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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic
Nice pics of New Haven, mindful, and especially Davenport; a city by a river is always more interesting than a city without natural water imo.
^ Thanks, Plankton! Is that the building you designed for fire fighters? All you have to do is swap the stars and stripes for a cruxifix, and voilá! it's a seminary. It's a very trim building, which indicates that some careful thought has gone into its design. I like the way the landings of the tower are all equally spaced, and two of them extend out to become roof terraces - that's one great virtue of using modular units I suppose (at least when you are using them right). I also like the bit on top, which I'm going to call a widow's walk, just so that I can post a pic of a genuine old widow's walk:-
PS: Just noticed that the overhang of your widow's walk is the same distance at each end: Nice!
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It is, yes. It's more function than form, which I feel I always have to stipulate with these since they're industrialized repurposing. Tactical and technical training facility designs are the majority of my job on the CAD side. That facility is one of the larger ones (6000 sq. ft.) and the inside is packed with plenty of training props that simulate residential fires. If you've ever been to a haunted house, or even a fun house at a carnival, it's very similar with the exception that they're on fire with a controlled burn at certain burn areas. Floors that drop, walls that move, ceilings that pull down, and a host of other simulations built to both NFPA and OSHA specifications. One of the key components is the ability to change the layout from evolution to evolution using modular systems, so trainee's have more realistic training when they go through multiple times. The rendering also depicts night time training with the exterior lighting, since most home fires happen during the evening hours. Training for real life situations is key to saving lives, so it's designed with that in mind.
Seminary for fire fighters.
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