The City of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Facility (ARFF) Station No. 19 and ARFF Station 29 encompasses the relocation of the former out of date Fire Station No. 19 which fell victim to airport expansion. From the inception of the project, Architect Lawrence Enyart, FAIA, established design goals of, minimizing response time, and improving the quality of life for the Fire Department personnel located at the Airport. These goals were applied to every facet of the design, from aircraft noise attenuation, evacuation of diesel exhaust fumes, environmental filtration systems, the building’s orientation, and the selection of sustainable materials. The new ARFF Station 19 program includes; Seven Apparatus Bays, Living, Kitchen and Dining Areas, Semi-Private Dormitories for 20, Separate Battalion Chiefs Quarters, Infectious Disease Control Room, Turnout Room, Physical Fitness/ Exercise Area, Large Training Room, Workshop/ SCBA Storage, equipped with Emergency Power, Radio, P.A. and Data Systems. The contextual surroundings of the project consist of high tech industrial aviation environment, coupled with busy airline passenger terminals--fifteen million visitors a year pass through Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. Throughout the design process, the idea was to introduce an airport emergency service building that would respect and enhance its aviation environment and become a focal building for Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. The design incorporates a pallet of sustainable materials consisting of split face fluted masonry and hollow clay tile, exposed curved steel beams and support trees, special rapid high lift metal bay doors, barrel vaulted flush seam radiating metal panel ends, and curved standing seam metal roofs. The curved metal south facing shade structures with their curved roof forms, supported by steel trees, with walls clad in metal siding, introduce exciting elements to the project complementing the surrounding context. At the runway side of the station, curved steel combined with opposing curved clay tile elements create a formal dialog between the two materials, becoming a focal point and defining point of interest for Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport ARFF Station No. 19. As part of the overall design approach, sustainability was a primary concern. The steel structure, metal cladding, and standing seam metal roofing are major elements throughout the project. Their inherent sustainable and fire resistant properties were a perfect fit for Fire and Aviation personnel. The surrounding aviation industrial context consists of steel, concrete, masonry, and metal construction. LEA Architects, LLC and Lawrence Enyart Architect, FAIA felt it was appropriate to utilize these materials as feature architectural elements in the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport ARFF Station No. 19.
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