중국 구이저우성 화암로 소방서 Huayan Road Fire Station, Guizhou Building, Chinese Architecture, Images

Published by Isabelle Lomholt updated on June 20, 2017

Huayan Road Fire Station, Guizhou Building, Chinese Architecture, Images

Architectural Development, China – design by West-line studio architects

Huayan Road Fire Station

Architects: West-line studio

Location: Gui’an New District, Guizhou Province, China

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The fire station is located at the very center of Guizhou Province, near its main city, Guiyang. The building grows in between two steep trapezoid-shaped picks, 30m high, facing Huayan Road, an important road artery.

The building is designed following a trapezoidal shape, clearly visible in its sections, which carries on the shape of the mountain. It gradually grows creating an iconic slope, from which only few elements pump out: the training tower on the north corner and the white central hall. The design of this hall is deliberately different from the rest of the building, aiming to create a holy space, the so called ‘Honor Hall’. A thick white and deep shadows characterize this high sharp space, used for ceremonies where to reward brave fire mans and to strengthen the spirit of the whole team.

 

The plan is quite complex, due to the morphological features of the site. The building is made by a succession of parallel bands to combine different programs and it is arranged on many levels.These are connected by outdoor corridors and boardwalk which, due to the mild temperatures, have been equipped with relax areas, reading rooms and sport equipment to encourage socialization.

 

 

As in the most typical style of West-line, a severe strong architecture always meets open courtyards, some more wide and open, where to exercise and practice group sports, others more quiet, with water features, to create different environments. The light also plays an important role giving different personalities to different spaces.

While on the swimming pool or indoor sports playground we have a diffuse light, in the Honor Hall the light is ‘measured’ to highlight only few architectural elements and to create iconic shadows. Architects paid particular attention to the design of the staircase. Far from being only passages or connection between different floors, these cores have long cantilevered areas and their own lighting system.

Huayan Road Fire Station in Guizhou Province – Building Information

Location: Gui’an New District, Guizhou Province, China
Completion: March 2017

Area Surface: 36.828 mq
Built Surface: 13.890 mq
Main Building: 4 floors
Training Tower: 8 floors
Parkig lots: 62

Design: Haobo Wei, Jingsong Xie
Team:
Architectural: Hongsen Kang, Minghua Ou, Ke Zhou
Structure: Yuanping Li, Dingping Fu, Xiaoqiang Yang
Equipment : Hongbo Shi

Photos: Haobo Wei (Courtesy of West-line studio)

Huayan Road Fire Station in Guizhou Province images / information received 190617

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