AUTHOR:	Richard Wichmann
TITLE:	Feuerwehrhaus in Neuss
SOURCE:	Baumeister 12-13 Ap 2006 supp
COPYRIGHT:	The magazine publisher is the copyright holder of this article and it is reproduced with permission. Further reproduction of this article in violation of the copyright is prohibited. To contact the publisher: http://www.callwey.de/callwey/ Grefrath, a suburb of Neuss, on the outskirts of a building for the fire department was created, which was awarded the prize for architecture in North Rhine-Westphalia for exemplary buildings 2005th The space program did find a hall for three fire trucks in front of the residence and also areas for the frequent training of firefighters. An essential requirement was to reduce operating costs already in the building's design.     The two areas of use are located in two, in their shape and materiality different buildings. The determining factor for the exterior of the building is the contrast between the monolithic, from the more traditional and site-specific material exposed brick-shaped structure and the industrial, cool radiance of the engine room. The hall has a glass facade profile glass was developed. By shimmering contours and colors of the parked vehicles make the use of outside read. The choice of this facade design was based on two considerations. On the one hand, the fire department has thus even on rainy days of a spacious, naturally lit room for maintenance work and training. Laubbäurme decrease from the south facade of the summer heat, the doors and floor to ceiling louvred windows opened, a slowdown is guaranteed in a few minutes. On the other hand, the passive use of solar energy heating costs during the winter season reduced. In addition, the natural lighting reduces the cost of year-round artificial lighting.     With the transparent walkway closes the two-story building on part of the hall, in which there are changing rooms and showers, lounge and training rooms, kitchen and office. A band of windows illuminates the changing rooms on the ground floor.Suspended gratings allow the windows that remain outside the heating season, open all the time and cross ventilation, the use of wet clothes dry faster. A ventilation system is not required. Simultaneously form the grating the blinds for the changing rooms.     The road into and through the building is directed through the light guide. While the entrance is lit by the glass connecting wing, which replaced the first floor hallway light through a glass ribbon in the roof. Over the airspace of the stairs the sunlight reaches down and points the way to the branch premises. Once at the top to open the interior space and offers a view of the surrounding landscape.ADDED MATERIALAbout the changing rooms on the ground floor of the transparent classroom extends over the entire length of the building.Balanced composition: the massive, opaque structure with residence and adjoining rooms and the engine room as a light steel structure, encased in glass profilesThe training room on the 1st Upstairs with wet bar and Panoramabljck. In the red wall conceals wardrobe, lockers and mobile partition.From the walkway (left), the wooden staircase leads from the two red signal Wandscheiban up.     Plans 1:500     1 vehicle hall     2 Input / Connection tract     3 changing     4 showers     5 corridor     6 Sky     7 parking / storage spaces     8 training room     9 Lounge     10 Kitchen     11 office     Project: Benedict Feist     Location: Lütten Glehn Strasse 41, Neuss