Working to create a strong sense of place, the site design and landscape frame the importance of our public facilities.
The project features a 37,000 square foot administration and training facility, a 13,000 square foot apparatus building combined with a 30 acre training area for hands on simulated fire-rescue training. Our firm coordinated with Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Department, Palm Beach County Facilities Department and the Palm Beach County Planning and Zoning Department to develop this highly successful project. Our firm is responsible for rezoning the vacant parcels of land associated with this project, creating a vibrant landscape setting with a sustainable irrigation system amidst this brownfield site.
The training ground part of the project is set on a cell, an old trash dumping site. There were challenges meeting landscape and irrigation requirements, which were successfully overcome by increasing certain buffers. With a back bone of the project being native material planted in a naturalistic manner and state-of the-art irrigation system that provides for a sustainable project. More formal and exotic plant material complement the front of the main facility, drawing on patterns and color to bring prominence to the entry.
