Emergency Medical Station 50 at Queens Hospital, NY Health Building Design, Architecture Images
Emergency Medical Station 50 at Queens Hospital
EMS Restless Response Facility in New York, USA – design by Dean/Wolf Architects
12 Mar 2017
Restless Response
Design: Dean/Wolf Architects
Location: 82-68 164th St, Queens, New York State, USA
Emergency Medical Station 50 at Queens Hospital

The Queens Hospital EMS station was commissioned by the design excellence initiative process implemented by the New York City Department of Design and Construction, for the Fire Department of New York City.

Kathryn Dean, Principal for Dean/Wolf Architects explains the design by staying ?I am interested in the capacity for architecture to convey identity and meaning through emotional resonance. I believe this happens through the impact of materials and form coming together in a particular place? In order to understand the building, it is important to understand two departure points: First, the building was commissioned shortly after 9/11. Second, when I work, I often build intuitive paper models to investigate ideas. When I received the commission, I started making these models. After several more rational schemes, the double horizontal bars emerged. It took me a bit of thought to realize why this felt right. They were my own deep emotional response to the fallen towers.?
The EMS station occupies the northern edge of the existing Queens Hospital campus facing onto the residentially scal...