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Vitra Fire Station in Weil am Rhein, Germany

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Vitra Fire Station

1993 · Weil am Rhein, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

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First construction by architect Zaha Hadid, in Weil am Rhein, Germany

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Vitra Fire Station

Weil am Rhein, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany · City-level coordinates only

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First construction by architect Zaha Hadid, in Weil am Rhein, Germany

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Vitra Fire StationVitra Fire Station

1993 · Weil am Rhein, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Charles Correa AssociatesCharles Correa Associates

1958 · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19931958
PlaceWeil am Rhein, Baden-Wurttemberg, GermanyMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Place contextWeil am Rhein, Baden-Wurttemberg, GermanyRepresentative site: Pathanamthitta district, Pathanamthitta district, India
Climate5°C · 14.0h daylight · 5 km/h wind34°C · 12.4h daylight · 10 km/h wind · via St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Parumala
FocusFire station12 works in corpus
Architects
  • Zaha Hadid
  • Charles Correa
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Zaha Hadid Architects

Notable works

  • St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Parumala
  • Sabarmati Ashram
  • Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya
  • Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Navrangpura
Typologies
  • fire station
  • deconstructivism
  • industrial building
  • church
  • sacred space
  • building
  • museum
  • cultural building
  • stadium
  • sports building
  • arts center
Materials
  • concrete
  • brick
  • concrete
  • sandstone
  • stone
  • glass
Carbon signals

Concrete look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete

Concrete, Brick, and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Brick
  • Glass
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible9 of 9 recorded works are publicly accessible
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