maintains its historical character while ensuring that it is safe and functional.

Recommendations:

• Undertake building conservation work on the railway station building based on recommendations on the Conservation Management Plan. Reinstate toilets and picket fence (if required) according to original plans.

• Retain historic palm trees

• Undertake maintenance on turntable and assess safety to incorporate into the precinct function

• Undertake maintenance of crane and assess safety (ensure no moving parts)

• Undertake maintenance on Goods Shed (as required)

• Conserve open context of precinct and view lines

• Conserve original track layout and platforms

To acknowledge the historic importance of the site while ensuring that it will respond to current and future community needs.

Urban and industrial spaces are the product of the community and the function which they fulfil. This is a dynamic and continuously changing process. While the historical assets of the precinct should be repaired and retain their historical character they should also be adapted in a way that supports new uses for the space.

The precinct has the potential to continue to be a significant community asset for the town of Angaston including as a recreation facility, a tourist attraction, congregation space and as a community events space.

Recommendations:

• Encourage adaptive reuse of railway station building with appropriate use to activate space

• Adapt platforms to ensure disability access and reduce physical barriers within the site

• Adapt the precinct open space spine into a multi-purpose functional space

• Establish a picnic and congregation area adjacent to turntable. Incorporate turntable into function of space.

• Adapt original train tracks into pathways (or retain legibility in some manner)

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Repair Develop

To rehabilitate and nurture the precinct’s landscape and surrounds

Acknowledge and balance the landscape character of the traditional railway precinct, the post industrial site and the future use of the site. Address environmental issues such as erosion and stormwater management through the rehabilitation of the landscape. Maintain the topography of the site which defines the traditional layout of the railway precinct.

Recommendations:

• Thin out and reduce undesirable vegetation to improve visibility into the precinct, manage remaining vegetation especially the southern embankment, road frontage of the station building and railway cutting and siding

• Assess, maintain and manage indigenous, historically significant or visually significant vegetation across the precinct

• Manage erosion and stormwater associated with site topography

• Where possible reinstate legibility of railway track layout lost to either the shared use pathway or car park developments

• Improve surface on internal vehicle roads. Ensure service and emergency vehicle access on southern access road

• Incorporate (through surface detail) original elements such as stock yards and engine running shed

To celebrate the site’s history and redefine the precinct and its contribution to the town of Angaston

Changing the function of the railway precinct from an industrial land use to a recreation and open space land use requires an upgrade of amenities such as toilet provision, seating, shelter, parking, landscape etc. Consider new development on the site including location, design and potential for additional land uses such as retail.

Recommendations:

• Identify allotments for mixed use development in north east corners of precinct

• Identify allotments for residential development in south west corner of precinct

• Consider interface of new development with precinct

• Develop BVMPs new machine shed in conjunction with the conservation of the goods platform. Consider reducing visual impact through set back, set down and design details, incorporate passive activation (viewing windows)

• Demolish toilet block and worker accommodation block

• Develop entry statements into the precinct

• Improve pedestrian access in north east corner of precinct

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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT - FINAL MASTERPLAN

KEY POINTS

1. Conserve Railway station building and encourage adaptive reuse (café or restaurant, museum, local artist or produce shop) with WIFI and temporary outdoor seating (such as bean bags).

2. Formalise landscape treatment of station entrance along Kent Street and repair original stair entrance to station building.

3. Resurface entrance road and provide car parking to support adaptive reuse of station building with lighting to improve safety at night (this could be provided through up-lighting trees).

4. Demolish 1960s toilet block and re-establish toilets (4a) for public use within the station building (in accordance with original plans) and provide additional public toilets adjacent to play space (4b).

5. Reduce station platform to original length, reduce height and replace retaining wall. Limit access to platform edge to manage safety issues and provide disability access at each end of the station platform.

6. Re-establish historic trees within tiered landscaped area on eastern side of station building consider up-lighting tress to create an entry statement.

7. Retain historic palms consider up-lighting trees to create an entry statement.

8. Demolish 1960s barracks building and establish main entrance and wide pathway with signage and shelter to provide all-weather protection. Provide an open boundary with bollards to restrict vehicle access

9. Provide signage, wayfinding and landscape treatment at entrances to create a trail-head for the precinct and wider region.

10. Improve public realm along South Terrace, Kent Street and Sturt Street including pedestrian, cycle pathways and Jacaranda street trees.

11. Pedestrian crossing along Murray Street to provide connection between Memorial Park and Railway Station Precinct.

12. Provide a picnic area adjacent to turntable with strong links to potential market space including trees, formal landscape, picnic areas and BBQs (remove tin fence and develop landscape boundary treatment).

13. Repair turntable and enhanced as a bridge crossing and a sunken garden to create unique landscape feature.

14. Retain hotel car parking, re-establish track lines and engine running shed within surface details and explore potential to use space for market or similar.

15. Establish new car park entrance off Kent Street.16. Realign shared use pathway to run through railway

cutting and connect to Washington Street.17. Partner with adjacent land owners to provide bicycle hire

and repair point.18. Modify existing shared used path to create secondary

access point.19. Establish exercise equipment with the potential to

incorporate additional exercise elements into pathways.

20. Establish nature/rope play area utilising existing embankments with strong connection to adjacent picnic area and youth area.

21. Establish youth area with connection to adjacent play area.

22. Car and bicycle parking trees and landscape with space for youth bus parking.

23. Repair and conserve original stone wall with the potential to incorporate into the southern native area.

24. Manage vegetation and undertake re-vegetation of native planting to develop a native edible garden and increase biodiversity value. Establish an informal bike path with jumps and challenges to increase youth activation.

25. Establish lookout areas to capitalise on views with benches and signage.

26. Establish landscape buffers to adjacent development areas

27. Continue preservation of Goods Shed.28. Develop Barossa Valley Machine Preservation Society

shed (15m x 60m) and setback from the Good Shed to retain track legibility. Provide windows for passive activation of facade (in line with mounded walkway) and explore potential to incorporate a Men’s Shed and learning centre for youth.

29. Establish a landscape mounded walkway providing screening and visual interaction with machinery shed and connection to look out and Fife Street.

30. Potential future residential development (two allotments) dependent on feasibility study.

31. Potential future mixed use development (heritage centre, community facility, tourism/commercial, education, artists workshops) with strong links to Murray Street. One to two storey, 4 to 6 metre wide articulated development with active frontages which address both the street and the precinct

32. Potential future development site, incorporate original features (engine running shed) in surface treatment and/or landscape to retain legibility of site and provide transition to adjacent development

33. Long term development opportunity dependent on feasibility study. Potential to develop as a landscaped area or short term tourism parking in the short term.

34. Establish outdoor dining for adjacent development along Washington Street and Kent Street with strong visual and landscape connection to precinct (restrict on street parking and provide loading zones).

35. Encourage increased pedestrian access to Murray Street.

36. Reduce traffic conflicts the Kent Street and Sturt Street intersection while improving pedestrian access

37. Re-establish track lines with appropriate surface treatment, ensure that track lines are functional to support the movement of activated rolling stock

38. Establish a series of ‘pop-up’ rolling stock to support activation within the precinct including stage/screen, market platform, exercise equipment, hand cart and youth pod with power connections. Plug and Play infrastructure.

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Shared use pathway

Compacted gravel pathway

Lookout

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Irrigated grass area

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Rock wall

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Picnic Area and Celebrated History

1. Mesh covered walkway over turntable with fence, conservation of turntable. Direct pathway link to car park/market space

2. Interpretive signage of historic railway station precinct operation (potential link to online interface)

3. Colourful native sunken garden4. Enhancement of boundary treatment, potential

continuation of heritage stone wall5. Grassed picnic area with strong links to adjacent

play space, main entrance and market space. BBQs provided.

6. Potential temporary activation of community space

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Active Precinct

1. Market space or similar temporary community events within existing car park

2. Extension of shared use path within existing railway cutting to provide increased connection to main street and surrounding land uses

3. Increased recreation function of precinct, including exercise equipment

4. Capitalising on the topography of the site to provide an interesting children play space with a focus on rope and nature play with gradients of challenge

5. Native planting, bank erosion and stormwater management

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1. Youth activation of rolling stock could include skateable elements

2. Potential to increase recreation value through additional elements

3. Potential to engage with youth through public art4. Retain movement of rolling stock to allow for greater

flexibility

The Pop-up Place draws on the idea of the shipping container to create places within the urban environment. This idea has been used on many occasions and numerous good examples exist. Within this project it is suggested that using old railway rolling stock will provide a point of difference and fit the precinct contextually.

The thinking behind the pop up place is to make places instantly. To create new outcomes quickly and maximum benefit to the community. However it will not be enough to just drop a carriage on site and hope that place making will occur. The design, curration, management and adaptation of the carriage will need to be tailored ‘to’ and ‘by’ the local community.

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1. Outdoor cinema screen; fit out dependent on budget2. Retain movement of rolling stock to allow for greater

flexibility3. Grassed open space to allow casual community

attendance4. Retain landscape and heritage setting

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REPRESENTATIVE IMAGERY

01 Adapted Railway Yard02 Mounded Walkway03 Grassed Amphitheater/Breakout Space 04 Sunken Garden05 Reclaimed Landscape06 Formalised Landscape07 Compacted Gravel Path

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KEY POINTS

1. Conserve Railway station building and encourage adaptive reuse.

2. Formalise landscape treatment of station entrance along Kent Street and repair original stair entrance to station building

3. Improve surface of entrance road and provide car parking to support adaptive reuse of station building

4. Demolish 1960s toilet block. Re-establish toilets (for public use) within the station building (in accordance with original plans) and provide disabled access

5. Reduce station platform to original length, replace retaining wall and limit access to platform edge to manage safety issues

6. Re-establish historic tree within tiered grassed or paved area on eastern side of station building

7. Retain historic palms8. Accessible pathway from station platform to main

pathway9. Demolish 1960s barracks building. Establish main

entrance and pathway in line with South Terrace10. Provide signage, wayfinding and landscape treatment

at entrances to create a trail-head for the precinct and wider region

11. Improve public realm along South Terrace, Kent Street and Sturt Street including - pedestrian and cycle pathways and street trees

12. One way traffic along Kent street from South Terrace towards Sturt Street to provide public realm opportunities

13. Pedestrian crossing along Murray Street to provide connection between Memorial Park and Railway Station Precinct

14. Picnic area adjacent to turntable include shade trees, formal landscape, picnic tables and BBQs. Remove tin fence and develop boundary.

15. Turntable to be repaired and enhanced as a bridge. Establish a sunken garden in the turntable circle

16. Retain hotel car parking. Re-establish track lines and engine running shed within surface details. Potential to use space for market or similar.

17. Establish new car park entrance off Kent Street18. Realign shared use pathway to run through railway

cutting and connect to Washington Street19. Modify existing shared used path to create secondary

access point20. Potential nature/rope play area utilising existing

embankments - connected with adjacent picnic area21. Potential youth area with connection to adjacent play

area22. Car and bicycle parking area with shade and landscape23. Repair and conserve original stone wall

APPENDIX A - DESIGN DEVELOPMENT - PREFERRED OPTION

24. Informal car parking along Fife Street25. Manage vegetation and increase native vegetation and

biodiversity value - include an informal walking track26. Establish lookout areas to capitalise on views - include

benches27. Establish landscape buffers to adjacent development

areas28. Continue preservation of Goods Shed29. Barossa Valley Machine Preservation Society shed (15m

x 60m) - set back from Good Shed, retain track legibility. Provide windows for passive activation of facade (in line with mounded walkway)

30. Establish a landscape mounded walkway - providing screening and visual interaction with machinery shed and connection to look out

31. Potential future residential development (two allotments) dependent on feasibility study

32. Potential future mixed use development (heritage centre, community facility, tourism/commercial, education) with strong links to Murray Street. One to two storey, 4 to 6 metre wide articulated development with active frontages which address both the street and the precinct

33. Potential future development site, incorporate original features (engine running shed) in surface treatment and/or landscape to retain legibility of site and provide transition to adjacent development

34. Long term development opportunity dependent on feasbility study. Landscape area in short term.

35. Establish outdoor dining for adjacent development with strong visual connection to precinct, with landscape

36. Re-establish track lines with appropriate surface treatment

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LEGENDBreakout space for station building

Picnic/congregation space

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Open space spine - at a single consistent grade. A combination of grass and compacted gravel pathways within train tracks

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Pedestrian Pathway

Buildings

Station Platforms

Breakout space for station building


Potential nature/rope play area


Turntable

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Lookout and mounded pathway

Car Parking


LEGEND

KEY POINTS

1. Conserve Railway station building and encourage adaptive reuse. Re-establish toilets (for public use) within this building

2. Reduce station platform to original length on western side - demolish 1960s toilet block

3. Retain tree within tiered grassed or paved area on eastern side of station building

4. DDA compliant pathway from station platform to main pathway

5. Demolish 1960s barracks building. Establish main entrance and pathway in line with South Terrace

6. Provide signage, wayfinding and landscape treatment at entrances

7. Improve public realm along South Terrace and Sturt Street including - pedestrian and cycle pathways and street trees


9. Picnic area adjacent to turntable include shade trees, formal landscape, picnic tables and BBQs. Remove tin fence and replace boundary.


11. Retain hotel car parking. Re-establish track lines and engine running shed within surface details. Potential to use space for market or similar. Establish new car park entrance off Kent Street (long term).

12. Realign shared use pathway to run through railway cutting and connect to Washington Street

13. Retain existing shared used path (for review in long term)14. Future development site, incorporate original features

(stock yards, engine running shed) in surface treatment and/or landscape to retain legibility of site

15. Potential nature/rope play area utilising existing embankments - connected with adjacent picnic area

16. Repair and conserve original stone wall17. Establish on street car parking along Fife Street with

additional entrances18. Manage vegetation and increase native vegetation and

biodiversity value - include an informal walking track19. Establish lookout area to capitalise on views - include

benches20. Establish landscape buffers to adjacent development

areas21. Continue conservation of Goods Shed

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT - OPTION 1

22. Barossa Valley Machine Preservation Society shed (15m x 60m) - set behind Good Shed, repair original good platform, retain track legibility. Provide windows for passive activation of facade (in line with elevated walkway)

23. Establish a landscape elevated walkway - providing screening and visual interaction with machinery shed and connection to look out

24. Potential future development depending on feasibility study

25. Formalise landscape treatment of station entrance along Kent Street, repair original stair entrance



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Station Platforms

Breakout space for station building


Potential nature/rope play area


Turntable

Crane

Lookout and mounded pathway

Car Parking


LEGEND

KEY POINTS

1. Conserve Railway station building and encourage adaptive reuse. Re-establish toilets (for public use) within this building

2. Reduce station platform to original length on western side - demolish 1960s toilet block

3. Retain tree within sloped grassed area on eastern side of station building

4. DDA compliant pathway from station platform to main pathway

5. Demolish 1960s barracks building. Establish main entrance and pathway in line with South Terrace

6. Provide signage, wayfinding and landscape treatment at entrances

7. Improve public realm along South Terrace and Sturt Street including - upgrade footpaths and street tree planting


9. Picnic area adjacent to turntable include shade trees, picnic tables and BBQs. Remove tin fence and replace boundary.


11. Retain hotel car parking. Re-establish track lines and engine repair shed within surface details. Potential to use space for market or similar

12. Improve cross over and shared pathway connection to Washington Street

13. Retain car parking. Re-establish stock yards in surface treatment and landscape

14. Manage vegetation and increase native vegetation and biodiversity value - include an informal walking track

15. Establish two lookout areas to capitalise on views - include benches, stairs pathways connections and surface treatment where appropriate

16. Create precinct entrance to Fife Street17. Establish landscape buffers to adjacent development

areas18. Continue conservation of Goods Shed19. Barossa Valley Machine Preservation Society shed

(15m x 60m) - in line and at grade with the goods shed, retaining track legibility and reusing track line in front for connection pathway. Provide windows for passive activation of facade, partial landscape screen and a section of the facade that could be used for outdoor cinema screen

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT - OPTION 2

20. Potential future development depending on feasibility study

21. Formalise landscape treatment of station entrance along Kent Street, repair original stair entrance


23. Establish a small grassed amphitheater for outdoor cinema and other events


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Project Areas

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