Greenpoint a sector of Brooklyn, New York is currently experiencing a commercial and residential development where factories used to serve in the industrial era. Firehouse station 212 will resides in the Bushwick park area where it would be accessible to oversee the upper-coming neighborhood. Station 212 consist of a perspectival visual linkage between Manhattan and Greenpoint’s Bushwick Park. The station functions are severely divided into three major areas which are able to be perceive from the exterior. The building is design in order to allow firefighter to move efficiently throughout the building. The circulation is minimize by narrowing down paths and obstacles that could potentially obstruct a call. By placing living/residential space in the rear, it allows the connection to the city of New York but still separated by the East River. The building’s shape correlates towards a strong views to NYC yet receiving a warm welcome from Greenpoint neighborhood.

Photograph: Paulo Brandao