The space
requirement program requested by the promoter included all the
departments, public and restricted use, necessary
for the proper operation
of a facility of this nature. In the office, we
thought to incorporate a public
space wich could be used by the neighborhood as a
multipurpose space
that allow us to provide greater flexibility to the building.
The inclusion of this multifunctional space in a building with so defined
program allowed us to bring the work of the police
to citizen and
converting the facility into a magnet for the local
people on wich, in some
way, could begin to turn the social life of the
neighborhood in wich it is
located, in the suburbs.
The steep slope of the plot made us think about two
layered volumes,
parallel to the main street and with a small
displacement between them.
In this way the upper body includes the entry from
the avenue that is
configured as a ramp, wich with a slope opposite to
that of the street,
allows in the most natural way the entry into the
building. This ramp is
integrated inside the building being covered by a
perforated aluminium
lattice. Around the corner this body, previously
understood as ground floor,
becomes the first floor and with its cantilever
marks the entrance to the
multipurpose space.
On the
firts floor we placed the public program of the Police building.
The ground floor space is shared between the
versatile space for the
neighborhood and restricted use for the Police
building. In the basement,
lit by a courtyard, we placed the locker rooms, the
briefing room and a
large warehouse.
