December 16, 2013

Fire Station 9

Photos by Benjamin Benschneider, courtesy of Mithun [enlarge]

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Seattle Fire Department’s Station 9 at 3829 Linden Ave. N. opened in October.

The $4 million, 9,000-square-foot building replaces a station built in 1954 on the same site, which replaced the original 1901 facility.

Brick cladding ties the building visually to the Fremont neighborhood. Glass in the apparatus bay brings in daylight and creates a visual connection for the community.

Firefighters have individual bunk rooms, a new kitchen, dayroom and physical training space. The station has a stationary compressed-air unit and an extra apparatus bay for a truck to deliver air cylinders to other fire stations.

Fire Station 9 is one of 32 neighborhood fire stations being renovated or replaced through the voter-approved Fire Facilities and Emergency Response Program.

A black cat sculpture by Peter Reiquam called “Nine Lives” sits atop the station roof. Inspired by the Eveready Battery icon, it has been adopted as the station’s mascot.

Stormwater is collected and used for irrigation, toilets and truck washing. Low-VOC materials and finishes were used and overall energy use was reduced by 22 percent.

The project is targeting LEED gold certification.

Owner: Seattle Fire Department

Developer: Seattle Department of Finance and Administrative Services

Architect, interior and landscape designer: Mithun

General contractor: Howard S. Wright

Civil, structural engineer: KPFF Consulting Engineers

Mechanical, electrical engineer: WSP Flack + Kurtz

Lighting: Lighting Designs

Exhibit design: BOLA Architecture + Planning

Acoustics: The Greenbusch Group

Cost estimator: Roen Associates

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Previous columns:

• Carter Lake and Hillside Elementary Schools, 12-09-2013
• Yost Grube Hall Architecture, 12-02-2013
• Eisenhower High School, 11-25-2013
• Brelsford WSU Visitor Center, 11-18-2013
• PLU Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 11-12-2013
• Swedish Neuroscience Institute Multiple Sclerosis Center, 11-04-2013
• CenturyLink Field Brougham Beer Hall, 10-28-2013
• University of British Columbia's Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability, 10-21-2013