Manuel Herz encloses curvilinear hospital in Senegal with lattice brickwork
Swiss studio Manuel Herz Architects has unveiled the curvilinear Maternity and Paediatric Hospital in Tambacounda, Senegal, which is defined by its lattice-like brickwork.
Built as an extension to a hospital in the town of Tambacounda in eastern Senegal, the building, commissioned by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation and local charity Le Korsa, contains paediatrics and maternity clinics.
The block's distinctive S-shape was informed both by the region's climate, which can see temperatures rise to 45 degrees Celsius, and the rounded forms of the existing hospital buildings.
Manuel Herz Architects designed an S-shaped extension to the Senegal hospital
"I developed a design for a building in a curvilinear shape that is as long as possible and as thin as possible," explained Manuel Herz Architects founder Manuel Herz. "The building's curvilinear shape is a direct reaction to the existing circular hospital buildings," he told Dezeen. "It embraces them, curves around them, creating several new exterior courtyards."
The hospital is enclosed with lattice-like walls
The two-storey building, which has the maternity wards on the ground floor and the paediatric wards above, contains a total of 150 beds, several incubators, two operation blocks and intensive care units.
A corridor with rooms on only one side runs along the length of the building. It is enclosed by a brick lattice structure that was informed by screens used to enclose mashrabiyas in t...
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