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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Hamar Police Station in Hamar, Norway by Filter Arkitekter + LPO (designed using Autodesk Revit)April 21st, 2011 by Sumit Singhal
Hamar Police Station, located 120km north of Oslo, was completed in 2009. The project is a result of a competition scheme won by Filter and LPO (in collaboration). The Police Station is the HQ of Hedmark Police District, which is the second largest police district of 27 districts in Norway.  Hamar Police Station
 Hamar Police Station CONSEPT The architectural starting point was to establish a building of strong character with an efficient and compact form which signalize the function and role of the police in today’s society – transparency, safety, neutrality and order.  Front View PROGRAM The 6500 sqm police station comprise of administration, central detention area, the police security forces, the justice and prosecution unit, the joint operational unit, immigration offices and the central operation centre, serving all emergencies in the district. As drawings of The Police Station are exempt from the public, detailed plans and sections of the building cannot be displayed.  Exterior View A police station, housing a central detention area, a central operation centre and other important administrative functions, is inherently associated with a high security building. In respect to the public surroundings and the visual environment of the site, a large part of the design process focused on diminishing the need for imposing physical barriers, and preventing the building from appearing fortified. Crucial to this process were the organisation of the plan. Sensitive functions are strategically located within the building, the scale and dimensions of the atrium is developed to prevent visual connections to important functions from the outside, and other measures are taken to deal with possible threat of terror.  Exterior View THE BUILDING The project forms and occupies an entire city block in a new urban development with close proximity to the city centre. It is strategically located next to a main artery / street into the centre of Hamar. The main entrance to the Police Station faces this main street and a new square, creating a link between The Police Station and the new football stadium.  Interior View The building is executed as a monolithic volume, using a dark brick on the facades facing the surrounding streets. The atrium appears as carved out of the main body of the building, providing natural light into the surrounding offices. In contrast to the formal language of the street facades, warm natural materials are used in the atriums space – untreated panels from slow growing spruce on the walls, sedum and concrete flagstones on the floor. Skylights in the atrium floor provide light into the lower level of the building. Large glazed openings signalise public and open space, whilst the remaining windows reflects the rigid modules of the office spaces behind.  Image Courtesy Kristin Hovde / Per Olav Pedersen The building, with its five stories, rise up towards the main street. The two upper stories toward the street comprise the administration offices, canteen and meeting areas. This move emphasizes the main entrance whilst being in keeping with the scale along the main street.  Image Courtesy Kristin Hovde / Per Olav Pedersen The section allows the natural distinction between the more public face of the building and the sensitive operative functions (detentiont, vehicular activities, storage) on the lower level. The site drops down towards the south and the building steps down to three stories in relation to the lower scale buildings to the south. To the back of the building lies a fenced in police yard, with entrance to the garage intended for the use of emergency vehicles and detention. Technical investigative functions, ventilation, archives and server room are also situated in this lower level, which is partly under the ground. The location of the garage provides a simple link to the outside vehicular grid, allowing efficient access for the emergency vehicles onto the main road system.  Image Courtesy Kristin Hovde / Per Olav Pedersen The plans are divided into public areas, with access for all users, and areas where only a part of the staff members have access. The public and visitor areas are located on the main entrance level toward the street. Behind this area the plan is organised in layers defined by access, security and logistics.  Image Courtesy Kristin Hovde / Per Olav Pedersen The concept of the plan of the building is based around a double-corridor system surrounding a central core connected to four vertical cores in each corner of the building. In certain areas of the building, where larger spaces occur, for example the changing areas and technical labs, the double- corridor system is replaced with a single-corridor. This system provides flexibility in organising the different departments within The Police Station. Meeting rooms can be converted into office spaces and divisions between departments can easily be adjusted according to changes in structure and staffing.  Interior View  Concept Facades  Concept Section  Elevation East  Elevation North  Site Plan  Section
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