Butaro Hospital
Project Type:
architecture
Project Mission/Goal: (Choose one of the following)
improve the human spirit
respond to our growing need for clean water, power, shelter, healthcare, education
address humanitarian crises
Project Description:
MASS Design Group is working in Rwanda in collaboration with Partners In Health and the Rwandan Ministry of Health to design and build Butaro Hospital. Currently under construction, Butaro Hospital will be the first hospital in the 400,000 person Burera district in northern Rwanda. The hospital will open in October of 2010. In late 2010 and 2011, MASS will design and oversee construction for a Tuberculosis ward and testing area, as well as conceptualize an expansion plan for the campus to anticipate growth. This project uses innovative patient flow and passive ventilation systems to reduce the nosocomial spread of TB.
MASS sees this project not simply as medical infrastructure, but also as civic infrastructure, as hospitals in these areas become anchors for new communities. Central to the work is the creation of long-term strategies to accommodate and guide this civic development, considering the ramifications of different patterns of development on broader issues of global health. For more information, visit www.mass-group.org
Text adapted from: http://apply.ghcorps.org/fellowships/78
Links and Captions:
http://www.massdesigngroup.org
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/rwanda.html
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/butaro_hospital_rwanda.html
http://www.masslab.org/ourwork_butaro4.html
Partners in Health: http://act.pih.org/page/s/watch-butaro
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Project Details:
Location: Burera District, Rwanda
Concept/Lead Architect(s)/Designer(s): MASS Design Group and Partners in Health
Project Architect(s): MASS Design Group
Year (s): December 2008 -December 2010
Client: Partners in Health, Clinton Health Access Initiative
User Client: Ministry of Health of Rwanda
Number of beneficiaries/users: This will be the first hospital in the district, and will serve approximately 400,000 people
Project Phase: Construction
Major Funding: 3rd party donation
Cost/Cost per unit: $650 USD/square meter
Area (if applicable): 6,400 square meters
Structural Engineers: Icon
Electrical/Mechanical Engineers: ElectroMed
Contractor/Manufacturer: Partners in Health
Additional Consultants: JSMART, Ed Nardell
Other:
Nominated by Kate Stohr
