The building houses 10 different departments as well as conference rooms, staff and public restrooms, and staff support areas. The design goal for Hyman & Hayes Associates was to produce “open office groups of staff and departments for better efficiency, while providing a more pleasing work environment.”
A key to achieving this goal was to ensure that the addition would transition seamlessly, according to the architect. “The first step in the design process was to develop site and massing studies for an addition, almost equal in size to the existing building, that would not overpower the existing building or site or look tacked on. The solution was to provide a new angled office wing, similar in design to the existing building but separated from the existing structure by a taller 2 ½-story atrium.”