Brandon Firehall no.1 in Manitoba, Canadian Firestation Development, Architecture Images
Brandon Firehall no.1 in Manitoba
Fire and Emergency Services Building Development in Canada ? design by Cibinel Architects
28 Oct 2019
Brandon Firehall no.1
Design: Cibinel Architects
Location: 120 ? 19th Street North, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

The dynamic new 30,000 sq ft Brandon Firehall no.1 Building validates the idea that a primarily utilitarian program, which often times results in a prefabricated solution, can become a sophisticated architectural project that contributes to its surrounding community and landscape while still fulfilling its demanding functional requirements and modest budget.

The facility is divided into two formal components, a fire hall wing and an administrative wing. Severing the two components through the formal gesture of a pivot appropriately orients the fire hall wing with the street and aligns the administrative wing with the creek to the northwest. The separation allows daylight to penetrate the buildings on all sides, and a single-loaded corridor animates the façade with human movement and activity. A minimally detailed, non-programmed transparent volume situated between the two wings acts as a dramatic entry into both sections of the facility, mediating the two programs with a thin hovering glulam bridge.
The public entry engages and welcomes the community with a generous landscaped public ?plaza? enclosed by the museum to the north, and the appar...