City of Tucson Midtown Multi-Service Center
Location: Tucson Arizona
Completion: 01/04
Size: 48,000 sf
The City had a full complement police station-community center program but a site that flooded twice a year with 2’ of water washing across it at a high velocity. Architekton designed the 48,000 sf Center, in association with GLHN, as an elevated rectangular box building behind a protective wall designed to funnel the water away from the police and public functions. The wall protected the police from the water and peering eyes from a major thoroughfare. Elevating the building kept it out of the water and provided covered parking for the patrol and SWAT vehicles and expensive equipment.
Project Facts
Client | City of Tucson
Cost | $10.2M
Contractor | Concord General Contracting
Type | Design Bid Build
Awards
2004 AIA Arizona Merit Award winner
2004 AIA Merit Award winner, Southern Arizona Chapter
2004 AIA Merit Award winner, Western Mountain Region
Team
John Kane
Doug Brown
Chris Kelly
in collaboration with GLHN
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