ladywell playtower - our vision for a new neighbourhood...
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EXISTING RESIDENTIALBLOCK
ST MARY’S CENRELADYWELL ROAD
Refurbished Playtower with new rear extension to provide a five screen neighbourhood cinemawith cafe/ bar/ restaurant and community/ private hire spaces
Refurbished Coroners court could provide nursery or start-up workspaces
Refurbished Mortuary could provide workshop/ small office space
New public courtyard created between the refurbished buildings and pop-up box park to create a lively cultural quarter and outdoor meeting space/ market/ music venue/ event space.
Pop-up container box park - small units for varied start-up uses
LADYWELL PLAYTOWER - OUR VISION FOR A NEW NEIGHBOURHOOD CINEMA
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Proposed Ground Floor Plan• Access to Screen 1• New grand spiral staircase in tower• Cafe spilling out to landscaped courtyard• Pool Hall bar and terrace• Event space
Proposed Site Plan
The Ladywell Playtower is a wonderful piece of Civic Victorian Architecture and our proposal seeks to enhance and preserve it by finding a new use which will enable it to play an active part in the community for many years to come. We propose to refurbish the main building and to use the theatrical pool hall space for one large cinema screen - the remainder of the existing building will provide ancillary space with a cafe, bar, event room, exhibition space and community/ private hire rooms. To the rear of the site on the footprint of the demolished second pool hall - we will construct a further four cinema screens to support the refurbishment of the historic building. Alongside this will be a thorough landscaping proposal for the whole site, providing outside seating and secure cycle storage along with a pedestrian route which will link Ladywell Fields with Ladywell Road, placing the Playtower at the heart of what could become a new cultural quarter for Ladywell.
Proposed Firsr Floor Plan• Access to Screens 2,3,4 and 5• Community/ Private Hire rooms• Exhibition space• Bar balcony• Managers office
EXISTING PLAYTOWER
PROPOSED EXTENSION
PROPOSEDBOX PARK
CORONERS COURT
MORTUARY
COMMUNITY COURTYARD
MAIN ENTRANCE
DROP OFF/ VEHICLES
BAR TERRACEDISABLED BAYS &
CYCLE PARK
LINK TO LADYWELL FIELDS
ST MARYS CENTRE
View from cinema cafe to new public courtyard and pop-up workspaces
View of main pool hall screen
View of bar within main pool hall space
City Screen, York
East Dulwich Picturehouse Crouch End Picturehouse
Conical roof reinstated to towerand new grand feature stair inserted with viewing platform at the top. New lift installaedadjacent to the tower to provide full accessibility
Roof-light refurbished and reinstated with open-able sections above bar space
New four screen extensionto the rear - with masonry exterior and green living walls
Ground floor wall opened up to create cinema cafewhich spills out to new external public terrace
New escape stair built to the rear
Windows and doors opened up in front elevation to connect new bar with an external seating area and provide views in and out of dramaticpool hall structure
First floor infill - new walkway around existing chimney
Playtower Overview Cultural Quarter Overview