RAILWAY SQUARE LANDSCAPE CONCEPT · For generations children have played in the park and its trees, and people have rested in a quiet place close to the street- enjoying the shade

RAILWAY SQUARE_LANDSCAPE CONCEPT

PLUMMER & SMITHlandscape architecture / art / design

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1 Project Context 32 Site Analysis 63 Design Strategies 134 Design 185 Play & Natural Engagement 326 Public Art & Interpretation 367 Lighting 408 Material Palette 439 Plant Palette 46

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Authorship and Council Contact

Date Revision Number Revision Details Issued Approved25.10.17 1 DRAFT P&S BSC06.12.17 2 DRAFT P&S BSC26.03.18 3 FINAL P&S BSC

AuthorshipPlummer and SmithPO Box 204Murwillumbah NSW 2484www.plummerandsmith.com.au

Byron Shire Council70-90 Station Street, PO Box 219Mullumbimby NSW 2082T 02 66267 000www.byron.nsw.gov.au

Project Context

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Overview

The purpose of this document is to provide a vision and a plan for Railway Square. This Concept, following community and Council approval, forms the framework for future detailed design and construction works within the park.

Project Context

This project follows on from the Byron Bay Town Centre Master Plan which established a high level vision for the town centre of Byron Bay. The Masterplan process included extensive community consultation and established a high level strategic vision for the town centre.

The Site

Railway Square is a traditional meeting place within the town centre of Byron Bay.

The park’s connection to both the centre of town, the Railway Station, the bus stop on Jonson Street, the Visitor Centre, and the Community Centre has meant that the park is both a prominant ‘gateway’ space within the town centre for visitors and also a valued public space for the local community.

For generations children have played in the park and its trees, and people have rested in a quiet place close to the street- enjoying the shade in summer and the sunshine in winter.

The park has also been used as a gathering place for community events and demonstrations and for temporary market events such as the Byron Artisans Market.

Current Condition

Over more recent times some of these uses have reduced as a result of factors such as the termination of train services in 2004 and the disuse of the Station building, the dilapidation of park infrastructure, and the dilapidation of areas adjacent to the park including car park areas and buildings. A series of minor works within the park, and in particular along the Jonson Street edge, have also resulted in the park being dislocated from the street.

As a result the park’s role as a welcoming and generous piece of public space at the gateway to the town centre has significantly diminished.

RAILWAY SQUARE LANDSCAPE CONCEPT PLUMMER & SMITH

Image: the Byron Bay Train Station entry with Railway Park on the right

Image: space for community gatherings

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History

The site of Railway Square is of historical significance in the town. The Byron Bay Town Centre Master Plan identified Railway Square as the ‘heritage heart’ of the town.

The site is adjacent to, and part of, a heritage precinct centred around the remaining rail infrastructure. Heritage specialists have been consulted during the design process. This heritage value was considered throughout the design process to ensure history is valued and celebrated. This heritage value does not just relate to buildings but, importantly, also to open space, environment, and culture.

Byron Bay is the traditional land of the Arakwal people, one of the tribes of the Bundjalung nation.

Cavanbah- or meeting place- was the Arakwal name for Byron Bay- it being the meeting place for the northern and southern tribes of the Bundjalung nation.

Community Engagement

As previously noted- there was significant community consultation undertaken by the Byron Bay Town Centre Master Plan team. The outcomes of that consultation have provided valuable information for the initiation of this project.

Focused consultation has been undertaken to refine the community’s needs and expectations for Railway Square. In the design phase of this project commenced with a design workshop involving community members. Participants in this workshop included the community representatives that make up the Master Plan Leadership Team and several key stakeholders.

Throughout the design process several key stakeholder groups have also been consulted including Arakwal representatives, representatives of the various markets taking place on and nearby the site, and Byron Community Centre representatives.

Draft design presentations have been made to stakeholders and community representatives with some modifications being made to the design as a result.

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VISION FOR RAILWAY SQUARE

OBJECTIVES

A central public space in the town where the community can connect with each other and their town- a meeting place

• To ensure the park is a key community meeting place in the town centre;

• A town square and arrival point that supports the diverse needs of both the local and tourist community (BBTCMP);

• Increase the amenity of park edges and make it easy for people to enter the park;

• Retain and enhance community identity through design and treatments such as public art;

• Retain the key site features and incorporate them as centre pieces of the park;

• Improve visual and physical access into and across the park;

• Encourage social interactions and incorporate the streetscape into the park and vice-versa;

• Ensure the park enables gathering space for events and demonstrations;

• Facilitate multi generational use with improved furniture and access, and improved play opportunities;

• Provide flexible spaces for impromtu performances and community events;

• Increase the amenity of park edges and make it easy for people to enter the park

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Site Analysis

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RAILWAY SQUARE

BYRON STREET

A Central Public Space for the Town- A MEETING PLACE Railway Square and Context


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Project Site

The existing Railway Park (Railway Square)

Associated Sites

Railway Square, the rail corridor and the adjacent public space associated with the Visitor Centre. The Visitor Centre is currently isolated from the park due to the scale of the existing car park and car park entry

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Existing barriers (shown in red) negatively impacting permeable pedestrian flow into and across the park. Barriers include fences, raised edge garden beds, dense planting, buildings, toilet block, cars and bollards

Existing vegetation- trees marked with a X are probable removals (to be confirmed in detailed phases)


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Existing Barriers Existing Vegetation

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Primary pedestrian flow (shown in blue) through and past Railway Square Primary (blue) and secondary (black) pedestrian paths through the park


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Pedestrian Movement- Primary Pedestrian Movement- Secondary

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Existing features (shown in pink) within the park. Features include playground, environment centre structure, picnic tables, public telephones, drinking fountain, bins, security cameras


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Elements / Fixtures

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Jonson Street edge- barriers block the street from the park North east corner of the park- a narrow and unwelcoming entry with limited visual connection across the park

Jonson Street edge- barriers block the street from the park

Existing playground- under utilised and not integrated with existing natural features

Cars form a barrier to the southern edge of the park View from centre of park looking towards Jonson Street and the toilet block

Northern edge of the park currently has poor amenity and limited passive surveillance

Existing central trees Existing Melaleucas on the western edge of the park


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Existing Conditions

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Design Strategies

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A rationalisation (and potential reduction) of car parking would enable the park to extend south- this provides the significant benefit of a public forecourt space to the future community functions within the existing Counrty Link building

Removing (or reducing) the barriers (garden beds, toilet, and public telephones) along the Jonson Street park boundary would enable a notional park increase- extending the park to the kerb and encouraging people into the space


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Potential Park Increase (South) Notional Park Increase (East)

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Extension of the park south enables a direct public space link from Jonson Street to the Counrty Link building. Potential links across the rail corridor from Butler Street provide the opportunity to activate to edges of the park (west and north) that currently suffer from poor passive surveillance

The existing Hibiscus tiliaceus at the centre of the park has the potential to provide a natural, character filled feature at the centre of the park. The tree(s) has significant potential as a play and gathering feature and provide much needed shade in the summer months.


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New Linkages Rejuvenating Existing Elements

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Hibiscus tiliaceus

The existing Cottonwoods (Hibiscus tiliaceus) in the middle of the park will become the focal point of a central built element. This element will be an inward and outward facing feature that allows for play and gathering. This element will interact with the existing tree- moving through, over and around the horizontal trunks and branches


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Entry points and park forecourts- ensuring people are encouraged to come into the park

Activated and permeable edges to improve connectivity, access, and passive surveillance across the whole park. Extending the park to Jonson Street in the east and the Rail corridor in the west

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ACTIVATED EDGES

COMMUNITY

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MANAGING WATER / DRAINAGE

Key community gathering spaces for temporary events and demonstrations- ensuring the park maintains its historic and important role as a community gathering and meeting place

Central feature capitalising on the existing Cottonwood trees as a park asset- drawing people to the centre of the park

Nature play, discovery garden areas, and water fetaure- providing amenity for families and enabling connection between park users and the park environment

Drainage- improved drainage of low lying areas of the park- gardens that can withstand periodic inundation and new stormwater drainage introduced

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REFER PAGE 23

The Railway Hotel

Lawson South Car Park

Info Centre

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Hardstand areas- consistent finishes through the plaza and along Jonson Street footpath

Custom seating elements- broad bench seats using recycled timber

Shared Zone pavement markings- improving pedestrian amenity

Turf

New planting areas utilising locally native species- see plant palette

New trees

Central built element- capturing the trees as the central space

Boardwalk link paths

Existing trees to be retained

Rubber softfall to slide element

Informal gravel paths and planting

Timber seat with backrest- refer to furniture palette on page 45

Play platform and lookout tower

Timber arbour and climbing plants associated with toilet and park entry

Picnic table and stools- see page 27

Pole mounted lights referencing historic rail station lights. Refer to pages 41 and 42


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1. Existing figs on Jonson Street provide a feature to the street and the park- a town centre entry moment

2. A pocket park on the street- activating the street as well as the park- welcoming people into the park

3. Seats and tables in a garden setting improving the amenity of the northern edge of the park

4. Existing park toilet block relocated to the northern west entry area of the park. Ensures toilet is close to play area users and improves the visual and physical flow into the park from the south- see page 22 for alternative location

5. Paths connecting to critical east-west links through town

6. Shared zone / path through Lawson Street South car park

7. Central feature area- existing trees and nature play (night lighting)

8. Central built feature providing play and gathering opportunities

9. Linking path through the centre of the park

10. Plaza space as a forecourt to the ‘social enterprise’ building

11. A flexible hardstand plaza space running the full length of the southern edge of the park. Reduces car parking and provides space for movement, gathering, impromptu performance, temporary events

12. Permeable paving area to a high use area of the park- promotes gathering while maintaining tree health

13. Car park entry narrowed and turned into a shared zone to improve pedestrian amenity

14. New seating areas improve park amenity. Seating areas and the associated southern edge of the park, combined with topography, create an informal amphitheatre space within the park

15. New planting areas provide amenity to street and footpath

16. Eastern edge of park opened up to extend the park to the kerb

17. Public telephones reduced (2 removed)18. Existing Rotunda (Byron Environment

Centre)- consultation required regarding potential relocation within the park

Example play tower

A play circuit

Elements ramping over trunks

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1. Enhance existing street planting2. Provide planting and amenity close

to seating areas3. Stabilisation and amenity planting

to bank areas4. Informal gravel paths and planted

garden areas5. Garden and discovery elements6. Planting areas puncuate hardstand

areas- provide ground plane amenity and space for shade trees

7. Sand softfall and informal planting as part of the nature play area associated with the existing Cottonwood trees

8. New street planting areas- potential to incorporate rain gardens for improved stormwater infiltration and treatment

9. Planting areas associated with the relocated toilet block to include climbing plants for the establishment of a planted arbour

10. Existing raised garden beds along the eastern edge of the park to be removed to create a permeable park edge to the street

11. Permeable paving to high use area- protects tree health

12. New lighting along central path and western boardwalk path

13. Memorial totem to be retained14. Play elements- platforms, net

bridges, and slide15. Timber seats with backrest- see

furniture palette16. Picnic table and chair settings17. Central timber feature element18. Water play area19. Existing Rotunda (Byron

Environment Centre)- consultation required regarding potential relocation within the park

Arbour associated with entry

Informal paths and planting

Coastal planting

Planting puncuating hardstand

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Area denoting Council owned land within Railway Square

Area denoting land owned by the Country Rail Infrastructure Authority

Proposed Location

Positives:• Close to park users• Located on Council owned

landNegatives:• Potential CPTED / passive

surveillance concerns• Low lying area of the park-

management of levels and drainage required

Alternate Location

Positives:• High level of passive

surveillance• Convenient to park and

Visitor CentreNegatives:• Close to heritage buildings• Negotiation with private lease

holder required• Immediately adjacent to

footpath• Disconnected from park users

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TOILET RELOCATION OPTIONS

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Land Ownership and Toilet Block Relocation Options

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GARDEN AND SEATING AREA

GARDEN AND EXISTING TREES

CAR PARK / SERVICE VEHICLE ACCESS

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OPEN GRASS AREAS

INFORMAL GARDEN AND PLAY AREA

GARDEN AND DRAINAGE AREA

PARK LOOKOUT PLATFORM AND SLIDE

EXISTING TREES RETAINED

BOARDWALK LINK PATH

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CROSS-RAIL PEDESTRIAN LINK

OPEN GRASS AREAS

EXISTING FIG TREE RETAINED

GATHERING AND PLAY CIRCUIT

NEW FOOTPATH TREATMENTS AND A PERMEABLE PARK EDGE TO THE STREET

PERMEABLE PAVING

TRAIN PLATFORM

LINK PATHS

SAND NATURE PLAY AREA UNDER EXISTING TREE


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OPEN GRASS AREAS / COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE

SEATING AND CIRCULATION

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PLAZA / BUILDING FORECOURT AREAS

EXISTING FIG TREE

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CAR PARK

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TABLES AND SEATS UNDER TREES

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Existing electrical locations

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Proposed additional electrical supply locations

Parking meter locations

Drinking fountain

Bins (resource recovery)

Bike racks- (number in each location in brackets)

New drainage pit locations

Park signage locations

New sewer connections required for proposed toilet relocation

CCTV locations

Location of existing Rotunda- consultation required regarding potential relocation within the park

Pole mounted light locations- refer to lighting plan for additional lighting information relating to pavement lighting and catenary/festoon lighting

Telephone boxes- existing wi-fi double telephone retained- two stand alone phones removed

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Indicative Perspectives

Railway Hotel

BIRDS EYE VIEW- looking across the park from the south east

Old Station Building with public forecourt

Public plaza areas to the southern edge of the park

Visitor Centre Toilet block

Central Feature and Cottonwood

Park forecourt space to the north east corner of the park

Jonson Street

Flexible Use in the Park and on the Street

Small picnic setting and gathering spaces are proposed in various areas of the park. These provide space for resting with a view of the park, spaces for social interaction.

Meeting places.

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Water featureExisting vegetation and new pedestrian links

Central Feature and Cottonwood

Link path and central gathering space

Planting, shade and seats in plaza area. Trees clear trunked to allow for visual connection across space

Toilet block

PERSPECTIVE- looking across the park from the south west end of the public plaza

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PERSPECTIVE- entering the park from the north west corner

Entry arbour- associated with toilet block

The central feature and Cottonwood

Garden and play treatments

Vista along the western access boardwalk path towards the public plaza

Existing trees adjacent to the Train platform

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PERSPECTIVE- looking along the Jonson Street edge from under the existing fig tree- park forecourt space

New paths along the northern edge of the park

Existing tree to be retained

Seats and planting areas Adjacent cafe with views across the park

Existing trees to be retained

Jonson Street

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Issue: Developed DesignNovember 2017

PLUMMER & SMITH landscape / art / design

plummerandsmith.com.auPO Box 204

Murwillumbah NSW 2484

10 LAWSON STREET, BYRON BAYLANDSCAPE CONCEPT

LANDSCAPE INTENT

Landscape areas within the 10 Lawson Street development will provide a high level of amenity to both private and public areas. Street planting areas will provide public domain amenity and showcase locally native species- adding to the biodiversity of the streetscapes in the Byron Bay town centre.

Planting areas within the development will also be dominated by locally native species on keeping with biodiversity practices ensuring compatability with local environmental conditions. Some exotics will be utilised where required, selected for their hardiness and adaptability in particular planting locations.

Hard finishes within the development will be selected with sustainability in mind. Hard wearing and locally sourced materials will be utilised to limit on-going maintenance requirements and adhere to sustainability goals.Shaded hardstand areas provide

pleasant paths and gathering areas

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Tree grates in hardstand areas (when trees not in planting areas)- grates form part of the design palette

Potential climbing elements associated with the central tree play area- allows for climbing that limits impact on the tree

Permeable pavement used in hardstand areas associated with existing trees to encourage at source infiltration and tree health

Garden areas, seating and a permeable architectural edge improve passive surveillance along the northern edge of the park

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Linking boardwalk path passing through existing vegetation- connects to east-west links through town

Furniture / play element that provides a range of uses and creates a ‘stage’ around the park’s central feature

Nature play and engagement at the heart of the park

Spaces provided for impromtu performance and gathering

Capitalising on existing assets such as the Jonson Street fig trees and improving street amenity- park to extend to the kerb

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Play & Natural Engagement

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The central feature of the park is the existing Cottonwood Tree. This tree will in turn become the feature and centre of the park’s main built feature- a flexible element that provides gathering and performance opportunities, seating, play, climbing, canopy and sky gazing.

The element is proposed to be steel frame and timber clad. Timber will be hardwood selected for external durability. The ‘silvering off ’ over time is the optimum result for the timber to ensure it is in keeping with the robust nature of adjacent rail elements.

Play and engagement with nature are important components of the design. As outlined in the Byron Bay Town Centre Masterplan, the park should support ‘family, leisure and recreation’. A key potential is for it to be a public space in the middle of town where users can engage directly with nature- climb and sit in a tree, enter the park under the canopy of mature existing trees.

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Central Gathering Element and Tree

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Play

The play elements in the park will be associated with nature where-ever possible.

Refer to the images on the right for a series of example play images.

Play is proposed to include:

Simple balancing and climbing elements under the shade of existing trees.

Small discovery paths through gardens.

Small bridges and stepping stones associated with drainage features.

Climbing elements to lookout towers with a prospect of the park...then a slide back into the garden.




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There is potential for a water play or ‘water fountian field’ element to become a feature within the park.

A cooling and playful element within the hardstand plaza zone of the park. This feature can also combine with lighting for night time activation.

Water (temporary) ‘puddle’ areas with large pop jet fountain

Misters and pop jets

Feature boulders

Reference image for surface textures in the water feature area

‘Pop jet’ fountains (small)

Examples of water play


Water Play Activation

Public Art & Interpretation

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As one of the key public spaces in Byron Bay, Railway Square presents a vaulable opportunity to integrate a public artwork that is both ambitious and culturally significant. It is proposed that this public art opportunity should be a Bundjalung artwork.

It is envisioned that the artwork could occupy the hardstand area along Jonson Street and continue along the southern edge of the park towards the Countrylink building. While ambitious in scale, it is hoped that the artwork would be environmentally responsive - permanent yet temporal in appearance.

Permanent/temporal - with seasonal rainfall the appearance of the artwork will be a regular feature in parts of the year. This artwork will speak of country, of local culture underpinning the site- a community meeting place with embedded, if not always visible, histories.

Arakwal ConsultationResulting from consultation with members of the Arakwal it is envisioned that the artwork is a pattern base spread across the paving area. This is an opportunity to engage a local artist to create the key public art gesture of the park. Further consultation will be sought with Arakwal representatives to develop this opportunity.


Arakwal dancers share their culture at the Boomerang festival

Examples of temporal pattern, both human and natural, that have inspired this artwork opportunity

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Site and Cultural Stories


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Site and Cultural Stories* pattern is indicative only - to be developed with an Arakwal artist*

Artwork fully revealed when the hardstand areas are wet

Artwork gradually fades as the surfaces dry

Artwork pattern indicative only. It is proposed that the artwork would extend along the southern and eastern edges of the park

Example of water generated hardstand pattern.Note: required techniques will need to be investigated in future detailed phases. The preference is for the artwork to be environmentally responsive and temporal, however other techniques such as sand blasting patterns into hardstand surfaces may also be investigated for this opportunity

Artwork continues to fade to the point where it is invisible or ‘dormant’ again

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Public art within the park has the opportunity to not only tell site and cultural stories but also to represent a creative community.

ActivationA potential site for public art in the park is in the ‘plaza’ area- particularly associated with the southern Jonson Street corner of the site. This siting offers the opportunity for good exposure and activation of the park frontage. The artwork should provide the opportunity for gathering and include lighting for night time activation.

Precedent- a good example of what is possible in this location is the Newtown Artseat. The Newtown Artseat provides art embellishment, lighting, and seating and gathering opportunities- and is a rotating gallery for a range of artists...it is not static.

Creative CommunityAn approach such as this- a rotating public gallery for artists- is a good fit for the creative community of Byron Bay and surrounds. This will enable Council to manage content, provide a public voice and canvas for local artistc talent, and ensure that the artistic face of the park is always fresh.

Integrated and Interpretive Public art and interpretation should be integrated within the park design. The primary public art element proposed, as outlined above, is intergated into the park finishes ensuring the site and cultural stories are literally embedded in the design.

Interpretive singage also has a potential role to play in the park and adjacent spaces. Signage and interpretation elements that provide information on history, heritage, and environment.


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Precedent- Newtown Artseat

Examples of intergated inlay artworks (sandblasting of paved surfaces)

Examples of interpretive elements

Proposed activation art location

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Areas to be lit with pole mounted lighting- lighting elements to reference historical Railway Station lighting

Areas to be lit with a combination of pavement uplights (small) and catenary / festoon lighting

Central tree and feature to be lit with a combination of small uplights and under seat strip lighting

NOTE: Where possible warm lighting to be used. Exact elements to be decided during design development and detailed design phases

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Examples of catenary / festoon lighting

Example of pole mounted lighting

Examples of catenary / festoon lighting (Ronstan)

Example of potential customised lighting

Example of festoon lighting

Example of potential pole mounted lighting (we-ef)

Example of in-pavement lighting

Historic station photo showing lights

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Lighting Palette

Material Palette

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Timber bench seats (custom recycled timber seats)Granite stools / bollards:Round ‘Scoop’ | UAP Supply

Example of climbing screen arbour associated with new toilet block location(Bark Architects- Noosa Junction)

Example of climbing plants(Twohill and James)

Example of low maintenance boardwalk material

Bike racks:Bicycle Hitch Rail Fixed | Arrow Alpha, Street Furniture Australia

Example of custom seating

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Precedents / References / Materials / Furniture

Planting areas within hardstand areas- small native gardens increasing park biodiversity

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Permeable surfaces proposed for several garden areas that combine planting and seating / gathering

Subtle variations in hard surface areas provide patterning without dominating aesthetics

Example of dual direction seating with backrest. Similar methods are proposed for the curved seating along the southern edge of the park

Example of simple patterning of hard surfaces Material combinations with planting Boulders in hardstand and planting areas- objects for perching on, for kids to climb on...

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Precedents / References / Materials / Furniture

Brick paving- feature pavement for circuit / apron to central circle timber element

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RAILWAYSQUARE-PlantPaletteCode BotanicalName CommonName

TREESn *ARCcun *ARCHONTOPHOENIXcunninghamiana BangalowPalm

*BANint *BANKSIAintegrifolia CoastalBanksian *CUPana *CUPANIOPSISanacardioides Tuckeroon *ELAret *ELAEOCARPUSreticulatus BlueberryAsh

*MELqui *MELALEUCAquinquenervia Paperbarkn *RANfit *RANDIAfitzilani NativeGardenian *SYZmoo *SYZYGIUMmoorei Coolamonc *TRIlauL *TRISTANIOPSISlaurinaLuscious WaterGum

SHRUBS/FEATUREPLANTSn ASPaus ASPLENIUMaustralasicum BirdsNestFernc BAEMT BAECKEAMountTozer MtTozern BAEvirD BAECKEAvirgataDwarf TwiggyMyrtlen BORhet BORONIAheterophylla RedBoronian CORstr CORDYLINEstricta PalmLilyn CYAcoo CYATHEAcooperi TreeFernn DICant DICKSONIAantarctica TreeFernn LEPper LEPIDOZAMIAperoffskyana Burrawangn LEPpol LEPTOSPERMUMpolygalifolium Myrtlen PHImyo PHILOTHECAmyoporoides WaxFlower

GROUNDCOVERS/CLIMBERS/GRASSESn CARgla CARPOBROTUSglaucescens PigFacee CHOfra CHOEMORPHAfragrans ClimbingFrangipanin CRIped CRINUMpedunculatum SwampLilyn DIAcae DIANELLAcaerula FlaxLilyn DIAcon DIANELLAcongesta FlaxLilyn DICrep DICHONDRArepens KidneyWeedn DOOasp DOODIAaspera RaspFernn FICnod FICINIAnodosa KnobbyClubRushe FICpum FICUSpumila ClimbingFign HOYaus HOYAaustralis Waxvinen LOMhys LOMANDRAhystrix Matrushc LOMLT LOMANDRALiimeTuff Lomandrac LOMver LOMANDRAverday Matrushn MYOell MYOPORUMellipticum Coastalboobiallan MYOpar MYOPORUMparvifolium CreepingBoobiallan PRAped PRATIApedunculata Pratian SCAaem SCAEVOLAaemula DuneFanflowern VIOhed VIOLAhederacea NativeVioletn WESfruM WestrigiafruiticosaMundi CoatsalRosmaryn WESfruN WESTRINGIAfruiticosaNaringa CoatsalRosmarye ZOYten ZOYSIAtenuifolia Zoysia


CUPANIOPSIS anacardioides Tuckeroo

BANKSIA integrifolia Coastal Banksia

RANDA fitzilani Native Gardenia

RANDA fitzilani Native Gardenia

MELALEUCA quinquenerviaPaperbark

ELAEOCARPUS reticulatus Blueberry Ash

Trees

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BAECKEA Mount Tozer Flowering shrub

PHILOTHECA myoporoidesWax Flower

CORDYLINE stricta Palm Lily

ASPLENIUM australasicum Birds Nest Fern

CYATHEA cooperi Tree Fern

XANTHORRHOEA glaucaGrass Tree

Shrubs and Feature Plants

Groundcovers, Climbers and Grasses

DIANELLA congesta Coastal Flax Lily

CARPOBROTUS glaucescens Pig Face

CHOEMORPHA fragrans Climbing Frangipani

DIANELLA caerula Flax Lily

CRINUM pedunculatum Swamp Lily


BAECKEA virgata Dwarf

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FICINIA nodosa Knobby Club Rush

SCAEVOLA aemulaDune Fanflower

HOYA australis Waxvine

DOODIA aspera Rasp Fern

LOMANDRA hystrix Mat rush

FICUS pumila Climbing Fig

LOMANDRA verday Mat rush

MYOPORUM ellipticum Coastal boobialla

MYOPORUM parvifolium Creep-ing Boobialla

VIOLA hederacea Native Violet

WESTRINGIA fruiticosa Mundi WESTRINGIA fruiticosa NaringaZOYSIA tenuifolia PRATIA pedunculata


DICHONDRA repens Kidney Weed

Groundcovers, Climbers and Grasses

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plummerandsmith.com.au

PO Box 204 Murwillumbah NSW 2484

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RAILWAY SQUARE LANDSCAPE CONCEPT · For generations children have played in the park and its trees, and people have rested in a quiet place close to the street- enjoying the shade