SD Project Statement

The site for the Brooklyn Fire Station for Greenpoint is located on the inlet of Bushwick Park, nestled between the historical and industrial neighborhoods of Brooklyn. The building sits pushed back from the corner of Kent and Quay street, oriented to align with the vectors of the surrounding streets, which creates a public plaza in front of the entrance. The apparatus bay faces Quay Street on the first floor, with the living quarters on the second and third floors above it. Private spaces on the upper floors remain closed off on the street front but open up with curtain walls on the opposite side to observe the beautiful Manhattan skyline across the East River, while letting in natural light. Connecting the apparatus bay and the administrative offices is a public community space that pulls the circulation from the plaza, through the space and out into the park towards the Monitor Museum.

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