Fort Worth Future City Hall

On Wednesday, February 16, 2022, key project stakeholders participated in a three-hour City Council Chambers public design workshop held virtually on WebEx. Fort Worth Mayor, Mattie Parker participated in a Welcome video to begin the workshop.

Mayor's Welcome

Workshop attendees received a presentation facilitated by Athenian Group, Boka Powell, Brinkley Sargent Wiginton Architects, and K Strategies. The project team worked with stakeholders to develop an overall understanding of the vision of Fort Worth and the Future City Hall. Click the button below to see an exert from the workshop from our lead architect Mark Dabney explaining some elements of architecture and design. 

Design Overview

The work to date also defined the final scope for the program, including the four main elements of the program:

•  Tower Renovations to accommodate flexible floorplans the more than 23 City departments and 12 City buildings relocating to the tower

• Construction of a new council chambers facility on the site to accommodate the growing City of Fort Worth and better support the City’s Boards and Commissions

• The new council facility is currently heading into detailed design and will be going through the Downtown Design Review board process shortly

• Additional parking capacity to accommodate the more than 1400 City Staff and visitors coming to City Hall on a daily basis

• Development of a true municipal site, including additional sidewalk, gathering areas, and safety features
  
  

Work to date has also included several early packages focused on getting core elements of the building ready prior to renovations

• This has included the replacement of the nearly 20 year old roofing on the building, spanning more than 20 sections of roofing

• Implementation of many core City network infrastructure components

• Critical pre-construction testing including geotechnical and site utilities assessments

What is the Concept Floor?

The concept floor is the first opportunity for employees to see the furniture, technology and collaboration spaces that are currently planned for Future City Hall.

• The Concept Floor is set up for city staff to come with your laptop, plug in and spend some time working in the new space.
• This will be the first in a series of events to help support the city through the change to Future City Hall.
• We know that while exciting, change is always hard, and we want to take this opportunity to experience the new space with you.

The Concept floor has received 800+ visitors thus far and the overall feedback has been very positive with a few key areas to address moving forward: 

• How to work in the new meeting spaces and areas?

• Understanding how to operationalize the new workstations? (storage, acoustics, etc)

• Defining building operations for future use? ( security, facilities)

With the data collected during this time period the team is working through a robust communication plan, tailored OCM plans by department, and the overall move toolkit to help departments prepare for the transition.