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The document discusses the Butaro Hospital in Rwanda designed by MASS Design Group. It provides background on how the project came to be through a question from an architecture student to Partners in Health about why they did not use professional architectural services. The hospital was designed and built for $4.4 million and opened in 2011, with features like passive ventilation achieving high air exchange and use of local materials and labor training. Floor plans and images show the terraced site design, corridors, and wards.
Arch416 class05
- 1. ARCH 416 Spring ‘15 Class 05 Learning from Vernaculars
- 2. What’s so great about the soddy? PROS: • ecofriendly to build (relatively low embodied energy) • ecofriendly to maintain (so well-insulated that very little fuel is required) • quick to construct (minimal labor time; possible DIY) CONS • dirty (if it does not have a proper roof); (walls can be plastered, you can have a proper floor) • leaky (again, roof dependent) • dark ( due to thick insulating walls and low profile)
- 3. all buildings, even the most humble, represent a set of solutions you can learn from bad solutions as easily as from good ones
- 7. SOURCE FOR PREVIOUS GRAPHICS http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/08/15/five- facts-about-household-debt-in-the-united-states/
- 10. Patients in Ward K of Armory Square Hospital - Washington, D.C., August 1865
- 11. Hospital Ward, Butaro Hospital, Burera District, Rwanda, MASS Design, 2011
- 12. exterior view of hospital complex
- 13. local stone walls line the outdoor lobby space
- 14. covered open-air corridors: one solution to poor hospital air quality
- 15. section showing how passive ventilation system operates; system achieves 12 complete air exchanges every 60 mins.
- 16. first floor plan of Butaro Hospital showing steeply terraced surroundings
- 17. SECOND FLOOR PLAN 1 Ambulatory 2 Pharmacy 3 Lab 4 Pediatrics Ward 5 Conference Room 6 Staff Training 7 Women’s Ward
- 18. Photo taken during construction process. The decision was made to employ local people and train them at the job site to increase the impact of the investment in the area.
- 19. how did this project come to be? THROUGH A QUESTION FROM AN ARCH STUDENT ! Paul Farmer, Partners in Health, NGO founded 1987 builds hospitals in undeserved areas of poor/conflict- ridden countries: e.g., Haiti and Rwanda Michael Murphy (the student, at the time) “It was kind of an ’aha’ moment. Here’s this internationally recognized nongovernmental organization doing massive infrastructure work. They could snap their fingers and get any architect to work for them for free, and they don’t see the need for professional architectural services.”
- 20. Michael Murphy and Alan Ricks founded MASS Design Group as a nonprofit firm after responding to a call from Partners in Health. Butaro Hospital, Burera District, Rwanda Cost $4.4 million Completion date January 2011 Annual purchased energy use Energy use was not modeled, but is expected to be very low, as the hospital has no mechanical system Program 155 beds, 2 operating rooms, lab, delivery, maternity, ER with 4 trauma bays, 10 isolation rooms, referral rooms, x-ray, mental health clinic