Orleans Police Station

摘要

The Orleans Police Station is a modern facility designed to support a 21st century police department while maintaining the appearance of a quintessential Cape Cod cottage. The existing station was in disrepair with poor air quality, leaks and unsecure evidence storage. Renovating the existing station was determined to be financially inefficient so it was demolished, and the new building was constructed on the same site. The 15,500-square-foot police station and 3,300-square-foot auxiliary building are designed to meet the current and future needs of the department by integrating technology throughout the entire building as well as providing secure evidence rooms, a modern electronic booking facility, holding cells, a fitness room and a kitchen. The new station accommodates the influx of staff needed to serve the retirees, vacationers and seasonal workers residing in Orleans during the summer months. It is constructed as slab-on-grade in the exact location as the old station with a large quantity of unsuitable soil below the new building that was mediated using a ground improvement system. The department maintained operations in a temporary space for 14 months, including a busy summer season, while the new station was constructed. The Orleans Police Station includes a multipurpose space serving as a community meeting room, training room and emergency operations center. This multipurpose space addresses the need for a centralized training area to accommodate nearby smaller communities. Technology in this room allows emergency or training operations to share screens from multiple devices on the same screen, which enables specialty software to be added to the operation from outside agencies. To ensure the new station was an environmentally sustainable building, the design includes a photovoltaic ready roof structure, LED lighting, high quality insulation and an induction HVAC system for efficient heating/cooling that can adjust with the weather throughout every season.