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ARCHITECT'S STATEMENT
Responding to the city's need to provide additional area for the
Public Safety Department and an enclosed garage for police
vehicles, we took a step back and planned the entire municipal
site. The incorporation of these programmatic elements with the
existing City Hall unifies the complex and supports the natural
setting. The secured squad garage is built under, and into, the
natural “bowl,” reserving additional city park area as
well as providing a necessary security separation of police and
staff vehicles. The landscape articulates and supports this gesture
through native plantings and low stone walls. The main entrance to
the Public Safety Department and City Hall is unified by a singular
new entrance and lobby. The new Public Safety Department space is a
seamless addition to the existing building and the new public lobby
connects the original Public Safety Department and City Hall
elements and gives the resultant structure a new civic
presence.
OWNER
Plymouth Public Safety Building and City Hall
Plymouth, Minnesota
DATA
Type of facility
Multiple use
Type of construction
Addition and renovation
Site area
8.97 acres
Area of building
48,484 GSF
Capacity
258 (67 sworn officers, 191 civilians)
Total cost of construction
$8.6 million
Status of project
Completed 2006
CREDITS
Architect
Boarman Kroos Vogel Group (BKV Group)
Minneapolis
Structural, mechanical, and electrical engineers
BKV Group
Minneapolis
Civil engineer
Schoell and Madson
Plymouth, Minnesota
Landscape design consultant
Hoisington Koegler Group Inc.
Minneapolis
Cost consultant
Constructive Ideas
St. Paul
Photographer
Paul Crosby
St. Paul
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