San Ramon Valley Fire Station
San Ramon, California

The San Ramon Valley Fire Department Apparatus Building is a design-build structure added to the site of an existing fire station. This structure houses two fire trucks, an emergency vehicle, and a private office. The building is sited at the end of an irregular shaped lot bordering Freeway 680. LDA designed a wedge shaped building that nestles in a grove of Mature Redwood trees. This site design strategy minimizes the impact of the building while preserving most of the mature trees on the site.

The materials and architecture of the Apparatus Building matches that of the existing Fire Station. Utilizing hand trowel stucco and applied architectural shape trim, the design brings scale and interest to the public elevations. The back of the building uses a pre-manufactured building system to economically provide the high bay and wide span enclosure for fire trucks.