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FIRE STATION BREDA

NEUTELINGS RIEDIJK I.S.M. J.D. BEKKERING, 1996-1999, Tramsingel 71, Breda

ASSISTING ARCHITECT:
Juliëtte Bekkering

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Neutelings Riedijk
Willem Jan Neutelings
Michiel Riedijk

BUILDING TYPE:
Industrial and public-utility buildings

The Breda fire station divides its primary activities among four zones: training grounds, workshops, sports halls and the appliance bay. Above the latter is a zone of sleeping quarters interspersed with roof gardens. A three-storey office wing takes up the entire depth of the complex above the workshops. Set square to this wing is a triangular volume of classrooms and a terrace hewn from the roof plane. These wings of offices, classrooms and bedrooms are all yoked to a central space. With a circular wall around the entire ensemble and all volumes in the same red brick, this fire station comes across as a regular fortress.