A Centre for Youth

Vancouver based Architecture Practice.

Seng Tsoi, Vancouver, Architecture, Architect, Design, Interiors, Landscape, Houses, Homes, Buildings, Burnaby, New Westminster, Richmond, Canada

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Private commission; under construction

Community facility, social space, non-profit

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

3725 SF [346 SM]

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Face of Today Foundation was created in 2009 with the goal that all Youth and their communities would feel empowered through access to resources and education. The Foundation’s We Got You Centre is a non-profit youth resource and support centre serving Youth in Vancouver’s most vulnerable neighbourhoods. They provide a safe space for Youth to grow community.

The original building, used as a Citadel and built in 1957, offered tremendous spatial value for the Youth Centre’s programmatic goals. By working with the existing structure, we weaved in the new spaces for the Youth Centre’s planned activities, sensitively merging with the retained elements of the original building – a synergy of present needs with a standing resource.

With an extensive program centered around Youth, including a community space, a library, offices, a teaching kitchen, a gym, a recording studio, a café, lounge areas, as well as outdoor spaces, our Renovation for the Youth Centre brings together the aspirations of these social programs under one sheltering roof.