The fire station and the municipal warehouse of Brasschaat both need an extension. The double architectural intervention brings structure to their shared site.
The fire station will be expanded with a second vehicle hall and a compact living level on top of the existing hall. The new layer is constructed entirely from solid cross plywood, like a light but robust storey-high roof.
For the new sheds, the profile of the existing roof is maintained and the corner of the plot is folded over; where the construction strip widens, it is doubled. This creates a jump in the roof shell, allowing daylight to penetrate to the back of the sheds.
The same corrugated metal sheet is used as facade material in both subprojects – blank for the sheds, deep red for the fire station.
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1604 icw Back architectenbureau, De Roover Structureel Ontwerp, SVDB
