Carrum Downs Police Station
Architecture
kerstin thompson architects
21.09.11
Imagined as a mini city, Carrum Downs Police Station comprises of a cluster of programmatic elements each figured as an individual volume, treated materially as a building and distinguished through a particular choice of brick. Internally the variation of the colour, texture, pattern and sheen of the brick expresses each of these zones as a discrete volume and provides a means of orientation and identity, as well as offering durability. Externally the brick face presents as domestic and local, referencing the adjacent suburban condition and re-using bricks from original building that once occupied the site. The 'hit and miss' glazed brick entry tower shifts the scale of the facility from domestic to civic, and as an illuminated beacon at night, heralds the presence of the Victoria Police on the highway. Kerstin Thompson Architects
