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Completion Date: May 2009
Owner: City of San Diego
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Program: A 22,000-square-foot police station and a 5,500-square-foot vehicle maintenance facility set on six acres.
Design concept and solution: The architects wanted to design a police station that would not appear institutional, contrasting displeasingly to the mostly residential context. To accomplish this, they designed the building to run parallel to the street to conceal the rear parking lot and vehicle maintenance facility. An eight-foot-high protective concrete wall was required for the building, so a central atrium was created to allow natural daylight into the structure. This natural lighting scheme and other sustainable features, such as photovoltaic power, contributed to the project’s LEED Silver certification.
Gross square footage:
Police station: 22,000 sq. ft.
Vehicle maintenance facility: 5,500 sq. ft.
Site size:
6 acres
Total construction cost:
$12.9 million
Design Architect:
Safdie Rabines Architects
1101 Washington Place
San Diego, CA 92103
Tel: 617.297.6153
www.safdierabines.com
Architect of Record:
Jeff Katz Architecture
6353 Del Cerro Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92120
Tel: 619.698.9177
www.jeffkatzarchitecture.com
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