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Architectural response to wildfires delivers a modular fire station built offsite
With bushfires forecast to become more frequent and intense for Australia, a Californian-based architectural firm has delivered their own response to their wildfires a modular fire station built offsite.
It’s called Fire Station 67, built offsite from prefabricated steel cubes and designed for modularity, speed, and resilience.
The steel cubes are built offsite and installed with a telehandler in a single day.
This 435 sq m modular fire station was designed for fast delivery as an emergency response, and its modules are assembled around a central courtyard and trellis, and ember screen infill protects the courtyard from wildfire debris.
The modular design includes vehicle bays for 2 fire trucks, 6 sleeping rooms, day Room, kitchen/dining, workspace, and office.
Adaptive reuse was also part of their thought process, as the modules can be re-purposed in 10 years for an environmental research centre.
The steel prefab structure is clad in fireproof corrugated steel siding. Aluminium trellises and windows are resilient against flame spread, and an interior steel trellis provides shade and refuge for firefighters.
The fire station is being built by Xtreme Cubes.
See: www.wittman-estes.com
See: www.xtremecubes.com
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