The Beauregard Rescue Center, New Rennes Fire Station Building, French Architecture Project, Images
The Beauregard Rescue Center in Rennes
Contemporary Fire Station Building Development in France – design by Jean-Pierre Lott
12 Nov 2019
The Beauregard Rescue Center
Architects: Jean-Pierre Lott
Location: Rennes, France

The plot of the The Beauregard Rescue Center project is located rue Doyen Leroy in Rennes. The building is an extension of the existing building, with: a shed for 5 vehicles, a gym, 40 rooms, living areas (restaurants / library). The main ambition of our project, beyond the clean functioning of the building, is to give a homogeneity, and a building unit with the existing center. The start of the fire is in the existing building, the accommodation of 40 rooms is located in our building. The project proposes to link the accommodation unit with the changing rooms and the shed of the existing building.
For this, Jean-Pierre Lott have positioned the accommodation unit in a bridge, above the access road (clearance template of 5 meters free), parallel to the existing building. This strategy makes it possible to use the fire escape from the floor as a link between the two buildings, thus creating unity. This positioning also makes it possible to have no rooms opposite the access ramp, which is favorable for the acoustics.

The architecture

The project is made of architectural concrete cast in place. The strength of his presence is marked by:

– the lar...