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Vitra Fire Station in Weil am Rhein, Germany
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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Vitra Fire Station

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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

Paulo Mendes da Rocha ArquitetosPaulo Mendes da Rocha Arquitetos

1957-2021 · Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19931957-2021
PlaceWeil am Rhein, Baden-Wurttemberg, GermanySao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Place contextWeil am Rhein, Baden-Wurttemberg, GermanyRepresentative site: Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Climate13°C · 13.9h daylight · 10 km/h wind17°C · 11.4h daylight · 1 km/h wind · via Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo
FocusFire station2 works in corpus
Architects
  • Zaha Hadid
  • Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Zaha Hadid Architects

Notable works

  • Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo
  • Patriarca Square
Typologies
  • fire station
  • deconstructivism
  • industrial building
  • museum
  • adaptive reuse
  • cultural building
  • public space
  • urban intervention
  • civic infrastructure
Materials
  • concrete
  • brick
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Brick
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.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • 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.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible2 of 2 recorded works are publicly accessible
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