The new complex at Site 121 on Staten Island, New York, will be the first of its kind in all five boroughs of the city. The architect and his client, the New York City Police Department (NYPD), expect to receive a LEED Silver Certificate for this building.
At the same time, such attention to the environment on the part of law enforcement agencies is to a certain extent forced: in New York, the so-called. Local Law 86, which requires most new city developments to be LEED compliant.
The asymmetric shape of the building plot was played up in the project by dividing the volume of the building into two parts: a building for administrative premises and a building with pre-trial detention cells. The first is a two story stainless steel paneled one overlooking Richmond Avenue; the second, one-story, is shifted into the depths of the site, and its walls are built of gray bricks. The intermediate space between these two buildings is made with glazed ceilings, which should provide access to the interior of the building for sunlight.
The second floor of the administrative building juts out almost 30 meters in front of the street: under it is the main entrance with a wide staircase and a small area of landscaping. The elongated shape of this building also fences off the parking lot of police cars with a gas station from the nearby residential area.
Construction of the new police station building is scheduled to begin in March 2009.
