Mountain View Fire Rescue Meadow Sweet Station

The design of MVFR’s Meadow Sweet Fire Station focuses on providing for the needs of a modern firehouse and allaying the concerns of the surrounding residents. The station is in Erie, Colorado's rapidly expanding and desirable residential area. The station was developed as a Community Facility matching the allowed uses on the property. The station was located and oriented to mitigate the effects of noise and light intruding into the surrounding area. The design adapts a proven spatial arrangement with efficient circulation and separation of the Hot, Warm, and Cold zones within the station, as well as safe and efficient movement of apparatus, cars, and pedestrians on the site. The internal zones and their functions are distinguished by a series of low-sloping roofs that reflect the surrounding neighborhood scale and provide daylighting to interior circulation spaces and bays.