This architectural project involved the design of a community firehouse in Greenpoint, NY, the northernmost neighborhood of Brooklyn. The project would replace the recently closed Engine Company 212 to provide emergency services in the steadily growing populations of Greenpoint and Williamsburg. The site is straddled between the edge of Brooklyn and the East River with panoramic views of Manhattan and the dense urban city grid.

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My approach to this project was to take the idea of the firehouse and separate it into three distinct programs: residential to meet the needs of the firemen, communal for community involvement, and industrial to hold the apparatus bay and equipment storage. These three distinct volumes are then connected through a central space that serves as a circulation hub for the entire building. Each block is distinct in terms of function and character, represented by their difference in materials and method of construction. While the blocks may look separate, their overall relationship as one firehouse is achieved through the central core that ties them together.