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Stefano Boeri designs prefab vaccination pavilions for 1,500 Italian squares

December 14, 2020 Jennifer Hahn 0

Stefano Boeri coronavirus vaccine pavilion

Architect Stefano Boeri has designed prefabricated timber and fabric pavilions, which are set to house Covid-19 vaccination stations in piazzas across Italy from the first half of January. Around 1,500 of the structures will be set up over the following months at the direction of Domenico Arcuri, the country’s special commissioner for the Covid-19 emergency.

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Drive-through clinics in hospital car parks could be used for “accelerated vaccine roll-out” says NBBJ

December 14, 2020 Marcus Fairs 0

In Car Care drive-through clinic concept by NBBJ

Hospital patients could be treated in prefabricated drive-through clinics without leaving their cars, according to a concept by architect NBBJ. The clinics could also be used to administer coronavirus vaccinations, according to the architects. The prefabricated units “could be especially effective for accelerated vaccine roll-out, as it enables simultaneous distribution to every passenger in the

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Van Eijk & Van der Lubbe designs Utrecht care facility like a boutique hotel

November 8, 2020 India Block 0

Domstate Zorghotel rehabilitation centre by by Van Eijk & Van der Lubbe, Utrecht

Domstate Zorghotel is a rehabilitation centre in Utrecht, the Netherlands, designed by Dutch studio Van Eijk & Van der Lubbe to give patients a hotel experience. Van Eijk & Van der Lubbe deliberately approached the interiors of the 84-bed health facility like they were creating a 4-star hotel to give patients a more comfortable stay.

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Foster + Partners’ Cairo hospital embodies “latest research on biophilia”

September 14, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Exterior render of Magdi Yacoub Global Heart Centre Cairo

Foster + Partners has revealed visuals of the Magdi Yacoub Global Heart Centre Cairo hospital in Egypt that will prioritise connecting patients with nature to boost their wellbeing. Now under construction in Cairo, the 300-bed hospital will have a shell-like roofscape and nestle within a “lush, verdant landscape” that offers views of a lake and

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Integrated Field decorates children’s hospital in Thailand with slides and a pool

September 13, 2020 India Block 0

Blue indoor swimming pool with arches and clouds in children's hospital designed by Integrated Field

Design studio Integrated Field has created colourful arched interiors filled with animals and clouds to provide an enjoyable experience for children at a hospital in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. Playful touches in EKH Children’s Hospital include a bright yellow slide that spirals through the reception and animal shapes above hospital beds and light-up constellations that act

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Cascade of sky gardens to crown Shenzhen children’s hospital by B+H Architects

August 25, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Shenzhen Children's Hospital and Science and Education Building by B+H Architects for China

An “urban living room” and rooftop gardens will animate the Shenzhen Children’s Hospital and Science and Education Building, which B+H Architects is developing in China. Set to be built at the edge of Lianhuashan Park in Shenzhen, the building will marry research facilities with treatment spaces in an effort to advance pediatric healthcare in the

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Studio Rain erects translucent flat-pack sauna on banks of Yarra River

August 12, 2020 Jennifer Hahn 0

Australian art and architecture collective Studio Rain has installed a temporary sauna next to a Melbourne’s Yarra River, which is prefabricated and off-grid so that it can be built, disassembled and reused without the use of heavy machinery. The installation, called Atmosphere: A Revival, features a lightweight structure made of reclaimed timber, which arrives flat-packed

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Shipping-container coronavirus testing centre trialled in Australia

June 24, 2020 India Block 0

The University of Technology Sydney in Australia has built a drive-through coronavirus testing centre in a converted shipping container. This fully functioning prototype has been trialled by Sonic Clinical Trials for nearly a month. Its designers claim it is the country’s “first purpose-built mobile Covid-19 testing centre”. Deborah Ascher Barnstone, a professor at the University

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Heatherwick Studio designs plant-filled Maggie’s Centre in Leeds

June 12, 2020 India Block 0

Grassy gardens top the Maggie’s Centre for cancer patients built by Heatherwick Studio in the grounds of St James’s University Hospital in Leeds. Plants also fill the timber interiors of the charity centre, which provides support for people coping with cancer and their loved ones. It’s the first health building completed by Heatherwick Studio, the

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Sharon Davis Design builds rammed-earth hospital in Nepal

June 10, 2020 India Block 0

Bayalpata Hospital by Sharon Davis Design

Bayalpata Hospital is a medical complex in Achham, Nepal, built from rammed earth by American architecture office Sharon Davis Design. Serving one of Nepal’s poorest and most remote regions, Bayalpata Hospital replaced an old clinic that was too small for the number of patients needing treatment. Five medical buildings and an administrative block form the

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