Material and structure, being indivisible, provide the basis for this thesis exploration. The material of choice was concrete, inspired by the use of cast objects made in the studio. Through the act of form making and casting tectonic material integration developed. Intrinsic structural qualities of the material were affirmed with repeated drawing, form making and casting, while exploring the phenomenon of the transferred surface. An open urban site in Washington, DC was chosen before a building type was determined. Neighborhood and site analysis identified the potential need for a Firehouse. This building type allowed the opportunity to explore the use of concrete for vehicles as well as people. Can concrete, maligned for being cold and harsh, hold a building and its uses in comfort and beauty? / Master of Architecture / I struggled to find a direction for my Master of Architecture Thesis, like most, but knew materiality and tectonics would be the focus. After being enthralled with the annual WAAC Concrete competition, and the rampant use of ROCKITE in the Old Town studio I settled on formed concrete as a driver. An urban site was a given, an empty lot at 14th Street and V Street NW that seemed a managable size was perfect. Neigborhood and site analysis revealed the potential need for a Firehouse, in the pull-through style popularized by suburban stations.(1) This building type allowed many opportunities to explore concrete structural tectonics, for the human user and the automobile. Ideas of how concrete holds different materials, and how those relationships create a comfortable and useful space were examined in drawing and model.

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This thesis addresses the study and preparation of documentation for the new building firehouse. The building is considered the location of the fire brigade units. The building is part three storey and part two storey. The building has a steel skeletal support system to ensure stability. The ceiling structure is a composite concrete and steel. Roofed building's flat roof with a classic sequence of layers. Circuit structures are formed with Z and C profiles. Filled with mineral wool. The facade is ventilated. The ground plan is rectangular object, the maximum dimensions are 55,15x27,30 m. The building is basement, covered only with flat roofs.

Thesis deals with Šafov, small village located near Austrian border. History of the village is quite dramatic. Population is ten times smaller nowadays than during its greatest prosperity. At the village there was a jewish part destroyed during and after World War II. Nowadays there are only a few houses and jewish cemetary. Continuity was extremely aborted after World War II, when most residents had to leave their homes because of German nationality. New comming people early had to live very close to Iron Curtain. After many years Šafov can breathe freely but stigma of the past is still evident. I try to preserve dramatical history but also design new active plan. Thesis is divided to three parts: urban planning, architecture and landscape. There are some bigger interventions and also small and easily realizable ones.

The Master’s thesis is about processing design documentation for a new bulding of firehouse type P4. Location of the bulding is chosen so the firehouse is near the industrial precinct , further to be near to the planned highway connection and city bypass so they don’t have to pass in the event of an alarm through the city. The firehouse is design as partly two-storey and partly single-storey building. On the first floor is on the north storage part with technical utility rooms. In the middle is garage for fire trucks, and on the south side of the station is hygienic and wet areas, gym and meeting room for emergency staff. On the second floor are rooms for firefighters and offices for officers. Construction system of the building is precast concrete frame with longitudinal construction system. Building envelope is due to the local architecture designed as infill wall with contact thermal insulation systém ETICS. Warm flat roof are green. In the station are placed eight firetrucks (3x CAS, DA, TZA, RZA, AŽ, NA) and 17 fireman in the one shift in three teams.

Subject of this thesis is elaboration study and project documentation of new firehouse building type P in Polná. New firehouse building is designed instead of the original firehouse, which was in poor technical condition and didn’t meet the new requirements. The firehouse is situated on the plot number 91/5 with adjacent numbers 91/11, 91/10, 91/7, 91/8, 91/9, 91/6, 2684, 2693. The land is slightly sloping. The building is detached, partially basement and with three aboveground floors. The vertical load-bearing structure in the basement consists of masonry from permanent formwork and in the aboveground floors the sand-lime masonry YTONG SILKA. Horizontal load-bearing structures are designed from prestressed panels Spiroll. The roof is designed as single-skin flat roof with a poured cementitious foam layer. Firehouse consists of two parts – administrative-operational part and garage of emergency vehicles with appropriate stores. The main entrance and exit of vehicles are situated southwest. The administrative of firehouse is on the 3rd floor. Fire brigade rooms are on the 2nd floor, locker rooms with clothing stores are on the 1st floor. The technical background is designed on the underground floor. Garage parking space is situated over two floors and is roofed by flat single-skin roof. Project documentation is designed according applicable laws, decrees, regulations and technical standards.

The aim of the diploma thesis is to elaborate design documentation for the construction of a newly-built firehouse. The building is designed in the cadastral area of Lažínky. The plot is located on the outskirts of the village, in an area that slightly slopes to the south-east. The building is designed as one floor with a partial second floor and a partial cellar. The function of the firehouse is to create the base for the fire unit of the SDH category JPO V. Furthermore, the object concerns an assembly hall with the capacity of 80 guests. The documentation also deals with a parking lot with a total capacity of 31 parking spaces and turning point for cars and buses. The building is based on plain concrete strips. The basement perimeter walls will be made of permanent formwork. Other vertical structures will be made of clay masonry. The reinforced concrete cavity ceiling panels will be used for the floor structures. The roofing is designed as a warm flat roof.

Project documentation of new P3 type firehouse is presented in this master thesis. Firehouse’s design is in accordance with ČSN 73 5710 Požární stanice a požární zbrojnice and includes premises for: administration, teaching, day and night emergency, gymnasium, firehouse’s workshop and garrage. Its structure is made of sand-lime brickwork wall system combined with system of reinforced concrete pillars. Ceilings are designed using prestressed hollow core slabs. Firehouse is completed by external wall insulation and single-coated roof.

This diploma thesis „Firehouse“ is processed in the form of design documentation for building construction. It´s a new building of firehouse, JPO IV category, P type, for firefighters of Správa železniční dopravní cesty. Object is composed from three parts - administrative and operational part, garage for fire vehicles and maintenance part. Main entrance and exits from the garages are situated on west. Administrative and operational part has two floors and it´s roofed by double-shell roofs. The garage and maintenance have one floor and they are roofed by single-shell roof. Structural system is partly masonry and partly reinforced concrete. Object is located in flat terrain in peripheral locality of the Přerov city.