Mt Druitt Town Centre Reserve

Develop design concepts to enliven the Mt Druitt reserve at Ralph Place and make it a vibrant, attractive, well connected and inclusive open space.

Comfortable pedestrian access from the south is restricted by the train line.

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Commercial - Westfield- Shops- Parks

Westfields and other commercial zones provide a gravitational pull for consumers.

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CommercialServices- Schools- TAFE- Medical Centre

Numerous ‘Human Services’ and education institutions concentrate around the reserve.

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Civic functions are sprinkled through a zone which takes 10 minutes to walk across.

CommercialServicesCivic- Hospital- Train Station- The Hub

Mt Druitt Town Centre Reserve is hidden within behind the backs of adjoining sites

Looking West- Rear of Chinese Supermarket site- Rear of Chambers Cellars

Looking South- Rear of TAFE- Fence limits access to site

Looking North- Rear of Shopsmart outlet complex- Visual Connection limited by dense low lying vegetation- Dead End road provides access to site without thoroughfare

The reserves isolated position withing the urban fabric makes it vulnerable to misuse....

Out of Sight, Out of Mind GraffitiVandalism to council and private property is

costly to remove and visually disruptive.

Alcohol MisuseReports of alcohol misuse in various locations

around the site.

Careless Needle DisposalThe proximity to Hospital needle vending

machine makes the park a convenient and quiet place for injecting.

These issues combine to create significant problems for positive use of the park.

The Wider Field...

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Extracts from B.C.C. Management plan;- Sports grounds are “barometers in assisting the maintenance of community health and well being”- Reflect the community and designed to assist their needs- Planned to be within walking or cycling distance form homes- Cultural interface between private lives and porting life of community

Mount Druitt Town Centre Reserve is 1 of 800+ natural parklands under B.C.C. management.

Plumpton Park Sherwood Park Rooty Hill Leisure Centre Mt Druitt Town Centre Reserve

The Wider Field...

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Plumpton Park Sherwood Park Rooty Hill Leisure Centre Mt Druitt Town Centre Reserve

Mount Druitt Town Centre Reserve is 1 of 800+ natural parklands under B.C.C. management.

Any proposals must address the grass roots problems with affordable & ‘doable’ solutions.

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Civic Strip

Building on the well known design mantra ‘the whole is greater than the sum of its parts’ we believe in creating an integrated network that brings together all the existing parts to create a safe and uniting pedestrian thoroughfare.

“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts”

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Key Points- Train Station- The Hub- The Pools- Town Centre Reserve- Kevin Betts Stadium- Hospital

By creating a pedestrian and cycle thoroughfare from the Transport Hub at the Station via the shops, services, The Hub, The Pool, The Reserve, Kevin Betts and the Hospital, the reserve will live up to its name as the Town Centre Reserve.

The existing pedestrian experience is dictated by the car

No Pedestrian Crossing Vegetation Blocking Visibility Uncomfortable Pathways Redundant Fencing

More clearly articulated pedestrian and bike zones.

View east along Pedestrian Network at Ayres Grove

Provide safer street crossings

Cobled roads to provide drivers with audible warning

Planter boxes for aditional safety

Lighting elements or coloured paving to further enhance crossing

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Relocation of pool fence along Ayres Grove.

Existing Fence Realigned Winter Mode - Park offered to community

Improving visibility and signage to increase awareness of nearby civic functions including; The Town Centre Reserve, The Hub, and Pool.

Transport Interchange

Dawson Mall The Hub The Pool

Health Clinic

The Park Kevin Betts

Mt DruittHospital

Chinese Supermarket ShopSmartHeadSpace

Westfields

Area Map

A new method of communication promotes pedestrian connectivity.

Develop design concepts to enliven the Mt Druitt reserve at Ralph Place and make it a vibrant, attractive, well connected and inclusive open space.

Mt Druitt’s two football field sized ‘blank canvas’ awaits rejuvenation...

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The current condition of Mt Druitt Town Centre Reserve involves ambiguity, poor pathways, and limited passive surveillance.

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Reconfiguring vehicle access to the site by linking with existing parking to the north, and opening up towards the hospital.

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Moving the cars to create a safe pedestrian zone

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North South Site Section

Northern Edge Section

Shopsmart Bike & Pedestrian Network Playing Fields TAFE Grounds

Potential for passive surveillance through increased activation along northern edge.

Kevin Betts & Basketball

Bike Stop & Cafe

Public Toilet

Seating

Bus Stop

Table Tennis

Chess Boards

Rock Climbing Wall

Mt Druitt Town Centre Reserve reframed as a revitalised sporting and outdoor venue.

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Solar Panel

LED lights

Solar panels mounted on top of stadium lights also provide renewable energy used in secondarly lighting along the civic strip.

Stadium Lights Stadium Lights are fitted with a low level solar powered motion activated light, that illuminates zones of the field where motion is detected. Acting to improve facilities for sports people and deter misuse of the field.

Location of stadium lights, & secondary path lighting.

Providing additional amenity while deterring misuse.

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Civic Strip

“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts”

We hope by focusing on pedestrian connectivity the benefits of what already exists in Mt Druitt the advantages will be multiplied.

- Stronger Connection from Transport Interchange throughout Civic Strip

- Safe thoroughfare to reserve and hospital

- Better use of existing Council open space

- Providing more varying and interesting places for people

- Increase in access to reserve, which will

- Bring more people to the park, to

- Increase natural surveillance

- Enhancing existing facilities and services

- Reinvigorating existing reserve

Advantages

Future: Kevin Betts Stadium

Existing - Twin Undervocered Courts

Expand- Four Undervocered Courts

Offset- Restricting access along rear fence to prevent missuse of area.- Create space for outdoor court and bus bay parking at rear.

Seperation allows connection- Walkway through building and visual connection to Civic Stip

Insert- Attrium celebrates the entry to both frontages and provides space for office & meeting space.- Additonal activation and passive survailance to drive away missue.

Future: Bike NetworkTown Centre Reserve as a pit-stop in an expanded bike network linking existing open spaces, Cumberland planes, and Blacktown Olympic Park.

Proposed bike trail connecting Cumberland Plain & surrounding parks

Town Centre Reserve as a Bike Track Pit Stop

Mini Soccer

Universal Playground

Kevin Betts & Basketball

Bike Stop & Cafe

Public Toilet

Seating

Bus Stop

Table Tennis

Chess Boards

Rock Climbing Wall

Future: Potential expansion can bring additional facilities for a new population of users. Ping Pong, Chess, Mini Soccer.

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A strong, connected network that is planning for a better future...

View east along pedestraian network into upgraded Mount Druitt Town Centre Reserve