Cobble Hill Community Stage
Community timber frame bandshell, Cobble Hill
Years in the making, the Cobble Hill Community Stage started as one person's idea and became a community effort. Its curved roof and heavy timber trusses now give the village a gathering place for music, celebrations and events.
Green Isle Homes & Timberworks poured the concrete performance surface, steps and ramps, then cut, raised and stained the timber frame, working alongside designer Chris Koehn. Next to the stage, we built the timber frame welcome sign, from concrete footings to raising.
Project Team
Owner: Cowichan Valley Regional District
Project originator, design, site management and timber framing: Chris Koehn, TimberGuides
Project management: Steve Lawrence, Thujacraft
General contractor: Built Contracting, who bonded the project and served as GC at no profit
Architect: Omar Enriquez Mendez, OEM Architecture Office, who volunteered his services
Structural engineering: Fire Tower Engineered Timber
Concrete, timber framing and welcome sign: Green Isle Homes & Timberworks
Funding: Government of Canada
Project donors: Emcon Services, OEM Architecture Office, DL Bins, Ian Griffin, Kolk Machine
Photography: Johanna Vanderpol Photography
