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Design team presents detention-center redesign with second-floor shell for behavioral health and flexible uses
Summary
Architects and the sheriff outlined design options for a dormitory redevelopment that could add a second-floor shell for behavioral health and diversion services, include a parking garage and retail shell, and meet a June 30 grant design deadline.
Architects and county staff updated Pueblo County commissioners on Feb. 25 about a detention-design project that the county’s design team says could accommodate a behavioral-care center, flexible shell space on a second floor, a parking garage and potential leasable retail space.
Trainer (architectural design group) representative Dave Zupan presented schematic options and said the dormitory structure was originally built to accept an added second floor; the design team recommended a shell build-out that preserves flexibility for future programming. “One of the key things is that the design group…directed them to be flexible in their design,” Zupan said.
Why it matters: County officials and the sheriff stressed the project could shift some lower-acuity mental-health and substance-use cases out of the jail environment and create program space…
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