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NuanNuan Fire Station

NuanNuan Fire Station

Keelung City, Taiwan

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NuanNuan Fire Station

Keelung City, Taiwan

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BBC Architects

Type

Government + Health › Fire/Police/Military

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2021

SIZE

10,000 sqft - 25,000 sqft

BUDGET

$1M - 5M

Design Team: Yen Partnership Architects + BBC Architects

Architect: Joe Lin, Yenling Chen ( Yen Partnership Architects) + ChuanChih Chang (BBC Architects)

Concept

Keelung, the northmost city on Taiwan main island, is one of the earliest developed cities of northern Taiwan. It is a mountainous and rainy harbor city with more than 90% hills. Those coastal area and steep hills form a beautiful natural landscape in the city yet architecturally challenging site. The climate and landscape result in flood plane in lower area and landslides in mountainous area. Thus, the site selection of Keelung City Fire Department Nuannuan branch is on the edge of the old city, interfacing the hilly natural environment.

The site is located on a steep hill of average 50% slope where the urban landscape is uniquely blending into the natural landscape. The Keelung residents are used to living in this humid rainy mountain. There is an indigenous building style of this area, generally called “mountain house” in Taiwan, that we have take into our main building elements to adapt to the local landscape and climate. The big sloping roof is a new layer of the mountain skin. The balconies and openings form unique space in between the landscape and the building. There are people and activities going in and out through this new layer.

In rainy and mountainous area of Taiwan, leakage has always been the most challenging part of building maintenance. And being in earthquake region makes it worse for waterproof layer. This big slope roof not only follows the mountain landscape but also minimize the time of water staying on the roof, therefore, improving the rainwater drainage. Low roof edge also responds to the scale of local living environment. The balconies create additional depth in the summer to avoid direct sunlight but still allows the ventilation. In the rainy season it creates the airflow for the ventilation going out towards the sky lights. The central stair case also act as the chimney to vent the hot air.

Fire station could be a very important landmark in a neighborhood. The design has to be symbolic but yet still blending into the environment, it is on the path from the public transport stop to the sports park right above the project site. Therefore, it is crucial to design the interface of the urban texture and the exterior space of the street level of the building. There are connections of street pockets providing visual guidance and natural shades for rain or sun. People can also taking the scenic path right by the fire station to access the park. It visually connects the east end bridge, park, and natural landscape. It is a statement of the fire station being part of residents’ lives.

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