Civic Design

On the fringe of Sun Prairie’s west side, the 54,000 sq. ft. community service building stretches across the agricultural landscape. This pedestrian-oriented design projects a sense of civic importance without being pretentious or stodgy. Its footprint captures qualities of both permanence and lightness with a planer composition of brick, stone, aluminum, and glass. The City’s fire, police and parks departments and emergency medical services (EMS) all share the boomerang-shaped facility, which is anchored by a voluminous 5,000 sq. ft. community room. In addition to office space for each department, a wide range of program elements includes an apparatus room, gear storage, watch room, and day room for the fire department, as well as sleeping quarters for the EMS team and a large sally port and holding rooms for the police department.
Read moreExterior view at dusk
Exterior view at dusk
Alternative exterior view
Alternative exterior view
The community room is a flexible space that can be reconf...
The community room is a flexible space that can be reconfigured and offers abundant natural daylight
At the lobby, guests can easily find the public departmen...
At the lobby, guests can easily find the public department they are looking for through strategically placed signage