NOVUS - Fire Station 8 ADE 552 | Hartman | Charlotte Taylor
Current Site
Future Development
Full Section
Floor Plan
Programmatic Diagram
Residential Apparatus Bay & Support Community Outreach Battalion Office & Residence
Circulation
Truck Circulation Radius
Radiating Heating and Cooling
Envelope Asphalt Insulation Steel Decking MEP Allocated Space Ceiling Stucco Cladding Insulation Concrete Drywall Cladding
Concrete Slab ICF Construction
Structural Diagrams
Initial Iterations
First Iteration
Second Iteration
Initial Iterations
Mid-Review Iteration
Final Iteration
Programmatic Analysis DESIGN GOALS • For privacy interests, business and residential accomodations must remain separate. • Apparatus bay and storage must be designed with negative pressure in mind • In a two story station, operations personnel must remain on the first floor, while the second floor should be limited to admin, communications, and prevention personnel. • Stations should be designed to achieve LEED status, either at conception or in the future. • Stations should be designed with the surrounding context in mind, as well as using natural landscape and features of the site.
APPARATUS BAY
BUSINESS/TRAINING
LIVING AREAS
Need area for vehicle maintenance office and vehicle maintenance parts, fire fighting agent storage, hose storage and drying area, fire extinguisher shop, self-contained breathing apparatus shop (SCBA), protective-clothing lockers, laundry, and tire storage. Areas also for general storage, medical storage, janitorial areas, mechanical/electrical/telephone/compressor rooms, and circulation. Include disinfecting facilities for emergency medical equipment.
Alarm communication center- Area for communications control room, kitchenette, private rest room, emergency operations center, and telecommunications/computer room.
Living quarters- Includes private bedrooms, personal lockers physical therapy room, rest rooms/ showers, and laundry.
Training facilities- Space for educational training and physical fitness. Office for training, testing room, computer simulator, and audiovisual storage. Administration- Entrance/reception area including administration offices, chief’s bedroom, rest room, and storage.
Recreation / Dining- Space for television viewing, quiet study, day room, kitchen, kitchen storage, serving line, and vending and dining area.
Programmatic Analysis DAILY LIFE Fighters on duty usually make the most of their shift when there are no emergencies. Stations typically accomodate sleeping quaters, a kitchen, and training rooms for fighters to stay in shape or relax. Most stations also provide community outreach. This ranges anywhere from reaching out to elementary schools and letting children ride the trucks to cleaning up neighborhood communities or building a community garden.
EMERGENCIES When there is an emergency, fighters have a little over a minute to throw on their gear and move out in their trucks. From there, they have less than 5 minutes to get to their destination. Most emergency calls (55.2%) are EMS and Resuce related. As is displayed in the example training schedule, fighters are constantly being trained, retrained, and updated on how to handle and proceed in an emergency.
Construction Analysis What was once 6 concrete block forms is now one ICF block.
Each smaller interlocking piece is made up of the insulating foam and these plastic forms that are used to lock in the rebarb for the concrete.
These interlocking blocks come in many shapes. Including: 90 degree angles, 45 degree angles, and ledges. They also vary in thickness from 4� to 12�.
Construction Analysis Motives: This construction strategy is mostly a stylistic decision. However, my goal behind my station as a whole is to make it welcoming and comfortable, both physically and mentally. Since fire fighters are risking their lives everyday, I want to incorporate subtle theraputic elements to the building. One of these elements is keeping the user in touch with nature. By using board form construction, I hope to make a connection with the user and some natural surroundings.
Description: With board form construction, it can take 2-3 times longer to form than basic concrete forms. Because of this, I plan to use this style strategically and only where I think is important for the users. These will be 8-12 inches thick.
Basic Dimensions: Thickness- 1 foot Wall- up to 15 ft max in height
Energy Analysis
Energy Analysis
Systematic Drawings
Systematic Drawings Shading Devices
Interior Walls (Board Form)
Ingress/Egress of Fire Trucks
High Rise Training