The City of Manassas Park was seeking to not only improve the facilities that house their Police Department, but also to uplift their staff by providing a building that supports the individual and inspires teamwork. The City also sought to extend a welcome hand to the public and open a portion of the Station to the community.
The design presents an entry façade that projects strength and openness to the community through a traditional civic-style building with a large, open glass curtainwall system revealing a public-use Community Hall. This front portion of the building is enclosed in a red brick box, a warm material expressing permanence.
The Police Officers access the building on the opposite side, entering at a lower level. Police work now incorporates a high degree of technology and security, and this side of the building expresses this accordingly. An open, 2-story curtainwall with energy saving sun-shade louvers is flanked on either side by cast-in-place architectural concrete walls and perforated stainless steel panels. This rear portion of the building is enclosed in a high-tech envelope that supports and protects the Officers in their daily work.
The interior design of the Station creates a haven for the community at one end of the building and a light-filled space for the Officers that encourages teamwork.
Client: City of Manassas Park
Location: Manassas Park, VA
Discipline: Community Spaces
Completion: 2007
Size: 22,750 SF
