New community centre and rowing club
The site is situated to the north west of Altrincham, bounded by the Bridgewater Canal to the North and the Oldfield Brow Park to the West. Commissioned by the Trafford Housing Trust, the scheme is to provide a new community centre and rowing club for SMCA and Trafford respectively. The project will terminate the expansion of a new adjacent housing estate and define the edge of the existing playing fields, forming a ‘pavilion’ typology that leads onto the Cheshire Plains.
The project has been developed in consultation with both parties so that where possible common facilities can be shared between the Community Centre and Rowing Club, ensuring efficiencies are achieved within the design. The two uses have a shared entrance to provide a greater sense of community and ownership. A clear example of joined up thinking between different community groups, to create an end product greater than the sum of its parts.