CALTECH FIRE STATION 34 | GOODALE ARCHITECTURE PLANNIN

Caltech fire station architectural wood model

California civic style architecture, zinc, wood, plaster

fire station design with zinc and redwood soffit

FIRE STATION 34

CALTECH CAMPUS

PASADENA

Client: City of Pasadena

Design Partner

for

Architect of Record:

Gonzalez Goodale Architects

Faced with rich fire department expectations, an excruciatingly small city budget, and the important context of the Caltech campus, Fire Station 34 is a modest plaster and stud building, with trim highlights in redwood and zinc.

The building profiles reflect the vertically-tapering Maya influences of the campus' classic classroom buildings.

The interiors are raw, with exposed structure and mechanical ducting. The firefighters benefit from such amenities as corner-glazed study lounges and balconies.

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