Group 1 results
See attached mind map
Group 2 results
- Prison — isolated as a function — open it not only to the Fremantle community but also to WA, Australia, International community
- Operate in the same way as the Female Asylum - permeable, remove walls, open gates. The grounds be opened and access to the buildings restricted.
- Address Hampton Road connection
- Funnel residents East of Hampton Road through to the City
- Curtin University School of Architecture and Design may be a possible tenant of the site
- Take something (recognisable as connected) from the Prison and put it in the city — sign-posting/non signpost/sculpture/visual image
- Characters for children to hear/see — convicts, Moondyne Joe
- Location of the prison on the hill — needs to dominate the skyline, need to see it from the city.
Relationship with the city is physical and visual
Reinstating connection:
- Visual - remove trees/reinstate vista/ramp
- Psychological - opening the "outdoor" areas to the public for everyday use
- Cultural - music, performance, dance, outdoor cinema, theatre, pub, restaurant (new division exercise yard), forecourt, flea markets in and on the ramp.
- Tourism - management
Walls are part of the story and should not be removed, however re-open gates/bridge/re-open old openings.
Tunnels - fantastic opportunity
Avoid "Disneyland"
Transport
- CAT bus and tram need to be "integrated"
- Traffic flow improved
- Reinstate ramp and address Parry street
- Hampton Road verge
- Recent defensive history
- Other uses - free car park, and direct pedestrian traffic through the prison to the city
- Biggest billboard (art, screen) in the world to make the prison visible to the local public
- Integrated into heritage walk
Balance between history/tourism
Integrated with other heritage convict sites (World Heritage Listing) - leads to funding/grants
Responsibility of the site to look after itself?
Is the prison a romantic folly?
Heritage site:
- Re-enactments
- Conferences
- Interpretation/dramatic displays/death masks
- No compromise to heritage building
- If its integrity is compromised (mismatch) will not meet economic goals
- Education and hand on activity for kids
- Melbourne Goal/Hyde Park Barracks/Port Arthur (this is a 19th Century ruin, attractive site/have a stroll around)
- Have blacksmiths selling gates
- Who are the people and what did they do in each era?
Vision and commitment:
- Heritage needs $$ from government
- Requires real commitment from government - to make money you need to spend money)
- Create a business case/strategy/framework
- Viable structure in terms of staffing - tourism, site management
The prison is in huge competition with a lot of fantastic other attractions
Needs to complement other attractions
More than 20 buildings - can they all be for tourism?
Bring other people on tho site to do things (other than tourism) - compatible uses
Create links to other sites - The Knowle, The Surgeon's Walk, The Convict Trail.
Guided and self guided
It will always be a tourism attraction
Open to the community for businesses - buildings need to be adapted appropriately
Parry Street Car Park
- Unrealistic that Parry Street will be closed
- Gardens/park
- Car park underground - or in the cliff
- Better access to the prison
- Sink Parry St and reinstate ramp as bridge - pedestrian and vehicular, travelator
- Re open the mall:
Henderson St - Signage
Summary
Helen - Beautiful buildings
Adele - get the community here; accessibility
Michael - views and vistas; ramp/gatehouse; main cell block
Agnieshka - balance of development is important; proper interpretation of site
May - maintain visual and physical links particularly ramp; sequence of events up to the prison
Richard - there needs to be something there - education, cultural events
Peter - Museums needs to be entertainment-conscious; to generate income and give a sample of what people went through.
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© Fremantle Prison 2002
