Salam Centre’s Medical Housing Compound Sudan
From the quantity of discarded containers laying about the building web site of the Salam Centre in the city of Soba, Khartoum, in Sudan, the architect had the idea to use them once more as a template for contemporary African development in its constructed housing for the centre’s international medical staff, Medical Housing Compound. The resultant housing compound, placed beside the hospital in the surroundings of the Nile river, is realized about a fantastic courtyard full of mango trees. The total delivery cost for the 60 lodgings and cafeteria at 468 €/sq m was 1.08million€. Comparatively this is about 150€/sq m cheaper than starter housing in the United Kingdom.Medical Housing Compound template for contemporary African developmentexterior Medical Housing Compound facade buildingThe building was created by Italian firm Studio TAMassociati whose motto is ’socially responsible design’ consists of ninety five 20ft-containers for housing and seven 40ft-containers for the cafeteria, every lodging is 20 sqm and is realized with one and a half containers; the lodging is composed of bedroom, bathroom and a small veranda on the court side, the integration of nearby materials and high style level of retrofitting expresses a new level of inexpensive, sustainable architecture in the third globe.interior Medical Housing Compound cafeteriainterior Medical Housing Compound bedroomWith common high temperatures reaching 41 degrees centigrade in the hottest month of May, the architects innovated using verandas on each property with bamboo solar shades, allowing breezes to pass by way of. Peculiar care has been devoted to insulation and power saving. The containers are insulated with a “layer system”. Inside the container five cm insulating panels have been placed. The outside skin is realized with a second insulated roof and a bamboo brise-soleil panel system. In this way the sunrays by no means hit the containers. A big power saving is made with out the require for powered air conditioning and the sun is utilised by way of solar panels to supply hot water for the entire compound.interior Medical Housing Compound sustainable architecture
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