Peacehaven
East Sussex
Community Project
The House Project charity approached Shape Architecture to design their new building that would allow them to extend and improve their activities in the community.
The brief required two large halls in a two storey building with supporting kitchen, storage, WCs and lift.
Design to support the community
Given the age range of the users a simple easily accessible and light filled interior was essential. The site for this project was very challenging, being the rear gardens of the existing House Project building which itself had to remain active & trading throughout the construction process.
Neighbours ranged from small bungalows to an industrial building. The existing House Project building also had numerous windows looking out onto the garden which should not be compromised. In addition, the client also required a building that had low operation costs. As with most projects of this nature, the budget was tight and had to be spent carefully.
Summary
New Community Centre for Local Charity
The success of this project is in the creation of a new two storey building in a challenging back garden site for our charity client ‘The House Project’ in Peacehaven. And doing so at the first attempt.
A Guide to Designing and Delivering Community Projects
Community projects are always very interesting commissions with much potential.
Examples of Community Projects
Our portfolio of community projects is large and diverse. All serving to transform our charity clients offering. We very much enjoy working in this sector and have a wide portfolio of community projects of all sizes and types and all very successful projects for our clients.
