Our consistent image for the fire station was a transparent volume covered with glass louvers, so that people could see various activities from the outside. Each interior facility is located around an atrium where firemen train. The whole building apart from a few special boxes consists of spaces separated with glass.

The exhibition lobby and the visitor terrace on the 4th floor are free space for everyone. These spaces overlook training activities, firemen’s work, lectures at the auditorium (which has a movable floor), practices at the emergency education center and so on. Having seen firemen guiding and explaining their work to local people, we feel deeply that a fire station should shoulder a very important role in shaping a local community.