Corona City Hall

JGM provided complete Architectural and Engineering services for this prominent and growing Inland Empire City. In developing the 11 acre central city site, the JGM team was charged with creating an urban campus and capitalizing upon the wealth of old-growth trees at the center of the site.

Reflective of the existing structures’ classical organi­zation, JGM provided the City with a facility which honored not only the existing City Hall but also the Spanish Mission style mandated by the City’s Specific Plan. JGM built upon the character of the existing City Hall, developing a succession of distinguishable elements, the central entry, the linear arcade, as well as the vertical compositional framing of the windows at the entries to develop a new facility that could co-exist with the well known City Hall while fulfilling the requirements of the specific plan’s Spanish Mission Style. Landscaping emphasizes the timeless nature of the existing facility. Plant material enhances building entrances and public open spaces. The use of drought tolerant planting and gray water irrigation were high priorities for both JGM and the City.

In the final scheme JGM provided a 136,760 square foot City Hall, a 6,300 square foot Day Care facility, a 7,000 square foot Central Plant, lushly landscaped parking area for 600 cars as well as 2 acres of open space surrounded by old-growth trees creating a large common green between the existing City Hall and the New City Hall.