A City Lightens Up

Architect: Spacecoast
Architects, PA
Principal-in-Charge/Design
Architect: Linda Dunyan, AIA
Project Team: Lawrence
Maxwell, AIA, John McCaffrey
Consulting Engineers:
Gardner, Griffith & Associates,
Inc.
Contractor: PAV.C.O.
Construction, Inc.
Owner: City of Satellite Beach

r she City of Satellite Beach is
I sandwiched between the At-
lantic Ocean and the Banana
River south of Cocoa Beach and
Patrick Air Force Base. It's still
the "old Florida" of low scale,
pastel residences and it has a
decidedly sleepy ambiance.
 The decision to renovate the
old library for use as a City Hall
was carefully considered. The
City already had a completed
design for a new police station.
That fact, plus the severe reces-
sion, tilted the scales in favor of
the renovation of the library
rather than building a new
structure.
 With a $350,000 budget,
there was a limited amount that
could be accomplished on the
exterior. Both the 6,000 SF roof
of the library and the same size
roof on the Civic Center, its sis-
ter building in the complex, had
to be replaced. Since the interi-
or had to be gutted, it necessi-
tated that the majority of the
funding be spend inside. An ex-
terior finish system (including
insulation) for both buildings,
new storefronts, new window
openings and windows, lighted
bollard/columns and signage
were the only additions to the
outside.
 The interior layout was dri-
ven by the location of existing
entries, plumbing lines and me-
chanical room. The Building
and Zoning offices, which were
formerly in a separate location,
had to be incorporated into the
6,000 SF as did the new council
chambers. In addition, City Hall
personnel wanted individual


FLORIDA ARCHITECT February 1993