Fire Station No. 4, Zaragoza Building, Casetas Architecture Images, Northern Spanish Design
Fire Station No. 4 in Casetas, Spain
25 June 2020
Fire Station No. 4 in Zaragoza
Design: IDOM
Location: Avenida de Zaragoza, Casetas, Zaragoza, Spain

Fire Station No. 4, Avda de Zaragoza in the Casetas neighborhood, is located on a publicly owned plot next to the Casetas municipal swimming pools, in a well-connected area, which allows speedy emergency exits.

The site in which the designed building is located has a rectangular geometry, 70 meters wide by an average of 115 longitudinal meters. Its total area is 8,000 sqm.

On the site, an L-shaped building with a total area of 1,245 sqm has been built, of which 523 correspond to the vehicle garage, and 722 sqm are for office use and living quarters.
The Plot is located at the western end of the Casetas urban neighborhood in Zaragoza and has a depression of approximately 1 meter below the grade of the main access road. It occupies a non-dominant position, in a depressed area destined for neighborhood amenities. The building responds to this circumstance with a towering height volume. The Tower is crowned with a telecommunications antenna that guarantees the efficiency and independence of the emergency service.
Working 24 hours a day, this facility will attend emergency situations that may occur in area 4, which includes the neighborhoods of Casetas, Garrapinillos, Monzalbarba and Alfocea, as well as the surrounding municipalities, Ut...