Context Architecture

Project Highlight

Worcester Webster Square Fire Station in Worcester, Massachusetts
Status: Completed in 2002

This 15,000 sq. ft. firefighting facility stands on the site of an earlier 7,000 sq. ft. fire station built in 1893 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Firefighters have three drive-through apparatus bays, a large community meeting/department training room, state-of-the-art communications systems, a fitness area, and a special emergency washroom. The new station is also the first in Worcester designed to accommodate female firefighters.

Given the historical significance of the site and the original building, the new design is respectful of the old in many ways. The lines and proportions of the new building are faithful to the old, as is the use of building materials: red and yellow brick, granite foundation, copper gutters, and a slate roof.

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https://www.contextarc.com/webster-square-fire-station

Photography: Richard Mandelkorn

Project Highlight

Whitman Police Station in Whitman, Massachusetts
Completed in 2011
New Construction

With several issues including code compliance and lack of accessibility, Whitman’s old police station was squeezed into 7,500 sq. ft. in the Town Hall’s backside. Context Architecture developed a program for a new, 17,000 sq. ft. facility located just off the Town’s common. The two-story building provides an efficient, accessible site complex that accommodates a range of police functions including dispatch, lock-up training, community relations, and easy public access separate from police vehicles. After presenting the study, our firm completed the programming, design, and construction documents in less than six months, as the Town wanted to move forward quickly. Construction was finished in less than twelve.

Visit the link below for more information on this project.

https://www.contextarc.com/whitman-police-station

Photography: Richard Mandelkorn