Strawberry Hill Community Hall

Client: City of Surrey

Location: Surrey, BC

Program: Cultural. Community. Heritage

Photography: Brett Ryan Studios

Strawberry Hill Hall is a 200 sqm community building located in Surrey’s scenic Strawberry Hill neighborhood. Originally built around 1910, the hall served as a gathering place for the local agricultural society until it was destroyed by fire in 2017. The new design honors the original structure's form, character, and materiality while enhancing accessibility, daylighting, and overall building comfort.

The building centers around a large main hall, designed to accommodate a variety of community functions, from childcare programs to events and meetings for Surrey's heritage society. While the hall evokes a sense of grandeur, its design ensures comfort for smaller, more intimate daytime activities. This balance is achieved through material contrasts: the light wood feature ceiling is complemented by a dark wood-look floor, and the room’s height is visually reduced by dark wainscoting that wraps the space, grounding the volume and creating a welcoming atmosphere.