Optimus Architecture has consulted to municipalities on their planning and feasibility studies for new projects as well as providing design through construction phase administration. Our projects have included police stations, court facilities, agency offices and maintenance facilities.

Experience with competitive cost conscious and high tech corporate clients has enabled Optimus to serve our other clients even better, particularly municipal clients.

Our Municipal Projects
The following projects represent some of our municipal work.

Hyde Park Police & Courts
Optimus was retained to work with a town facilities committee on a feasibility study for a new Police and Courts building. Our work involved site selection with more than a dozen sites proposed, evaluating state and local law enforcement operational codes and requirements, tours of similar facilities, programming, schematic design, budgeting and a bond issue process. Unfortunately, after more than 12 previous studies and 10 years of trying, the Town was not able to pass a bond issue. A private committee has since taken up the project with our help to find enough community funding and support.

The building was designed to improve safety, security and efficiency in the operations of the Police and Court in one location. The design offered an economical solution with attention to a good looking building in character with historic Hyde Park.

Kingston Water Department
Optimus prepared a study to determine the feasibility of converting a deteriorating historic brick maintenance building to new offices for agency administration. The building constructed in the late 1800's was first a stable for Water Department use, and then a boiler plant for Kingston's City Hall.

Optimus designed the renovations and adaptive reuse to recondition and convert this building to its present administrative office and maintenance garage uses.

Dutchess County Courts Renovation & Expansion
Initially, Optimus prepared cost plans to demonstrate that a county complex of existing historic structures and available urban land could be developed into a new court complex at a fraction of the original $56+ million recommendations by an earlier architect. The goal was to produce a project for about $15 million.

Working with two other local firms, Optimus participated in developing a Capital Improvement Plan and then executed the design and construction phases. The project involved a new Family Court building, a Prisoner Control Addition, renovations to criminal court rooms, the renovation of two historic register buildings, one for the District Attorney and one for the Commissioner of Jurors. The project was completed for $17 million within two years of completing the capital plan.