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Our design process shared an initial abstract grid into which uniquely defined cells or units were placed. By introducing this grid system which describes both plan and section, cell become 3-D voxel into which defined poche was embedded.
By using the same 2-D unit typies to describe the section, it could not only match the plan grid bu also by fulfilling the imformation which is undescribable for plan grids, a certain extence of freedom endured to define the space three-dementionally. The space could be controlled when endure certain thickness to each section. Which facilitate the adjustion of the 3-D unit to accommodate different program.
The poche space was shaped not only by the cell itself but also the internal relationship between cells so that various space qualities could be created to accommodate different program. For example, when two‘notches’be combined with their long edge, the demention becomes to be 10’by 10’,which could be a double winder or half landing stair. when two ‘notches’be combined by their short edge, the demention becomes to be 20’by 5’, whcih indicating a straight stair or a long shelf.
According to the study of the programs needed for fire-station, all the programs could be categorized into five spatial types, which is which is open space without poche, office with limited poche, mechanical room which poche space needs to be stacking vertically, dorm and storage, shower and toilet which needs the maxium amount of poche space. Thus each of the spatial types leads to its own respective prefabricated voxel.
Regarding to the nature of the apparatus bay, it becomes to play the role of infrastructure accommodating the building systems and distributing to all units and bearing the loads of fire equipment of the vehicles.
