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Boca Fire Station

Boca Fire Station
© Luis Gordoa

BOCA FIRE STATION

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ARCHITECTS
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CONSTRUCTOR
Idicon S.A. de C.V.

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Apolinar Cortes Sánchez

CLIENT
Municipio de Boca del Río, Veracruz

PHOTOGRAPHS
Luis Gordoa

AREA
1310 m²

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
Boca del rio,mexico

CATEGORY
Fire Station

Text description provided by architect.

The BOCA fire station arises from the need to reduce response times to land and sea emergencies in the southern zone of the metropolitan city of Veracruz-Boca del Río.

Boca Fire Station
© Luis Gordoa
Boca Fire Station
© Luis Gordoa

Starting from the functional requirements of a program where flows and operating times are the basis of design.

The architectural scheme takes the idea of the "urban oasis" as a reference within a completely heterogeneous environment due to its scale and use characteristics.

Boca Fire Station
© Luis Gordoa
Boca Fire Station

Located in an irregularly shaped property, the main strategy of the project is to properly organize the activities so characteristic of a property like this.

It practically releases the entire ground floor to allow free access-maneuvering of service vehicles, elevating in a kind of "programming-box" the activities of the station.

Boca Fire Station
Boca Fire Station
© Luis Gordoa

There is an elevated, open patio, which serves as a lobby and ventilation for the work.

Rest and waiting areas; considering the weather conditions typical of this region of the gulf.

Boca Fire Station
© Luis Gordoa
Boca Fire Station
© Luis Gordoa

A prefabricated lattice is developed around this high volume nuancing the sun and ventilation conditions so characteristic of the place.

In response to the immediate environment, the area of operation and access is covered with a vegetation slope along the entire perimeter. 

Boca Fire Station
Boca Fire Station
© Luis Gordoa

Creating a kind of inclined park that seeks to cushion the scale of the building with respect to the activities of the street; also.

This allows to free the upper floor of the building, forming a "suspended element", a floating boat, in the middle of this urban sea.

Boca Fire Station
© Luis Gordoa


Boca Fire Station
© Luis Gordoa
Boca Fire Station
Boca Fire Station
© Luis Gordoa
Boca Fire Station
© Luis Gordoa
Boca Fire Station
© Luis Gordoa
Boca Fire Station
© Luis Gordoa
Boca Fire Station
© Luis Gordoa


Boca Fire Station
© Luis Gordoa
Boca Fire Station
© Luis Gordoa
Boca Fire Station
© Luis Gordoa
Boca Fire Station
© Luis Gordoa
Boca Fire Station
© Luis Gordoa
Boca Fire Station
© Luis Gordoa


Boca Fire Station
Sketch


Boca Fire Station
Lateral Elevation
Boca Fire Station
Lateral Elevation
Boca Fire Station
Front Elevation
Boca Fire Station
Rear Elevation
Boca Fire Station
Cross Section
Boca Fire Station
Longitudinal Section


Boca Fire Station
Lower Floor Plan
Boca Fire Station
Upper Floor Plan


Boca Fire Station
Roof Top Plan
Boca Fire Station
Exploded Axonometric
Boca Fire Station
Facade Detail

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