HomeMy WebLinkAboutNarrative V1Date: October 20th, 2021
City of Meridian
Planning & Zoning
6907 W. McMillan Rd.
Meridian, ID 83646
Gander Creek Clubhouse Narrative
Gander Creek Clubhouse is a new clubhouse for an expanding subdivision in the Boise area.
They are looking to build a new facility to entertain their expanding subdivision tenants and
create a building more suited to their needs. The new building compliments design styles in
Meridian in a variety of ways, and each will be discussed in more detail below.
1. Architectural Character:
a. Cohesive Design: The building is designed as one building, with the admin office
in the front, and an adjacent entertainment space with an open concept
floorplan. However, each side of the building uses materials, and proportional
relationships to create a cohesive design of the overall building.
b. Building Scale: The scale of the building is set to fit into the surrounding area.
Being largely surrounded by single family homes and other smaller buildings,
Gander Creek Clubhouse is not overly tall, with its highest point a hair under 24’.
The building compliments the surrounding architecture.
c. Building Form: The form of the building is designed to highlight the entrance to the
building. The main building entrance is a large gabled roof, while the adjacent
building has a lower perpendicular gabled roof below to help accentuate the
main building entrance.
d. Architectural Elements: The building is accented with several architectural
features. The entry to the building is accented with a large gabled roof,
providing shelter from the weather before stepping into the building, and
creating an indication of where the main entry is located. The back of the
building contains two covered canopies to provide shading and protection from
the weather. The remainder of the building is a combination of vertical wood
siding, and stone.
e. Materials: The materials of the building include vertical wood siding, stone, and
cement board for the column wraps. Both the vertical wood siding and cement
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board are white to accentuate different shadow lines throughout the day. The
main body of the building is white with dark brick accents. The doors and
windows will be dark colored metal or vinyl. The main roof will be black asphalt
shingles while the lower gabled roof will be a black standing seamed roof.
f. Signs and/or Lighting: Building signage will be included in a separate permit;
however, the building was designed with several locations that will work with
signage, including over the main entry, and on the longer portion of blank wall
that faces the entrance roads. Lighting for the building was designed to keep
the parking lot well-lit for security purposes. There are also lights that flank the
front entry and are more decorative in appearance.
2. Parking Lots: The parking lot is designed with 90-degree parking. The aisle will have
parking on the east and west with handicap parking being on the west closest to the
building.
3. Pedestrian Walkways: A pedestrian walkway is provided from the main entry doors out to
the east and west to connect with the public sidewalk in the subdivision as well to
McMillan Rd. There is also bike parking provided along this pathway.
The new Gander Creek Clubhouse is designed to be a great addition to the City of Meridian,
while adding an attractive building amenity for the surrounding subdivision.
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