This facility received a Career 2 Gold Award in Firehouse's 2020 Station Design Awards. Find the full list of winners here.
An iconic design for a civic beacon, Chula Vista Fire Station 10 at Millenia showcases strong geometric forms and modern lines, blending seamlessly into the new master-planned Millenia community that it serves. The two-story fire station includes three deep bays for parking fire apparatus, associated support spaces, administrative offices and living accommodations for as many as 10 personnel.
The living spaces include a fitness room, a kitchen, a dining room, a dayroom, individual bunk rooms, single occupancy restroom facilities and two large outdoor patios. Desiring to achieve a high level of sustainability, photovoltaic panels were engineered to generate enough energy to offset half of the facility’s usage. Through careful planning and attention to detail, the station supports the fire department’s mission and has been enthusiastically received by fire personnel, the developer, the City of Chula Vista and the Millenia community.
After this design-build project conceptually was designed and awarded, the design team was faced with a new challenge. The department changed its original programming requirements in an effort to decrease its incident response times by shortening the distance from key living areas, including the bunk rooms, dayroom and kitchen, to the front of the apparatus bay. This was a substantial challenge because of the restricted site size and the need for a two-story building. Several studies were performed to design the most efficient building layout possible for a two-story building. It ultimately led to a reduction in overall building program area and the addition of a fire pole.
Architect/Firm Name: Jeff Katz Architecture.
