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= GLENEAGLES COMMUNITY CENTRE = The Gleneagles Community Centre is located in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada adjacent to the Gleneagles Golf Course. The Centre has easy access to Horseshoe Bay, Gleneagles Golf Course, local trails, and the Gleneagles Adventure Park. The project is 24 000 square feet in area, and is situated on a small, gently sloping site.

Patkau Architects organized the center on three levels to minimize the building footprint. Program components include community living room, café, meeting room, administration, child care facilities, covered terraces, courtyard spaces, golf course, gymnasium, multipurpose room, meeting room, arts room, youth room, outdoor specialty area, accommodates fitness facilities.

Most of the program components of the Community Centre have direct access to outdoor spaces and this was possibly by adjusting the cross-sectional topography of the site.

SECTIONAL ARRANGEMENT
The sectional arrangement of interior spaces stimulates and energizes the building. The gymnasium volume takes all the 3 levels of the building, acting as a unifying element of the building. Glazed walls allow a visual connection so that the interior of the community centre is animated by the complex variety of simultaneous activities that comprise the social life of the building.

FUNCIONAL STRUCTURE
o   Living room: this large room features south-facing floor to ceiling windows that overlook the Gymnasium’s architecture, glass doors that open out to a 2000-square-foot covered patio on the north side and a stunning glass-encased fireplace along the west wall. This is a multifunctional space that can also be used for business activity with theatre seating.
 * ·       The intermediate level can be reach from a spacious porch along the street and includes:

o   Cafè: this is an open floor plan that can be transformed for different occasion. Surrounded by glass, this main floor gathering place overlooks the Gymnasium to the South, as well as opens out to a 2000-square-foot covered patio on the north side.

o   Meeting room: this is a room of 225-square-foot but, because is surrounded by glass, it seems much birgger. Perfect for small meetings and private instruction.

o   Childcare facilities: the Cypress Corner West lets children (from ages 8 weeks to 5 years) play indoors and outdoors in a gated area while parents enjoy the facilities on offer. o   Gymansium: this is 4,000 square feet of sprung hardwood floors, three-storey high vaulted cedar ceilings and a south-facing glass wall with lots of natural light. This space is designed for sports and related activities but at the same time works well also for exhibitions, larger meetings and special events.
 * ·       The lower level opens on the opposite side of the building and contains:

o   Multipurpose room: this is a 340-square-foot  and can be used for casual meetings or arts and craft and can be set up with or without tables and chairs.

o   Arts room: the community centre offers artistic activity like the Pottery Studio.

o   Outdoor area: adjacent to Gleneagles Community Centre there is an adventure park that has dirt jumps for mountain bikers, a concrete skate park and an asphalt area. o   Fitness: this room is a lively workout haven for indoor cycling and when not in use for cycling the space is open for use by GECC members for individual exercises, kickboxing workouts etc.
 * ·       The upper level includes: