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INCH Architecture + Design

Parklea Community Hub

Parklea Branching Out (PBO), a charity in Port Glasgow, uses horticulture to support diverse groups through training, work experience, and recreational activities. A new community hub has been designed to enhance their mission, incorporating a café, meeting areas, and volunteer facilities. The design features a sculptural dendriform column and canopy system, glazed curtain walls, and brickwork inspired by garden pavilions. Located in a flood risk area near the Clyde Estuary, the hub is elevated above predicted flood levels and employs climate resilient construction. This project blends environmental responsiveness with social purpose, creating a meaningful and adaptive architectural response.

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Take A Bow Opportunity Centre

Take A Bow Opportunity Centre is an ambitious, environmentally progressive retrofit of the New Farm Loch Community Centre in Kilmarnock, creating a future-proofed facility for Take A Bow, a charitable organisation specialising in performing arts, community, and youth development.

Take A Bow Development Trust acquired the 1970’s community centre from East Ayrshire Council through an asset transfer and secured £2.4m of public funding to transform and safe guard the building through a number of environmental and operational improvements. Key improvements include a new changing room extension, a new entrance colonnade, improvements to the building fabric, and reconfiguration of the reception and bar area.