SFFDH. San Francisco Fire Department Headquarters
26/04/2013.
By ARCHmedium. Architecture Competition
metalocus, SERGIO CIDONCHA
metalocus, SERGIO CIDONCHA
ArchMedium proposes the creation of a fire station for the city of San Francisco and opens the registration period to their competition for students and young architects. Don't let to pass this opportunity!
Poster of the competition. By ARCHmedium.
Poster of the competition. By ARCHmedium.
The land chosen to locate the project is located on the docks 30-32 of the bay San Francisco, currently unused. This is a particularly appropriate location for this use because it is uniquely connected to the main roads of the city, allowing fire trucks move quickly and effectively to almost anywhere in the city. At the same time it is on the water of the bay and away from tall buildings, allowing actuation of them by sea and air when needed.
The new fire station will not only be a practical space thinked to respond to the needs of firefighters, but must become an icon of the city, a remembrance of the tragedy lived but also of how the city was able to rise from the ashes, a building that everyone associated with the image of the fire department and not only to thecitizens of San Francisco.
Rules of the competition HERE.
Award (special for young architects).
- 3.000€.
- Considered for publication in magazines Archiworld and WA.
- Exhibition in the Faculty of Architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB) and La Salle University.
- Publishing in websites / blogs architecture.
