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AECOM RFQ No. 15-04-01 City of Sunny Isles Beach Police and Government Center Miami, FL Key Personnel: Nina Gladstone, Ovidio Rodriquez The City of Sunny Isles Beach selected a 2.5 acre site for their Government Center. Centered on an oceanfront boulevard, the site at the center of an emerging business and residential area. The program for the City Hall totals approximately 58,000 square feet on four floors and includes administration, police, library and Council Chamber functions. The design floats a three-floor curving bar of administration and police functions over the ground floor public spaces of library, conference, post office and Council Chamber. A three-level parking structure slides underneath the western leg of the City Hall and integrates public-related functions at the base. The restaurant, to the south of the City Hall functions, is designed as a single-story volume whose roofscape is partially screened by means of a large scale tensile canopy. The City Hall is a composed of a concrete structural frame that is skinned with white architectural precast concrete rendered in a “crosshatch” rib pattern. The curtainwall and punch window openings are a pale green-glass tint, the elevator / stair tower is clad in charcoal gray granite panels and the Council Chamber is wrapped in a mosaic glass tile of varying blue shades. An important civic space along the boulevard is created by the spiral-formed Council Chamber floating on a dynamic fountain. An organized pattern of palms and shade trees defines the northern boundary of the site and creates an outdoor “reading room” for use by the adjacent library annex. Client: City of Sunny Isles Beach Contact: Chris Russo 18070 Collines Avenue Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160 (305) 792-1731 crusso@sibfl.net Year Completed: 2004 Section F 44