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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Mount Sinai Kyabirwa Surgical Facility in Jinja, Uganda by Kliment Halsband ArchitectsNovember 27th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Kliment Halsband Architects Integrated into the local healthcare community and linked to Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, this project is a prototype for an independent, self-sustaining ambulatory surgical facility in Kyabirwa, a rural village near the equator in Uganda. It is conceived as a replicable prototype facility for other resource poor areas, proof that surgery can be provided in inexpensive uncomplicated facilities for the five billion people in the world who lack any form of safe or affordable surgery.  Image Courtesy © Will Boase
 Image Courtesy © Will Boase The building is designed with a focus on simplicity of construction. Materials and systems are minimally invasive, based on available materials and labor. Simple modular building forms made it possible to use local labor to construct the building. All materials and technical system components are available locally and can be maintained in place. Regionally sourced bricks are composed in complex patterns of varying densities, forming screens that let in light and air to solid walls. The bricks and cladding tiles used in the facility were made from red clay dug directly out of the ground near the building site and fired in a local kiln. Brick was utilized in this project because of its availability, its historical presence in the area, and the potential to support the local economy through its use.  Image Courtesy © Will Boase  Image Courtesy © Will Boase The banana plants on the site were the inspiration for the form of the building. The plants gather sun and provide shade for the ground below as the natural function of the solar panels: we thought of solar panels as leaves of banana plants gathering sun and providing shade. The solar array shelters and powers the simple modular brick facility beneath.  Image Courtesy © Will Boase  Image Courtesy © Will Boase The aesthetic goals of the project were to relate to the surrounding architecture while adding contemporary unique visual elements. Red clay cladding tiles with wavy shapes reminiscent of the nearby White Nile were formed in custom, handmade molds. In combination with the shade-providing solar roof, the brick structure tells the story of modern and vernacular technologies working together to improve lives. This project provides ambulatory surgical procedures for a population that has no access to such care today. Careful analysis of required systems and equipment resulted in elimination of many redundant complex and costly systems typically found in high tech urban hospitals. This research, and simplified construction, relying on local materials, made it possible to deliver cost-effective health care in underserved areas.  Image Courtesy © Bob Ditty  Image Courtesy © Bob Ditty  Image Courtesy © Bob Ditty  Image Courtesy © Will Boase  Image Courtesy © Will Boase  Image Courtesy © Bob Ditty  Image Courtesy © Will Boase  Sections, Image Courtesy © Kliment Halsband Architects  Sections2, Image Courtesy © Kliment Halsband Architects  Site Plan, Image Courtesy © Kliment Halsband Architects  Image Courtesy © Kliment Halsband Architects  Exploded Axon, Image Courtesy © Kliment Halsband Architects  Floor Plan, Image Courtesy © Kliment Halsband Architects
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