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DRC continues Teton County Justice Center sketch plan, asks design team to reduce perceived mass and prioritize pedestrian scale
Summary
Designers presented an 80,000-square-foot, multi-use Justice Center; the Design Review Committee praised materials and street-level porches but asked the team to return with clearer strategies to break down the building mass and improve the pedestrian experience. The committee voted to continue the sketch plan with direction.
Designers for the proposed Teton County Justice Center presented a development sketch plan that would consolidate the county’s courthouse, detention and related administrative uses into an approximately 80,000-square-foot building spanning three levels.
At the sketch-plan review on May 14, the design team—including Birney Project Management, Arndt Jordan Architects and CLB Architects—outlined a two-entry approach with a primary public entry on King Street and a secondary sheriff’s entry at grade on Simpson Street. The team described an elevated porch and a pair of “porch” moments intended to reduce street-facing scale while keeping courtrooms and circulation stacked inside the building’s central volume. Eric Logan of CLB said the design uses wood, metal panels and…
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