Architecture / Immersive Environments / Digital Experiences

Princeton Police & Fire Training Center

Princeton, Texas2025 · RFP proposal / Not selected

Rendering of a fitness space with a sprint lane, cardio equipment, tall windows, and a curved digital display. — Proposal rendering: physical conditioning and immersive media share one interior.

Rendering of the Princeton Public Safety lobby with a circular city seal, digital displays, benches, and a timber ceiling. — Proposal rendering: a shared public arrival for Princeton Police and Fire.

Rendering of visitors at large interactive police and fire recruitment displays in a public lobby. — Proposal rendering: team pride and recruitment introduce the people behind public safety.

Rendering of a group in a simulation room surrounded by projected street and emergency-response environments. — Proposal rendering: immersive simulation supports a shared training environment.

Rendering of a dispatch room with operator workstations, a large curved display, and a Princeton city seal on the floor. — Proposal rendering: a common operating picture for coordinated response.

Rendering of stationary bikes and cardio equipment facing a wide immersive digital display. — Proposal rendering: connected cardio stations face a shared digital environment.

Rendering of a nutrition bar with refrigerated storage and an interactive display beside the fitness area. — Proposal rendering: a nutrition bar connects training and recovery.

Rendering of a fitness laboratory with exercise equipment, training displays, and a timber-slat ceiling. — Proposal rendering: the fitness laboratory combines movement, media, and performance feedback.

Rendering of the Princeton Holodeck entrance beside a fitness area and digital activity displays. — Proposal rendering: the holodeck connects to the broader fitness and recovery suite.

Rendering of a person doing floor exercise inside a room surrounded by forest projections. — Proposal rendering: an immersive room can shift between fitness and recovery settings.

Rendering of a multi-sport simulator opening beside cardio equipment and large windows. — Proposal rendering: a multi-sport simulator creates a setting for recreation and shared activity.

Rendering of the open fitness floor with cardio machines, weights, a nutrition bar, and full-height glazing. — Proposal rendering: an overall view of the fitness environment.

Rendering of seated personnel in a quiet recovery room with a continuous violet digital environment. — Proposal rendering: a quieter setting for decompression and recovery.

Rendering of a sprint lane with a large responsive digital display and performance information. — Proposal rendering: a digital sprint challenge makes conditioning visible.

Rendering of a strength-training area with weights, large windows, and a patterned screen wall. — Proposal rendering: daylight and open space shape the strength-training area.

Project animation

RFP proposal / 2:44

Proposal animation exploring the interior design and immersive environments.

An RFP proposal that brings public safety training, fitness, recovery, and community connection into a shared interior experience. Immersive environments are considered alongside everyday spaces for Princeton Police and Fire.

My contribution

I led the interior design effort and the immersive project proposal for the 2025 RFP. I connected the public arrival, training environments, fitness areas, and recovery spaces through an integrated design approach. Although the proposal was not selected, it represents the kind of work I am passionate about: bringing spatial design and immersive technology together around the people who use a place.

How can a public safety facility support readiness, recovery, and connection?

A public welcome with a shared identity

The lobby introduces both departments through team pride, recruitment, and interactive storytelling. Department history, career paths, and the people who serve Princeton become part of the public arrival.

Training through shared situations

The immersive training proposal uses large-scale digital environments to support repeatable scenario exercises. A dispatch concept places individual workstations within a common visual field, considering focused work and coordinated response together.

Movement, feedback, and everyday fitness

The fitness proposal combines strength and cardio areas with responsive digital experiences. Sprint challenges, connected cardio, and a multi-sport simulator create different ways to train, while the nutrition bar sits within the same daily routine.

Making room for recovery

The holodeck concept uses changing digital environments for stretching, mobility, and group wellness activities. A separate immersive recovery space offers a quieter setting for decompression. These are proposed design experiences, conceived as part of a broader approach to supporting first responders.

Collaboration & credits

Michael Zepeda — Interior design lead and immersive RFP proposal.
Architecture and project team: PBK.
2025 RFP proposal. Not selected.

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