Fridley Civic Center

摘要

On a high-visibility site stands the recently completed Fridley Civic Center-including public safety, city hall and public works. During the planning stages, city leaders requested a facility that would meet the operational needs of public safety and city hall functions for at least the next two decades and provide a cohesive building that encourages staff to collaborate between departments. This gave the design team the opportunity to plan a shared municipal facility, maximizing the potential for shared space, building systems and gaining the most value for the city. The limited site area required the building be multi-level, which challenged the design team to organize the police operational spaces between levels while maintaining efficiency in operational flow. The public safety department consists of fire and police and is served by a smaller sub-lobby located across the main lobby. The sub-lobby allows for the police to address interviews separate from city hall. Soft interview rooms can be accessed from both the lobby side and secure staff side, permitting officers the opportunity to meet with individuals without compromising the secure perimeter of the facility. The police and fire administration areas share staff restrooms located in a secure hallway connected to the sub-lobby while the remainder of police functions are separate. Personnel spaces, including administration, records, investigations, and patrol are located on the first floor. The lower level is dedicated to police functions and contains a 40-stall squad garage, duty bag storage, decontamination space, a small holding and hard interview area, evidence processing and storage, and a five-lane firing range. The second floor contains a shared fitness room overlooking the water feature and a shared training room doubling as a backup EOC. Additionally, located on the second floor is a multi-purpose space used by the police for simulation and use of force training.