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Civic Center & Utilities Building, Silicon Valley
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Civic Center & Utilities Building, Silicon Valley
- LOCATION: Silicon Valleey, California, USA
- CLIENT: City Department
- PROGRAM: Civic Use
- TEAM: SmithGroup
The Civic Center is the administrative core for the City of Santa Clara and is home for City Hall and several satellite office buildings, landscape and open space areas, a public plaza, with on-site and on-street parking to support staff, visitors, and nearby businesses. Most of the buildings in the Civic Center were built in the 1960s when the workforce and residential population were much smaller. As the population of the community has grown, so has the demand for City services and the City’s office space needs. Managing this growth has been challenging and any new attempts to reimagine the office spaces to accommodate more staff and services are now blocked by the confines of the existing building shells.
