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San Dimas Sheriff’s Station
San Dimas, California
Photography:
Anthony O’Keefe, NTDSTICHLER
Architecture
2006 CMACN Awards Edition, “CMU Profiles in Architecture”
Jury Comments: The exterior courtyard provides clarity to the complex floor plan. The masonry was thought to be a bit dark and foreboding to some, but all agreed that the scale and high degree of articulation and variety in the patterns and tones helped to lighten up the façade. The wood, in combination with the masonry, is a handsome complement, although perhaps a bit “heavy” in its detailing. The entrance is very clear and welcoming. We particularly liked the private courtyard’s scale and character.
The building has been designed to fit comfortably with the
vocabulary of materials in San Dimas. Masonry, employing
both brick and concrete block, is a dominant theme in the
City’s center area. Next-door is a County Fire Station
to which the new facility strongly relates in its choice of
brick block, and concrete roof tiles.
The budget, limited by recent escalation in costs, lead the design team to utilize a combination of split-face and precision concrete masonry units, and brick block. The building is designed to be a front door to the community, while providing an emergency operation center and a secure environment for the law enforcement personnel who serve within. Masonry provided the durability, security and warmth to bring these objectives together.
Atop the masonry walls and piers are wood trusses employing exposed bolted connections to support the rustic warm look of the building. The smallest details were considered from washers on timber connections in the shape of stars, to the carpet wainscot on corridor walls to provide years of scar free protection of the interior from the scuffling of law enforcement personnel bristling with equipment, radios, and gun belts.
Masonry provides a safe, but humane presence in the detention space where inmates are again provide for carefully to insure the safety of the jailers and inmates alike. The site accommodates the 28,000 square-foot station inclusive of the 5,200 square-foot lockup, 3,400 square-foot maintenance building, fuel island, and 220 cars.
Architect:
NTDSTICHLER
Architecture
2025 Financial Way, Suite 106
Glendora, CA 91741
Anthony
O’Keefe, AIA
Principal
Charles
Howard, RA
Project Designer
Structural
Engineer:
KNA Consulting Engineers, Inc.
General
Contractor:
Royal Construction Engineers, Inc.
Masonry
Contractor:
Royal Construction Corporation
Contempo Construction
Block
Producer:
ORCO Block Company, Inc.
Owner:
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
