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East Whiteland Township Police Station

Owner/User: East Whiteland Township

Location: East Whiteland Township
Design Statement: Bernardon is currently providing by Bernardon) provided the visual cues to continue a
design services for a new police station and indoor firing cohesive language of buildings that reinforced the ethos
range totaling approximately 29,000 square feet. The of East Whiteland Township.
first floor measures 13,275 square feet of gross floor area
and the ground level that includes tuck under parking The siting of the new Police Station takes advantage
represents 15,725 square feet of which 4,750 square feet of the existing topography of the site and provided an
of the ground floor area is enclosed space. opportunity to use the building as both retaining wall and
secure “bunker”. Bernardon was mindful of the placement
Growth of the township and the corresponding need to of secure program elements and the public space to create
address public safety challenged the existing conditions a welcoming front door to the campus without calling
of the shared Police department and Administration. attention to the more secure operations within.
Bernardon was tasked with identifying a sensible .
solution for the growth of the Police department and
Township Administration that reinforced the vision
and connections common to a “campus”. New buildings
that were constructed to meet the needs of the Public
Works Department and Fire Station (both designed

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