Tempe Fire Station No. 8 - Fire Escape

SITE CONTEXT

TEMPE FIRE STATION NUMBER 8 IS LOCATED ON THE EASTERNMOST EDGE OF THE NEW NOVUS INNOVATION CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT. THE SITE FALLS ON THE CORNER OF RIO SALADO PARKWAY AND A NEW EXTENSION OF DORSEY LANE.

PARTI DIAGRAM

INITIAL VOLUMES OF APPARATUS BAY, LIVING QUARTAERS AND BATALLION

BECAUSE IT BACKS UP TO THE OCOTILLO POWER PLANT THE SITE IS A TRIANGULAR SHAPE. THIS HELPED INFLUENCE THE SHAPE IN WHICH THE LIVING QUARTERS ENCASE THE INTERIOR COURTYARD.

THE APPARATUS BAY IS SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF THE FIRE STATION

AND THEN OPENED UP TO THE DECONTAMINATION ZONE OF THE APPARATUS BAY.

THEN, THE CORE OF THE LIVING QUARTERS WAS HOLLOWED OUT

LAST, THE SOUTH WING WAS SHIFTED 10 DEGREES TO THE SOUTH TO FOLLOW THE ANGLES OF THE SITE.

TEMPE FIRE STATION NO. 8

THE GOAL OF FIRE STATION NUMBER 8 IS TO IMPROVE THOSE LIVING CONDITIONS BY RECONNECTING THE FIREFIGHTERS WITH NATURE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A DECONTAMINATION SYSTEM, IN HOPES TO PREVENT THESE BRAVE INDIVIDUALS FROM LOSING THEIR LIVES IN THE PROCESS OF PROTECTING ALL OF OURS.

SITE PLAN

THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE SITE WAS SANCTIONED OFF FOR A FUTURE RIPARIAN PRESERVE IN ORDER TO FACILITATE A SIMILAR PHENOMENON OF THE COURTYARD THAT WOULD BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THIS WOULD ALSO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS TO INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY.

FLOOR PLANS I CHOSE TO STACK SIMILAR PROGRAMS ON TOP OF EACH OTHER TO ALLOW FOR EASY INTERACTION BETWEEN ADJACENT PROGRAMS SURROUNDING THE COURTYARD. ON THE NORTH WING, A FITNESS CENTER IS STACKED OVER OF A SPORTS COURT, AS WELL AS A LIBRARY STACKED OVER THE STATION TRAINING ROOM. ON THE WEST WING, THE GAME ROOM AND DAY ROOM ARE STACKED OVER THE KITCHEN AND DINING AREAS.

DORM INTERIORS

THE SOUTH WING IS ENTIRELY DORMS WITH ANGLED PATIOS TO ACHIEVE UNIQUE AND SEMI-PRIVATE VIEWS OF THE COURTYARD FOR EACH ROOM.

DECONTAMINATION ZONE I BEGAN TO ANALYZE FIRE STATIONS THAT WERE ACTIVELY ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE, I FOUND THAT ONE OF THE LEADING SOLUTIONS IS A DECONTAMINATION ZONE TO INTERVENE RIGHT AFTER THE FIREFIGHTERS RETURN FROM A CALL. THIS AREA NEEDS TO BE LOCATED BETWEEN THE “HOT ZONES” SUCH AS THE APPARATUS BAY AND THE “NEUTRAL ZONES” WITHIN THE STATION. THIS PROCESS THEN REQUIRES THE REMOVAL OF HARMFUL CARCINOGENIC CHEMICALS FROM BOTH THE TURNOUT EQUIPMENT AND THE FIREFIGHTERS’ SKIN AND LUNGS.

WOMENS’ SHOWERS

DECON CARDIO

MENS’ SHOWERS

LEAVE FOR CALL

WOMENS’ LAUNDRY

TURNOUT STORAGE

MENS’ LAUNDRY

ROOM LABLES

RETURN FROM CALL

DECONTAMINATION STEPS: 1. AFTER RETURNING TO THE STATION AND ENTERING THE APPA- 4. NEXT, A STEAM SHOWER TO RELEASE ANYTHING THAT MAY HAVE RATUS BAY, OR THE “HOT ZONE”, FIREFIGHTERS TAKE ALL CONTAMINATED GEAR AND EQUIPMENT FROM THE APPARATUS TO THE TURNOUT STORAGE.

2. THE TURNOUT ROOM HOLDS GEAR SUCH AS BOOTS AND HELMETS, THIS LEADS INTO A DECONTAMINATION LAUNDRY ROOM WITH INDUSTRIAL WASHING MACHINES TO REMOVE CONTAMINANTS FROM THE MATERIALS THAT COME IN CONTACT WITH SKIN.

3.THE NEXT STEP OF THE SYSTEM IS TO SHOWER TO REMOVE ANY CARCINOGENIC SOOT FROM THEIR BODIES.

PENETRATED THE SKIN.

5. THE SHOWER AND LOCKER ROOM THEN LEADS INTO A ROOM WITH AEROBIC FITNESS EQUIPMENT TO ALLOW THE FIREFIGHTER TO REMOVE ANY TOXINS FROM THEIR LUNGS THROUGH 20 MINUTES OF CARDIO.

6. THE FINAL STEP IS BACK INTO THE SHOWER TO RINSE OFF ANY REMAINING CONTAMINANTS.

PRESSURE DIAGRAM

NEUTRAL POSITIVE

WHEN ADDRESSING THE TRANSITION THROUGH ZONES I LEARNED THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A CHANGE IN PRESSURE FROM NEGATIVE TO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF THE LIVING QUARTERS. WITH ARIZONA HAVING ROUGHLY 300 DAYS OF SUNSHINE I ARRIVED AT THE CONCLUSION THAT THERE IS NO BETTER “NEUTRAL ZONE” THAN FRESH AIR. THIS SOLUTION ALSO ALLOWED ME TO CREATE A SERENE VIEW OF NATURE FROM THE DECON CARDIO ROOM. THE INTERIOR COURTYARD COULD THEN CONNECT ALL PROGRAM THROUGH AN INTERACTION WITH NATURE.

EXTERIOR COURTYARD

BY PROVIDING THE FIREFIGHTERS WITH A RECONNECTION TO NATURE AS WELL AS SPACES TO RID THEMSELVES FROM THE HARMFUL CHEMICALS THEY COME IN CONTACT WITH ALLOWS FOR BOTH A MENTAL AS WELL AS PHYSICAL ESCAPE. THE FIREHOUSE SHOULD BE SPACE THAT FIREFIGHTERS SHOULD LOOK FORWARD TO GOING TO. WITH THE CURRENT LAYOUT, THESE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN CAN DECONTAMINATE AS WELL AS DECOMPRESS. BRINGING THESE CONCEPTS TOGETHER PROVIDES THE FIREFIGHTERS WITH A TRUE ESCAPE.

STREET VIEW

APPARATUS BAY SECTION MEMBRANE FLASHING SHEET METAL COPING

ROOF SLOPE

ROOF SLOPE

TAPERED INSULLATION DRAIN TOPPING SLAB

CONCRETE

STEEL COLUMN ROOF SLOPE REGULAR INSULLATION TOPPING SLAB

WINDOW

+34’-0” +25’-4”

INSULATION CONCRETE

FOUR-FOLD DOOR

6” SLAB TURN DOWN

PERSPECTIVE SECTION

BY PROVIDING THE FIREFIGHTERS WITH A RECONNECTION TO NATURE AS WELL AS SPACES TO RID THEMSELVES FROM THE HARMFUL CHEMICALS THEY COME IN CONTACT WITH ALLOWS FOR BOTH A MENTAL AS WELL AS PHYSICAL ESCAPE. THE FIREHOUSE SHOULD BE SPACE THAT FIREFIGHTERS SHOULD LOOK FORWARD TO GOING TO. WITH THE CURRENT LAYOUT, THESE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN CAN DECONTAMINATE AS WELL AS DECOMPRESS. BRINGING THESE CONCEPTS TOGETHER PROVIDES THE FIREFIGHTERS WITH A TRUE ESCAPE.