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Design charrette yields campus concepts; board to review options March 18
Summary
Architects and village staff summarized outcomes from a Jan. 30 design charrette for the proposed Oak Park Municipal Campus; the board provided feedback and staff said schematic options with order-of-magnitude costs and phasing scenarios will return on March 18.
Architects from JLK and Dewberry and the village's public-works staff presented findings from a Jan. 30 design charrette on schematic plans for the Oak Park Municipal Campus. The session brought together village-hall staff, police representatives and members of the Facilities Committee to develop concept schemes for a campus that would include a new or reconfigured police station, a renovated village hall and shared site features.
Rob Spruill, the village's public works director, and the architecture team said the charrette emphasized some recurring preferences from participants and the public: openness and transparency in the buildings' design, greater accessibility for council chambers, natural materials (wood and glass), usable green space and flexibility on…
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