CITY OF CHARLESTON FIRE STATION 11
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Upon initiating the design for the new City of Charleston Fire Station #11, City leaders asked that the new building be iconic, with a meaningful presence that would convey transparency of operation and a reverent nod to its significant neighbor - Station 11 resides next to the site memorializing 9 firefighters who perished in 2007. The program required that the fire trucks in the apparatus bay be visible from the Memorial Park. A design inspired by historic Charleston fire station building language, the new station features a single arch opening at the apparatus bays. On the façade fronting the Memorial Park, nine tall vertical windows pay tribute to the fallen heroes - with nine streams of light falling softly upon the park landscape, always connecting this close family of firefighters. In addition to the three-bay apparatus room, the new two-story 14,000 SF facility houses the central training center, administrative spaces, and sleeping and living quarters. A bell tower, reminiscent to the old training towers, defines the main entry to the building. The historic bell from the old Meeting Street Station in downtown Charleston now proudly sounds, reminding all of the significance of these heroic public servants.
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2023 Brick Industry Association Brick in Architecture Award
2022 FIERO Station Design Honor Award
2022 Firehouse Station Design Special Recognition Award
2022 AIA South Carolina Merit Award
2022 AIA Charleston Citation Award
2022 Historic Charleston Foundation Robert N.S. & Patti Foos Whitelaw Founders Award
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