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Building Samples
PROGRAM:
Fire Station CLIENT:
Rolf Fehlbaum
Vitra International AG
Klunefeldstrasse 22
CH-4127 Biersfelden
SUISSE
SIZE:
852 m²
CONCEPT:
"We initiated our design with a study of the overall factory site. Our intention was to place the elements of our commission in such a way that they would not be lost between the enormous factory sheds. We also used these elements to structure the whole site, giving identity and rhythm to the main street running through the complex. This street – which stretches from the chair museum to the other end of the factory site, where the fire station is now located, was envisaged as a linear landscaped zone, almost as if it were the artificial extension of the linear patterns of the adjacent agricultural fields and vineyards. Thus, rather than designing the building as an isolated object, it was developed as the outer edge of the landscaped zone: defining space rather than occupying space. This was achieved by stretching the programme into a long, narrow building alongside the street which marks the edge of the factory site, and which also functions as a screening device against the bordering buildings.
The space-defining and screening functions of the building were the point of departure for the development of the architectural concept: a linear, layered series of walls. The programme of the fire station inhabits the spaces between these walls, which puncture, tilt and break according to functional requirements. The building is hermetic from a frontal reading, revealing the interiors only from a perpendicular viewpoint."
Fire Station CLIENT:
Rolf Fehlbaum
Vitra International AG
Klunefeldstrasse 22
CH-4127 Biersfelden
SUISSE
SIZE:
852 m²
CONCEPT:
"We initiated our design with a study of the overall factory site. Our intention was to place the elements of our commission in such a way that they would not be lost between the enormous factory sheds. We also used these elements to structure the whole site, giving identity and rhythm to the main street running through the complex. This street – which stretches from the chair museum to the other end of the factory site, where the fire station is now located, was envisaged as a linear landscaped zone, almost as if it were the artificial extension of the linear patterns of the adjacent agricultural fields and vineyards. Thus, rather than designing the building as an isolated object, it was developed as the outer edge of the landscaped zone: defining space rather than occupying space. This was achieved by stretching the programme into a long, narrow building alongside the street which marks the edge of the factory site, and which also functions as a screening device against the bordering buildings.
The space-defining and screening functions of the building were the point of departure for the development of the architectural concept: a linear, layered series of walls. The programme of the fire station inhabits the spaces between these walls, which puncture, tilt and break according to functional requirements. The building is hermetic from a frontal reading, revealing the interiors only from a perpendicular viewpoint."
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Building Typologies
1--Which building typology you are researching?
The type of building i researched was a fire station.
2--Why are you researching this building?
I would like to know more about the duty they perform and the space in which they spend most of their time.
3--What is the specialty of this building type you would like to research i.e. museum for dance school for digital media?
The specialty of this fire station would be providing v workshop, storage, living facilities and work space.
4--What are the examples that you will; be researching .. list the example..
Ave Fenix fire station / AT103 .
http://www.archdaily.com/3971/ave-fenix-fire-station-bgp-arquitectura/
5--What are your goals for working with this building type?
My goals are to design an innovative building where you might want to go a workshop and then volunteer.
6--What are the program elements that you see included at this point in your building?
The program elements at this point are work space, classrooms, storage space and living facilities
The type of building i researched was a fire station.
2--Why are you researching this building?
I would like to know more about the duty they perform and the space in which they spend most of their time.
3--What is the specialty of this building type you would like to research i.e. museum for dance school for digital media?
The specialty of this fire station would be providing v workshop, storage, living facilities and work space.
4--What are the examples that you will; be researching .. list the example..
Ave Fenix fire station / AT103 .
http://www.archdaily.com/3971/ave-fenix-fire-station-bgp-arquitectura/
5--What are your goals for working with this building type?
My goals are to design an innovative building where you might want to go a workshop and then volunteer.
6--What are the program elements that you see included at this point in your building?
The program elements at this point are work space, classrooms, storage space and living facilities
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