Project Overview

The plot is shaped like a trapezoid. The site adjoins an affordable housing on the south and Beihuan Avenue on the north, hence facing serious noise interference. In light of this fact, the project adopts an inner courtyard-style layout. Due to the Songpingshan Gas Vaporizing Station on the northwest corner, the building should be set back for 50m according to relevant regulations, which has a great impact on the spatial layout and causes the building to lean towards the southeast corner. The project is a Grade-1 fire station with a plot area of 3,660.1m² and a gross floor area of 5,791.64m², which can accommodate 7 fire trucks. Fire garage, entrance hall, canteen and communication room are arranged on 1F, firefighters duty preparation room and lavatory are organized on 2F, and operation room and auxiliary room are set on 3F, 4F and 5F.

Project Commissioner

Public Works Bureau of Nanshan District

Project Creator

The Institute of Architecture Design & Research Shenzhen University

Team

Zhong Zhong, Zhong Botao, Ma Ying, Wei Qijing, Zhang Zilu, Wang Min, Yong Yong, Xiong Feng, Wu Zirong, He Xiaoming, Liu Mu, Tang Jin

Project Brief

1. The project is designed according to the research results of “2014 Shenzhen Fire Station Standardization Design Workshop”. The experience of this project will be utilized to establish construction standards on fire stations in Shenzhen, so as to satisfy the requirements of building more fire stations and provide a reference for domestic fire station constructions.
2. Fire trucks leave the station via an exit nearby the street, greatly improving response efficiency.
3.Public participation is encouraged. Open areas are mainly arranged on 1F and the mezzanine for daily visiting. Visitors can take a glance of the garage through the connecting corridor in the mezzanine, without affecting the fire training.
4.Buildings are almost level with the section at the main entrance. The ground is flat. The internal elevation is slightly higher than the municipal road elevation, effectively preventing rainwater from flowing back to the site.

Project Innovation/Need

The main entrance and exit is set at the southeast corner of the site, through which firefighters and visitors enter the fire station. The fire garage faces the square. Fire garage, entrance hall, canteen and communication room are arranged on 1F, firefighters duty preparation room and lavatory are organized on 2F, and operation room and auxiliary room are set on 3F, 4F and 5F. Basement mainly accommodates equipment rooms, and its entrance is set on the northwest corner of the building. Besides, multiple rest platforms are arranged in buildings to enrich the lives of firefighters.

Design Challenge

1. Limited land area: The building set-back lines cannot be fully in accordance with the requirements of Shenzhen local regulations. After several times of negotiations with the planning bureau about set-back lines, the design team reached a reasonable bargain: the plot is set back at least 1.0m on the east side, 2.3m on the south side, 38.1m on the west side, and at least 8.15m on the north side. In this way, the fire station and the sports field are reasonably arranged within the limited land.
2. Special set-back line: Due to the Songpingshan Gas Vaporizing Station on the northwest corner, the building should be set back for 50m according to relevant regulations, which has a great impact on the spatial layout. On the basis of satisfying the requirements of set-back line, the design creates a curved screen wall to unfold a “dialogue” with the gas vaporizing station.
3. Avenue interference: In response to the serious noise interference from Beihuan Avenue on the north, the project adopts an inner courtyard-style layout, with main architectural functions unfolding towards the inner courtyard.
4. Overlapping circulation routes: Visiting areas open for citizens are mainly organized on 1F and mezzanine. Visitors’ circulation routes pass through the mezzanine corridor, without affecting the internal daily training and duty circulation routes of firefighters.

Sustainability

1. Architectural design: the forms of each building feature a simple style, and the building bodies have reasonable coefficient. The window-to-wall ratio and the area of curtain wall and external window meet relevant regulations and requirements. Each building is designed based on facades, and adopts shading structure.
2. Green design: Green architecture and sponge city technologies are applied to roof fruit garden. Concave green area is set on the site for rainwater absorption, storage and seepage, effectively controlling the rainwater runoff within the site.
3. Water supply and drainage design: The project employs energy-saving and environmental-friendly measures to set a reasonable and improved water supply and drainage system, hence realizing water resources reuse and recycling and reducing the waste of internal water as well. According to the design concept of “sponge city”, low-impact development mode is leveraged to design a comprehensive rainwater utilization system.
4. Electrical design: Transformer with low energy consumption and low noise is installed. The centralized capacitive compensation screen power factor on the low-voltage distribution screen bus bar of the substation is not less than 092. The lighting in the staircase is controlled by sensor switch and the exhaust fan uses timing control.
5. Air conditioner design: Multi-split air conditioners that reach the national Grade-1 energy efficiency requirements are utilized, saving energy consumption and improving social benefits.

Architecture - Public and Institutional - International

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