Mount Sinai Kyabirwa Surgical Facility: A Replicable Prototype

Mount Sinai Kyabirwa Surgical Facility: A Replicable Prototype - urbanNext, February 10, 2020. - 392 words.

africanCities, Energy and sustainability, Kliment Halsband Architects, Low Density, Project, Territory and mobility

African Cities, African Public Realm, Bricks, Cladding envelop, Community Facilities, Kyabirwa, Local materials, Local techniques, Low-energy building, Modular Design, Performative Envelope, Project, Prototype building, Solar Energy, Solar roof, Sun, Sustainability, Sustainable construction, Uganda

Photography: Will Boase and Bob Ditty


Integrated into the local healthcare community and linked to Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, this project is a prototype for an independent, self-sustaining ambulatory surgical facility in Kyabirwa, a rural village near the equator in Uganda.

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Architecture project Facility-design Kyabirwa, Uganda Uganda

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