With the proposed new building held well back from existing boundaries, including a more minimal offset along the public footpath, new raised courtyard spaces are able to be formed. A raised plinth edging the falling street level accommodates a wrap of courtyard space providing social and visual amenity and establishing an appropriate groundscape realm extending from the garden landscape of the Necropolis, secure and elevated from Wishart Street.
This plinth marries with the footpath levels at the north end where it also allows for a more generous arrival area under recessed cover as part of a sequence of approach at the principal entrance. It then extends along the public footpath as a raised planter at the base of the street elevation which is activated by the full glazed wall of the social meeting space, and at the south end between the gable and the cemetery railing becomes a courtyard wall and discreet gate to the courtyard steps behind.
These courtyard spaces will bring the life and positive activity of social meeting and gathering alongside the threshold domain of private terraces.
