Gate Pā Community Centre

Client: Tauranga City Council

Market Sector: Community

Completion: TBC

Location: Tauranga, New Zealand

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The Gate Pā Community Centre is a multi-purpose facility is located adjacent to Anzac Park and is designed for the diverse community of Gate Pā, Tauranga. It offers a place to gather and facilitates the discovery of strengths, hope, leadership, connection, confidence, and the fostering of social participation locally; creating stronger individuals, whānau, and wider communities.

The facility offers a range of spaces from consult rooms, breakout spaces, hireable meeting rooms, a large hall space, and community kitchen, all of which offer flexible use and relate to the wider site context of Anzac Park and the surrounding residential area. The simple yet elegant form offers shelter as it transitions from public to private, and interior to exterior; with intermediate spaces for people to gather and connect. The roof is a key element, allowing the building to respond to the residential context, larger scale of the park, and the community and civic nature of the building. This facility is an important asset for the Gate Pā community, and has been designed to welcome one and all, assisting young and old to “live their best lives” according to their goals and values.

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• Mechanical HVAC design
• Electrical design
• Communications & security design
• Hydraulics design
• Fire safety design
• Fire protection design
• BIM