South Tempe Police Substation
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- In addition to creating a facility that would serve the needs of a rapidly growing community, the City of Tempe also sought a station that would further its goal of "community-based policing." The concept is based on a two-pronged approach of sending police out into the community and bringing the community into the police station. All of this needed to be achieved while successfully combining three distinct components - police patrol, police training and public functions. The facility has as its figurative center, the circular community room, expressed on the outside by a truncated cylinder clad in copper. Wrapped in a symbolic protective embrace around this community space are the remaining functions. A curving, daylit circulation spine links primary internal programs. Patrol functions, which face outwards, are organized along an unfurling arced corridor that is then linked back to the primary circulation by briefing rooms. The distinctive pergola that marks the public entrance has quickly become the kind of fun feature that has helped to endear the structure to the community.
Studio Team
Robert Briggs
Douglas Brown
Stephen Jaycox
Tessa Jones
John Kane
Gregory Lambright
Charles Nissen
Joseph Salvatore
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- Project Team
Owner: City of Tempe
Structural: Drotter/Priniski & Associates
Mechanical/Plumbing: Tesco Engineering
Electrical: Lutz Engineering
Civil: Allen Consultant Engineers
Furnishings: Towne-Kleinschmidt
Landscape: Pat Morse
Contractor: Sun Eagle Corporation - Awards
2007 AZRE + AIA Arizona Chapter Arizona's 150 Greatest Architectural Achievements
2000 AIA Western International Design Honor Award
1997 AIA Arizona APS Energy Award
1997 AIA Arizona Honor Award
1997 AISC AIA I.D.E.A.S. Regional Award
1996 AIA Western Mountain Region Honor Award
1996 Masonry Guild Award
1996 Valley Forward Environmental Excellence Award of Merit
1996 City of Tempe Beautification Award
- Project Team
- Tempe Transportation Center
- Grand Canyon University Arena
- Grand Canyon University Recreation Center
- Casa Grande Public Safety Facility
- Arizona Science Center Entry Modifications
- CGCC Ironwood Hall
- Civic Space Shade Canopies
- Desert Foothills Family YMCA
- Tempe Center for the Arts
- Fulton Center: ASU Foundation
- Ross Farnsworth - East Valley YMCA
- California Valley Solar Ranch
- CGCC Student Center
- Grand Canyon University Master Planning + Programming
- Grand Canyon University College of Education
- Communiversity @ Surprise
- Surprise Public Safety Facility
- Peoria Rio Vista Recreation Center
- METRO Light Rail Stations
- Tumbleweed Recreation Center
- Midtown Multi-Service Center
- Coolidge Police Station
- South Tempe Police Substation
- ASU Institute of Religion
- SCC Fitness & Wellness Center
- Southwest Valley Regional YMCA
- Ahwatukee Foothills Family YMCA
- Westside Multi-Generational Center
- Escalante Multi-Generational Center
- Pecos Community Center
- Groundwater Treatment Facility
- SkySong 3
- Architekton Studio
- On Auk Mor
- Jewelry by Gauthiér
- Wells Fargo
- Bank of America: Tempe Main
- Six Degrees
- Lakes Residence
- Private Residence
- X-cel Energy Solar Facility
- Fifth and Mill
- Farmer Studios
- [OVER]fill
- community
- commercial
- residential
- mixed-use