Brasschaat’s fire station and municipal warehouse are both in need of an extension. The double architectural intervention brings structure to their shared site.
The fire station will be extended with a second vehicle hall and a compact living level on top of the existing hall. The new layer will be constructed entirely of solid cross laminated timber, like a light but robust storey-high roof.

For the new sheds, the profile of the pre-existing shed roof is maintained and folded around the corner of the plot; where the building strip widens, it is de-dug. This creates a staggered roof shell that allows daylight to penetrate to the back of the sheds. The same corrugated metal sheet returns as façade material in both subprojects – blank for the sheds, deep red for the fire station.