Impact-driven, carbon-storing architecture
Avant le début de la construction de l'hôpital Butaro en 2008, le district de Burera ne disposait ni d'hôpital ni de médecin local, ce qui privait 340 000 personnes vivant dans la région d'un accès direct aux soins de santé. Pour rejoindre l'hôpital le plus proche, il fallait parcourir plusieurs heures à pied et deux heures en véhicule.
Now, providing both inpatient and outpatient services, the Butaro Hospital comprises a pediatric ward, intensive care units and an emergency room. The facility was designed to control transmission of airborne disease and reduce the risk of hospital-acquired infections through strategies promoting cool air circulation, moisture control and leveraging landscaping to create an external environment that would prompt patients to spend time outside and thus, promote healing and improved health outcomes.
When the patients are recovering, they look at the gardens and the landscape, and they feel like everything is going well,” says Rwandan gardener Jean Baptiste in a video produced by MASS. Baptiste has collaborated with MASS on building projects throughout Rwanda to design open-ended, restorative landscapes. “The secret of work is mutual respect,” says Baptiste.
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