Parklea Community Hub
A new community hub for a horticulture charity
Parklea Community Hub | Port Glasgow
Parklea Branching Out
INCH is delivering a new-build community hub located adjacent to Parklea Branching Out’s existing facilities and overlooking the historic timber ponds of the Clyde; a special protection area and Ramsar site where timber was stored for shipbuilding in the 1800s along the southern shore of the River Clyde.
The new Hub will support PBO deliver on its objectives, hosting a café with riverside views, community meeting space and other volunteer and training facilities. The building comprises a column and canopy (dendriform) grid, which creates a sculptural soffit internally and covered space externally. Glazed curtain walling and brickwork enclose the dendriform structure, providing views to the adjacent River Clyde, privacy, and shade. The building is elevated on a plinth, lifting the accommodation above the anticipated coastal flood levels for 2100+ future proofing the structure and taking advantage of the landscape and river views to the north over the timber drying ponds.
