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REFURBISHMENT AND ENLARGEMENT OF A MATERNITY CLINIC
REFURBISHMENT AND ENLARGEMENT OF A MATERNITY CLINIC
Burkina Faso
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REFURBISHMENT AND ENLARGEMENT OF A MATERNITY CLINIC
Burkina Faso
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2016
SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft
BUDGET
$10K - 50K
The intervention maintains the existing distribution although it takes the incipient separation of the public / clinical program to the extreme by extending the central distributor to the east and west facades of the original construction. This division in plan is also evident in section because now the central corridor completely separates the building into two sections, the "public" to the north and the "clinical" to the south, volumes defined above with equal slope but in the opposite direction. The north block remains with the existing dimensions, waiting and consultation rooms. In the south block, the built-up piece is doubled to increase the hospitalization space, which in turn allows the delivery room to be expanded.
The action is completed with the construction of an exterior wall that formalizes a patio linked to the new postpartum area. In Burkina it is common for some women in the village to accompany the new mother at the time of giving birth. It will be in this space where they will spend the first hours after delivery.
The construction is wrapped with a load-bearing wall done with compressed earth bricks, leaving an intermediate ventilated air chamber. In turn, this outer sheet is the one that supports the important load that the new upper metal roof supposes, thus avoiding requesting the existing walls.
The new distributor becomes a space that regulates the interior thermal conditions, where the air is constantly renewed - due to the openings in the facades that coincide with the direction of the predominant winds and because the upper slots that remain between the new ceiling of the corridor and the old walls of the building allow heated air to escape. All the rooms have openings opposite the façade and the central passage, which favours the natural convection of the air inside.
The action is completed with the construction of an exterior wall that formalizes a patio linked to the new postpartum area. In Burkina it is common for some women in the village to accompany the new mother at the time of giving birth. It will be in this space where they will spend the first hours after delivery.
The construction is wrapped with a load-bearing wall done with compressed earth bricks, leaving an intermediate ventilated air chamber. In turn, this outer sheet is the one that supports the important load that the new upper metal roof supposes, thus avoiding requesting the existing walls.
The new distributor becomes a space that regulates the interior thermal conditions, where the air is constantly renewed - due to the openings in the facades that coincide with the direction of the predominant winds and because the upper slots that remain between the new ceiling of the corridor and the old walls of the building allow heated air to escape. All the rooms have openings opposite the façade and the central passage, which favours the natural convection of the air inside.
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