Design of a state-of-the-art police station for North Yorkshire Police to replace their existing outdated city centre facility.
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We were appointed, through the Buying Solutions Framework, to provide design team services for the design and construction of a new custody facility and associated office accommodation on the outskirts of Harrogate.
The landmark station accommodates around 200 officers and includes a 16- cell custody suite. The building took less than 15 months to construct and came in 750k under the original budget.
With a raft of renewable technologies utilised, including air source heat pumps and photovoltaic panels, the building achieved a BREEAM’Excellent’ rating.
The new building has three entrances – custodial, staff and public – each with a very distinct look and feel, forming a significant part of the design approach and arrangement.
The tight and complicated site presented certain logistical challenges, including a class B aquifer, a perimeter of protected mature trees and a fall of 12 metres from front to back. By locating the custody element of the building below ground and within the landscape, the Police Authority has been given a naturally secure environment in which to operate.
The office accommodation by contrast was conceived as a glass box located above the solid base of custody. Natural materials assisted in achieving the contrast and the image of a building set within the landscape, with horizontal solar shading as part of an integrated sustainability strategy.
The custody design was based on a radial layout and a development of the principals and configuration developed for the Gloucestershire Constabulary PFI 2 project.
- Client:
- North Yorkshire Police
- Services Provided:
- Architecture
Building Services Engineering
Civil & Structural Engineering
Sustainability & ESG - Sector:
- Public Sector
Police & Custodial - Location:
- Harrogate
- Period:
- 2012-2016
- Value:
- £12 million