Please see attached the response from Greg Castellaw from CKA Architects
to
the questions recently posted on Vision 2020. Thank you Greg for
your
thorough response.
Jon Kimberling
Fire Station 3 Design
Committee
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Castellaw"
<
gcastellaw@ckarchitects.com>
To:
"'Jon Kimberling'" <
n-k-ins@moscow.com>; "Greg
McCracken"
<
gmccracken@ckarchitects.com>
Cc:
"Don Strong (E-mail)" <
dstrong@ci.moscow.id.us>; "Randy
Rice (E-mail)"
<
rrice@ci.moscow.id.us>
Sent:
Friday, October 11, 2002 9:52 AM
Subject: RE: Fire Station 3
Drawings
> Jon,
> As requested, I will respond to some of
the questions asked in Taz's
> e-mail. The short answer is yes, a number
of sustainable components have
> been considered during the design
process. Some have been included in the
> design and others have not. The
project was on a tight budget and it was
> important to make sure the tax
payer investment was done wisely, which I
> think the design committee
very did. The following are some of the issues
> we looked at for Station
#3:
>
> Recycled fuel heat- we looked at using recycled oil for
building heat.
This
> was processed with Brett Bennett following much
of what he has learned in
> his business and their use of this strategy.
It was determined that it
> would take a large commitment from the CoM to
implement this strategy and
> was not within the expertise of the fire
department. There would be a need
> to continuously locate sources of
appropriate fuel, monitor the quality of
> the fuel, haul the fuel,
provide for a back-up heat source, etc. After
> careful review and
consideration, the design committee felt that this was
> not a feasible
alternative for this particular project.
>
> Daylighting-
daylighting strategies have been applied throughout the
> building
including the apparatus bays.
>
> Natural Ventilation- operable
windows have been provided in the project
> design. It is not expected
that natural ventilation will be used much on
> the upper floor where A/C
is provided but should be used extensively at
the
> lower
floor.
>
> Shading Strategies- Low E glass and larger that usual
roof overhangs have
> been provided in the building
design.
>
> Lighting- the building uses very few incandescent
lights. Energy efficient
> fluorescent and HID lighting is used throughout
the building.
>
> Draught Resistant Plantings- Draught resistant
plantings have been
included
> in the project design to minimize the
landscaping water consumption. The
> required buffering extensively makes
use of this type of plantings. Also,
> much of the hillside to the north
of the building will be seeded with
> natural grasses which will not
require watering. The use of mulch at the
> planter beds also reduces the
amount of water required.
>
> Flipping of Building- various
building/space configurations were
considered
> by the design
committee. What we have ended up with is what we feel is the
> most
efficient layout for this facility. Flipping of a number of
the
spaces
> was examined early on in the design process. It was
determined that this
> did not work since we needed to provide a central
vertical circulation
core
> at the north side of the building located
in the middle of the building.
> With circulation at this location, there
was not enough room for the dorms
> rooms to fit along the north exterior
wall. The final building design
> provides for very efficient circulation
patterns and response times from
> anywhere in the
building.
>
> Grid Issues- The facility is being provided with a
back-up generator so
> that it will not be dependent on the grid during
delivery of emergency
> services.
>
> I hope that this has
helped to answer the questions that Taz brought up
> concerning
sustainable design... Greg
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
From: Jon Kimberling [SMTP:n-k-ins@moscow.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October
10, 2002 11:44 AM
> To: Greg McCracken; Greg Castellaw
> Subject:
Fw: Fire Station 3 Drawings
>
> > ----- Original Message
-----
> From: Charles Fulford
> To: Jon Kimberling ;
Vision2020
> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 5:12 PM
> Subject: Re:
Fire Station 3 Drawings
>
>
> Just curious if any sustainable
components had been considered in the
> design process. Solar, appropriate
roof overhangs, rainwater harvesting,
> recycling, thermal walls, natural
ventilation, etc. Looks like the floor
> plan could be flipped and day
lighting utilized in the gathering spaces
> with proper window openings,
since they would face South. This would also
> reduce light into the
sleeping spaces. Seems like an emergency response
> structure would
benefit the most from being less dependant on the grid.
>
Sincerely
> Taze Fulford
>
> ----- Original
Message -----
> From: Jon Kimberling
> Sent:
Friday, October 04, 2002 8:43 AM
> To:
Vision2020
> Subject: Fire Station 3
Drawings
>
> Anyone interested in seeing several
architects drawings of our fire
> station can go to the following
website:
>
>
www.ckarchitects.com/images>
>
These photos will eventually be incorporated into the City of Moscow
>
website with additional information regarding the facility. When this
>
occurs, I will let you know.
>
> Jon
Kimberling
> Fire Station 3 Design
Committee
>
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