Brentwood Police Headquarters
Architect Workshop
Brentwood Police Headquarters
Architect Workshop
Awards Category : : Large Project (over 25,000 sf)
The new Brentwood Police Headquarters allowed the Brentwood Police force to expand and improve its facilities and services. The new location is also more centrally located within its service area to better serve its community.
The new Brentwood Public Safety Headquarters is located centrally within the community and along major roadways making the provision of public safety services more efficient and effective. The consolidation of police activities into a single building improves distinction of public safety activities from the City Hall functions and provides both positive visibility within the community and autonomy of purpose. A collaborative interior layout and site planning takes advantage of the natural slope of the site to split public-facing departments from internal activities on separate levels. On-grade entrances are provided to both levels from the public parking at the front lower entrance and from the secure parking area for officers and staff on the upper level. This separation allowed for greater safety – a critical success goal of the Client. Sensitive site planning also maintains the existing pond and green spaces being a good neighbor to the adjacent retirement community.
Public spaces including a courtroom, community room, records and rooms for receiving citizen reports are on the first floor off of the main lobby. The new training facilities including an indoor firing range and digital simulation room are on the more public lower level in anticipation that they will be utilized by outside agencies as well as their own force. This also allows training to occur with less interruption with the day-to-day police activities which largely occurs on the second level. A ‘hub’ established by the break areas on both floors is connected by an open stair and serves as the ‘heart’ of the building. Officers and staff gather and cross paths throughout the day as they move between departments and floors. Other support functions including the daily briefing room, staff locker rooms, fitness areas, staff mailboxes and digital bulletin boards promote these interactions. These co-located communal functions streamlines their daily process, encourages cohesion as an internal community and promotes the camaraderie that makes them affective in their service to the Brentwood community.
The building is a workplace and community asset. The criminal investigation services including interviews, evidence handling, and evidence testing are augmented by the new labs, technology, evidence holding and analysis areas for more accurate case management. Also included is a new 911 dispatch center and suspect holding areas serving separate but critical elements of the public safety effort. Public safety is greatly enhanced by the architecture, interior environment and the capacities provided by this project.
Date of Completion: March 2021
Client: City of Brentwood, TN
General Contractor: Parent Company
Consultants:
Law Enforcement Facilities Architect: McClaren Wilson & Lawrie, Inc.
11798 N. Lakeridge Pkwy
Ashland, VA 23005
804-228-7473
Contractor: The Parent Company
241 Wilson Pike Circle
PO Box 5036
Brentwood, TN 37024-5036
615-221-7000
Civil Engineer: RaganSmith
315 Woodland Street
Nashville, TN 37206
615-244-8591
Landscape Architect: RaganSmith
315 Woodland Street
Nashville, TN 37206
615-244-8591
Engineer: EMC Structural Engineers, P.C.
4525 Trousdale Drive
Nashville TN 37204
615-781-8199
MPE Engineering: Edmonds Engineering, Inc.
51 Century Blvd, Suite 350
Nashville, TN 37214
615-265-8071
AV/IT/Security: Edmonds Engineering, Inc.
51 Century Blvd, Suite 350
Nashville, TN 37214
615-265-8071
Engineering Acoustic Consultant: Roland, Woolworth & Associates, LLC
356 CR 102
Oxford, MS 38655
662-513-0665
Interior Consultant: BRAND interior design, llc
2900 Lebanon Pike, Suite 205
Nashville, TN 37214
Signage: McCoy Design
615 Main St, Suite 202
Nashville, TN 37206
615-403-6509
Photography Credits:
Brentwood_Police_1 Front approach presents a two-story civic building integrated into the site. Photographer: Seth Parker
Brentwood_Police_2 Staff approach the building as a one-story structure. The memorial adjacent to the outside eating area is at this entrance. Photographer: Seth Parker
Brentwood_Police_3 Site plan mage: Architect Workshop
Brentwood_Police_4 Floor plans Image: Architect Workshop
Brentwood_Police_5 A variety of scale, material and visual texture used to create civic integrity at a human scale. Photographer: Seth Parker
Brentwood_Police_6 Front entrance welcomes the public with the transparency to the front lobby. Photographer: Seth Parker
Brentwood_Police_7 The ‘hub’ is the center and ‘heart’ of the building for police officers and staff. Photographer: Seth Parker
Brentwood_Police_8 The administrative area is located on the second floor as part of the upper floor ‘Hub’. Photographer: Seth Parker
Brentwood_Police_9 The rhythm of upper- and lower-level windows suggest a transparency between community and officers while quietly accommodating necessary protection from the bullet resistant glass. Photographer: Seth Parker
Brentwood_Police_10 The 911 Center dispatch locate at the corner of the building gets natural light and view to break up their 24/7 operation. Photographer: Seth Parker
Brentwood_Police_11 Graphics at the ‘Hub’ stair provides inspiration during their daily movement within the building. Photographer: Seth Parker
Brentwood_Police_12 It was important for the lobby to be bright, friendly, and open to set the tone for interaction between the public and the public safety services provided. Photographer: Seth Parker
Brentwood_Police_13 New labs and other investigative spaces will improve case management. Photographer: Seth Parker