Sustainable model for regional hospitals in humid tropical climate
Апстракт
Developing countries are facing numerous challenges in the process of providing adequate health
care to often deprived and diminished social groups. In countries and regions with poor road
infrastructure, this often means that the population outside major urban centres is even
physically incapable of getting some sort of health aid in a timely manner. Being a country made
up of a mainland territory and five islands in Gulf of Guinea, almost entirely covered by tropical
rainforest, Equatorial Guinea is a showcase of various obstructions in developing effective health
care system.
The sustainable primary, secondary and tertiary health care assumes good accessibility as well
as proper understanding of local conditions. The paper presents a model for sustainable health
care building – a local hospital capable of providing all basic types of health service while
retaining a high level of technical independence. The architectural design for a regional hospital
was developed aiming... to maximize the use of natural ventilation, daylight and rainwater
management, leaving the operation block, laboratory and intensive care unit practically the only
parts of the structure that would need mechanical air conditioning. The layout was designed
having in mind local culture and customs, thus offering a possibility of strong integration with
local community, and the building technology was thought over to enable efficient and costeffective
construction and proper resilience for tropical rainforest environment. The result is a
structure providing for contemporary, high quality medical service, interpreting local climatic and
cultural contextual premises through modern architectural expression. Some design features
developed for regional hospital were also explored in somewhat different conditions – a major
clinical centre (in Malabo, the capital) and a local health centre with the basic services for the
most remote areas.
Кључне речи:
Sustainable architecture / Tropical climate / Health care / HospitalsИзвор:
Conference Proceedings [Elektronski izvor] / 3rd international Academic Conference on Places and Technologies, [14-15.04.2016, Belgrade], 2016, 621-626Издавач:
- Belgrade : University of Belgrade - Faculty of Architecture
Институција/група
Arhitektonski fakultetTY - CONF AU - Ćuković Ignjatović, Nataša AU - Ignjatović, Dušan AU - Vasović, Dejan PY - 2016 UR - https://raf.arh.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/502 AB - Developing countries are facing numerous challenges in the process of providing adequate health care to often deprived and diminished social groups. In countries and regions with poor road infrastructure, this often means that the population outside major urban centres is even physically incapable of getting some sort of health aid in a timely manner. Being a country made up of a mainland territory and five islands in Gulf of Guinea, almost entirely covered by tropical rainforest, Equatorial Guinea is a showcase of various obstructions in developing effective health care system. The sustainable primary, secondary and tertiary health care assumes good accessibility as well as proper understanding of local conditions. The paper presents a model for sustainable health care building – a local hospital capable of providing all basic types of health service while retaining a high level of technical independence. The architectural design for a regional hospital was developed aiming to maximize the use of natural ventilation, daylight and rainwater management, leaving the operation block, laboratory and intensive care unit practically the only parts of the structure that would need mechanical air conditioning. The layout was designed having in mind local culture and customs, thus offering a possibility of strong integration with local community, and the building technology was thought over to enable efficient and costeffective construction and proper resilience for tropical rainforest environment. The result is a structure providing for contemporary, high quality medical service, interpreting local climatic and cultural contextual premises through modern architectural expression. Some design features developed for regional hospital were also explored in somewhat different conditions – a major clinical centre (in Malabo, the capital) and a local health centre with the basic services for the most remote areas. PB - Belgrade : University of Belgrade - Faculty of Architecture C3 - Conference Proceedings [Elektronski izvor] / 3rd international Academic Conference on Places and Technologies, [14-15.04.2016, Belgrade] T1 - Sustainable model for regional hospitals in humid tropical climate SP - 621 EP - 626 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raf_502 ER -
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Ćuković Ignjatović, N., Ignjatović, D.,& Vasović, D.. (2016). Sustainable model for regional hospitals in humid tropical climate. in Conference Proceedings [Elektronski izvor] / 3rd international Academic Conference on Places and Technologies, [14-15.04.2016, Belgrade] Belgrade : University of Belgrade - Faculty of Architecture., 621-626. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raf_502
Ćuković Ignjatović N, Ignjatović D, Vasović D. Sustainable model for regional hospitals in humid tropical climate. in Conference Proceedings [Elektronski izvor] / 3rd international Academic Conference on Places and Technologies, [14-15.04.2016, Belgrade]. 2016;:621-626. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raf_502 .
Ćuković Ignjatović, Nataša, Ignjatović, Dušan, Vasović, Dejan, "Sustainable model for regional hospitals in humid tropical climate" in Conference Proceedings [Elektronski izvor] / 3rd international Academic Conference on Places and Technologies, [14-15.04.2016, Belgrade] (2016):621-626, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raf_502 .