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 | Project Name: Marin County Jail
Year: 1994
Owner: County of Marin
Location: San Rafael, CA, USA
Building Type: Municipal/Government
Type: Intensive
System: Single Source Provider
Size: 110000 sq.ft.
Slope: 4%
Access: Accessible, Open to Public
Submitted by: Greenroofs.com
Designers/Manufacturers of Record:
Planning, Design, & Construction: DMJM
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Aaron Green, FAIA suggested the concept and site for the underground COUNTY JAIL, completed in 1994, to complement Wright's original building's design. The jail is embedded into the hillside at the end of the Hall of Justice wing. This location makes it possible to transport prisoners into the court areas through a tunnel. (There is a scale model of his plan on the fourth floor of the Administration Building outside the branch library.)
The Marin County Jail "encompasses 222 cells (accommodating 363 beds) as well as common areas and oversight spaces. The building is as much as 60 feet below the hill?s surface. California law dictates that prisoners have a right to discern between night and day, so skylights provide abundant natural light. Designed not to compete with the appearance of the Marin County Civic Center, Frank Lloyd Wright?s last design project, the jail literally disappears into the natural environment. Designers at DMJM incorporated other ecologically sound details such as recycling gray water." (SubsurfaceBuildings.com) |
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| Read the article entitled "Digging for the Green:Underground Architecture and Sustainable Design" at SubsurfaceBuildings.com. Docent-led tours of the Marin County Civic Center are available every Wednesday at 10:30 AM, leaving from the second floor Gift Shop - read more here. |
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