Canal Hub – Project 2

2011

The main project was to develop a community centre based on canal activities. In the same way as last year, we worked with one of the local organizations to act as a virtual client and develop a brief based on their existing activities and future needs. We visited the local club ‘Laburnum’, which is a community boating project that runs activities like canoeing, narrow boating, and educational courses regarding the history, wildlife and architecture of the canals. This is aimed at children, adults and people with disabilities. Combining spaces for the different types of boats with more specific uses, offered the opportunity to generate interesting building typologies and explore layouts for a small cluster of structures around an open area.