Impact-driven, carbon-storing architecture
Prima che la costruzione dell'Ospedale Butaro iniziasse nel 2008, il distretto di Burera non aveva un ospedale o un medico locale, mettendo 340.000 persone che vivevano nella regione senza accesso diretto all'assistenza sanitaria. Raggiungere l'ospedale più vicino significava viaggiare diverse ore a piedi e due ore in veicolo.
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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