UAA completed the Shxw'owhamel Community Complex + Health Centre.
This multi-use facility provides the community with much needed recreation, gathering, health, and administration space. The design was developed through extensive community consultation and supports cultural revitalization, ceremony as well as connection to the land through orientation to the cardinal directions and significant mountain views.
The building form evokes the traditional Coast Salish longhouse in massing and detail, and the traditional winter pit dwelling –the Sqemel– in the Elder's Circle. Further details reference the sturgeon, which is the Nation’s emblem.
The building has been built in partnership with the Nation’s construction company, bolstering the local economy and job training opportunities.