By the end of 2007, the new Civil Protection Center was completedon the outskirts of Innichen in the South Tyrolean High PusterValley; the building accommodates the local Volunteer Fire Brigade,the White Cross Emergency Medical Service and the MountainRescue Service in a common structure.The project responds to the location on the East-side village entranceand to the small-scale single family housing in the directsurroundings; it is an outpost of the village’s building area which,as is usual, sprawls on the fringes. The fire brigade training is alandmark – a frame for a panoramic view and a welcome sign – anoversized 3-D postcard.The built volume of the Civil Protection Center is ten times thatof nearby houses. In order to lessen this contrast, the buildingmakes use of the natural topography and integrates into the slopingmountainside in the north.Stretched out alongside the tangential road, the cubature naturallyfits into its immediate context.