© Kirk Gittings ← Portfolio MORENO VALLEY FD / VAL VERDE FIRE STATION AND SHERIFF'S SUBSTATION Angel Fire, NM Moreno Valley Fire Department is an all volunteer department serving the Village of Angel Fire and the surrounding area. They operate out of two facilities, one being Val Verde Fire
© Kirk Gittings ← Portfolio RUIDOSO FIRE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS Ruidoso, NM Located in the rugged Sierra Blanca Mountain range of Lincoln County at the southern end of the Rocky Mountains, the Fire Station’s architecture is abstractly influenced by its setting: local materials, natural surroundings and cultural / social heritage.
© Kirk Gittings ← Portfolio CITY OF BLOOMFIELD POLICE HEADQUARTERS / MUNICIPAL COURT / FIRE STATION Bloomfield, NM This facility brings together three important City of Bloomfield functions under one roof and offers City employees and the public improved accessibility, as well as an economic use of City funding.
© Kirk Gittings ← Portfolio ALBUQUERQUE FIRE DEPARTMENT 5 & 21 Albuquerque, NM RMKM Architect Don May has been heavily involved in the evolutionary process of prototypical fire station design for almost 30 years, working with both the City of Albuquerque and the County of Bernalillo. AFD Stations 5
← Portfolio NATIONAL GUARD 64th WMD CST READY BUILDING Sandoval County, NM The 11,500 SF building utilizes Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), though visibly hardened, force-protected, or harsh defensible attributes were not allowed to shroud the spirit, values or inspirational character of the architecture. Sustainable design through durability and
© Kirk Gittings ← Portfolio BERNALILLO COUNTY FIRE STATIONS 2 & 8 Albuquerque, NM These prototypical Fire Stations were built simultaneously under a single contract resulting in time and cost savings to the County of Bernalillo. The floor plans for these facilities are nearly identical; only slightly modified to
© Kirk Gittings ← Portfolio APS CHELWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Albuquerque, NM Located in Albuquerque's NE Heights, the Chelwood Elementary School Campus was conceived over four decades ago as a centralized scheme of prefabricated classroom buildings. Over the years the campus has grown to include several independent additions, but with
© Kirk Gittings ← Portfolio MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - CELESTIAL HALL Albuquerque, NM APS Matheson Park Elementary School campus is situated adjacent to a City of Albuquerque park in an established 1960s low-middle income neighborhood in Albuquerque’s Northeast Heights. With the campus consisting primarily of portable units, the
© Kirk Gittings ← Portfolio BOSQUE FARMS MUNICIPAL COMPLEX Bosque Farms, NM The Complex is situated in the heart of a culturally diverse and distinctly traditional agricultural region of the Middle Rio Grande Valley. The last 100 years have ushered in major changes in the population’s geographic distribution. Society,
© Kirk Gittings ← Portfolio ISLETA TRIBAL SERVICES COMPLEX Pueblo of Isleta, NM The Isleta Pueblo is home to people of the ancient Tanoan tribe. Situated in the foothills between the Rio Grande Bosque and Manzano Mountains, the complex is placed in a natural depression, flanked by two natural
