The Station at Potomac Yard
Project Location
Alexandria, VA
Awards
– Gold Award – Brick in Architecture Awards 2010
– Achievement Award – Housing Association of Non-Profit Developers 2010
– Municipal Excellence Award Finalist – National League of Cities 2010
– Award of Honor (Gold) – F.I.E.R.O. Fire Station Design Awards 2009
– Bronze Award, Shared Facilities – Fire Chief Magazine Station Style Awards 2009
– Excellence in Public-Private Partnership Award – U.S. Conference of Mayors 2007
Project Type
– Civic/Government
– Mixed Use/ Multi-Family Residential
Services
– New Construction
A mixed-use facility that is the first fire station/affordable housing project in the United States. The space uses special accommodations to account for noise reduction in the residential units.
The Project
A new mixed-use facility that is the first fire station/affordable housing project in the United States. The fire station includes four equipment bays, offices, day spaces, support spaces, private bunkrooms with lockers, and on-site training features. The project also includes four floors of housing above the station, the majority of which fall within affordable housing requirements. The residential portion of the building includes community meeting rooms, a rooftop terrace, two levels of below-grade parking, and ground level retail space.
Structural Features
The below grade parking and fire station, and the transfer slab above are framed with cast-in-place concrete. The residential units are wood-framed. Special accommodations were incorporated to limit sound transfer between the fire station below and the residential units above.
