Floor Plan Zaha Hadid Vitra Fire Station

An initial study of the vitra factory site informed our designs for the vitra fire station a building conceived as the key element within a linear landscaped zone the artificial extension of linear patterns in adjacent fields and vineyards designed as a connecting unit rather than an isolated object.

Floor plan zaha hadid vitra fire station.

Vitra fire station in germany by zaha hadid architects. In 1990 zaha hadid took over this project and the construction began. The fire station was the first international design work of zaha hadid and demonstrates her technique of mixing polygons with. The building occupies 852 square meters and its construction was.

Introduction vitra s name is associated with a new interpretation of architecture. Together with the basel fire services they assume the role of protecting the vitra campus. Defining rather than occupying space. 3 february 2016 by tom wilkinson buildings.

The fire station is the very first building complex designed by zaha hadid. It consists of spaces for fire engines showers and changing rooms for the firemen as well as a conference. Conscious of the existence of its own fire station vitra started renewing its complex updating its plan and design and searching for an architect to build a fire station. Extravagance meets emergency response in perhaps the most famous fire station in the world.

The vitra fire station designed for the factory complex of the same name in weil am rhein germany was the among the first of hadid s design projects to be built. Today the weil fire services are responsible for the vitra campus.