CURA: Open-source Design for Emergency COVID-19 Hospitals
CURA: Open-source Design for Emergency COVID-19 Hospitals
- UrbanNext, April 6, 2020.
- 574 words.
Carlo Ratti Associati, Essay, expanding design practices, No Density, Technology and fabrication
Architect’s challenge, Container Architecture, COVID-19, Efficiency, Emergency architecture, Functional unit, Health crisis, Modular Design, Project, Prototype, Rapid responses
CURA (Connected Units for Respiratory Ailments) aims to convert shipping containers into plug-in intensive care pods for the COVID-19 pandemic. The units could be as fast to mount as a hospital tent, but as safe as an isolation ward, thanks to biocontainment with negative pressure. The first unit – whose open-source design was initiated by an international task force of architects, engineers, doctors, military experts and NGOs and is open to further contributions – is currently being built in Milan, Italy, with the sponsorship of UniCredit.
2575-5374
Prototype COVID-19 Health Infrastructure
Carlo Ratti Associati, Essay, expanding design practices, No Density, Technology and fabrication
Architect’s challenge, Container Architecture, COVID-19, Efficiency, Emergency architecture, Functional unit, Health crisis, Modular Design, Project, Prototype, Rapid responses
CURA (Connected Units for Respiratory Ailments) aims to convert shipping containers into plug-in intensive care pods for the COVID-19 pandemic. The units could be as fast to mount as a hospital tent, but as safe as an isolation ward, thanks to biocontainment with negative pressure. The first unit – whose open-source design was initiated by an international task force of architects, engineers, doctors, military experts and NGOs and is open to further contributions – is currently being built in Milan, Italy, with the sponsorship of UniCredit.
2575-5374
Prototype COVID-19 Health Infrastructure