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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Firehouse in Palma de Mallorca, Spain by Jordi Herrero Campo ArquitectoSeptember 20th, 2012 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Jordi Herrero Campo Arquitecto RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ENVIRONMENT In judo, virtuosity is achieved by profiting from the power of the contrary in our benefit. The plot is located beside a highway. In this position is usual to generate some type of protective parameter which separates us from it. Here, instead of rejecting this particular situation, we collect it in our profit, as in judo.  Image Courtesy Jaime Sicilia
 Image Courtesy Jordi Herrero We took advantage from the cars speed to generate a kinetic piece that has more to do with the scale of the moving car than with the pedestrian one. The result is an organic piece, kinetic one thought to be observed from the highway at high speed. Depending on the time of the day, the weather, our speed, our position … the perception of the building changes. The experience of circulating alongside the building is always unique, as the sea surface.  Image Courtesy Jaime Sicilia SOLAR The plot of the building is 10,283 m2, located strategically, approximately in the center of the city of Palma de Mallorca and has direct access to both the city center and to the beltway in both directions.  Image Courtesy Jaime Sicilia PROJECT The position of the building organizes the plot, generating two distinct courtyards. One is the manoeuvres yard, from which the arrivals and departures of the fire engines are organized.  Image Courtesy Jaime Sicilia BUILDING SCHEME The building is composed by four elements: trays, boxes, skins and cores. Concrete trays. They constitute the skeleton of the building. They allow to organize the programme of activities freely. Boxes. They house more private spaces and organize the more opened ones. Its position and size fits to every need. The system allows the redistribution in case of future needs in a simple manner. Skins. Filter the light and clothe the building. Cores. The building has five vertical communication cores that ensure the fast vertical shifts. Two of them are specialized for emergency exits and incorporate vertical steel bars.  Image Courtesy Jaime Sicilia CONSTRUCTION The project materials were selected with the criterion of the minimum maintenance service and the maximum durability. The image of the building responds strictly to construction systems employed. Trays. Constructed with reinforced concrete slabs with an edge of 30 cm. rested on pillars grid of 8 x 8 m. The slabs are topped with granite flooring. Boxes. Partitioning systems constructed using lightweight panels covered with red thermoset resin. The interior is constructed with prefabricated partition systems of vinyl finish and modular false ceilings steel lacquer.  Image Courtesy Jaime Sicilia Skins. Stainless steel stretched meshes on steel supports fixed to the concrete trays. The meshes comprising the side skin are all equal, 0.5 m. by 9 m. height. In total, 695 meshes. The front of the building is also covered with meshes of 9.00 m. height but wider.  Image Courtesy Jaime Sicilia Cores. Made of galvanized steel and closed with translucent U-glass. USES The project is composed by two buildings. The main building and the practices building.  Image Courtesy Jaime Sicilia Main building It is S-shaped and elongated. It contains three different areas. 1.-An administrative and reception area. Centralizes the management activities not only of this building but also of the entire emergency services of the city. In the basement of this area is located the parking for private vehicles. On the roof is located a multipurpose court.  Image Courtesy Jaime Sicilia 2.-Area of exhibition and meeting room. For antique fire engines and antique fire equipment. Scholars usually come to visit it and this area is particularly focused on these visits.  Image Courtesy Jaime Sicilia 3. –Work area of firemen. It is the largest area of the project. It has basement, ground floor and two floors. In the basement are located the fireman personal lockers, changing rooms and sports area with swimming pool and gym. The pool of 25 m. length, has a 12m deep tank for practices. From a side ditch it is possible to follow the diving practices through some windows.  Image Courtesy Jordi Herrero The ground floor houses the emergency fire engines parking and the support boxes. It has 16 outputs, each of them for a two units convoy. On the first floor are located the day areas: the emergency office, lounge areas, library, meeting rooms, kitchen and dining room. On the second floor are the bedrooms. All these areas are connected vertically by four vertical communication cores to allow quick access to the emergency exits.  Image Courtesy Jordi Herrero Building practices 1. – Tower of practices. 30 m. height with training stair, rescue balconies, a climbing wall and an elevator shaft. 2. – Annex Building. With changing rooms, classrooms for theoretical explanations, warehouse for the various materials and fire engines workshop. 3. – Flash Over Training Module. Outdoor areas for practices and fire engines washing areas.  Image Courtesy Jordi Herrero FACILITIES 1.- Passive systems. Climate protection. The scheme of the building uses a multilayered system of protection against sunlight. From the outside area to the inside area you can find: steel meshes to filter the light, porches, solar glass, interior screen and the boxes that house the spaces equipped with the most demanding conditions of use.  Image Courtesy Jordi Herrero Noise protection. Being next to a high road with high traffic density at high speed this is an important issue. The building, from this point of view, can be read as an acoustic barrier made up of different areas. A high density glass separates inside from outside. Behind the glass are placed the horizontal circulation zones. Following are located the closed boxes with their isolations. The bedrooms and the offices are opened to the opposite side of the highway, remaining protected from noise.  Image Courtesy Juan Gabriel Valls Palmer 2.- Active systems. Solar panels. The roof of the main building houses a solar panel system for hot water supply. Water: Rainwater and water from the toilets go into cisterns for a later use.  Image Courtesy Juan Gabriel Valls Palmer  Image Courtesy Mazmen Fotografia  Image Courtesy Mazmen Fotografia  Image Courtesy Mazmen Fotografia  Image Courtesy Mazmen Fotografia  Image Courtesy Mazmen Fotografia
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