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JFR'07 Citation: Snohomish County Jail Expansion

Everett, Washington
 















ARCHITECT'S STATEMENT
The county jail expansion’s form and appearance are drawn from its unique setting and overarching goal to improve conditions for staff and inmates. The county’s decision to jointly operate the new downtown facility with an existing, adjacent jail was combined with an urban planning strategy that created a multiple-block civic campus. The project’s overall massing and details complement these public spaces. Key to the design concept was a city zoning variance dictating the jail expansion should not “look like a jail.” Its fritted-glass curtain wall façade achieves this in two ways: by obscuring typical concrete walls and narrow jail window patterns during the day and creating ethereal and unexpected patterns of diffused light from cells at night. By including video visitation facilities and secure connections between the separate jail buildings and courts, the facility offers safer inmate movement for staff and increased inmate availability for attorney and family visits.



OWNER
Snohomish County
Everett, Washington

DATE
Type of facility:  Correctional, court, and detention
Type of construction: Addition and renovation
Site area: 104,000 SF
Area of building: 278,000 GSF
Capacity: 640 beds
Total cost of construction: $86.5 million
Status of project: Completed 2006


CREDITS
Architect
NBBJ
Seattle

Design-build architect
Mortenson
Bellevue, Washington

Structural engineer
MKA
Seattle

Mechanical engineer
CBG Consulting Engineers
Portland, Oregon

Electrical engineer
Abacus Engineered Systems
Seattle

Civil engineer
Reid Middleton
Everett, Washington

Security consultant
Detention Solutions
San Antonio

Electronic security consultant
Latta Technical Services Inc.
Plato, Texas

Food service and laundry consultant
Clevenger Associates
Puyallup, Washington

Acoustics and audiovisual consultant
The Greenbusch Group
Seattle

Landscape design consultant
Site Workshop
Seattle

General consultants
Omni Group Inc.
Los Angeles

Shockey/Brent Inc.
Everett, Washington

Photographer
Frank Ooms
Denver