Opposite Office proposes converting Berlin's Brandenburg airport into superhospital
German studio Opposite Office has proposed creating a temporary Covid-19 superhospital inside Berlin's unfinished Brandenburg airport during the coronavirus pandemic.
Opposite Office founder Benedikt Hartl wrote an open letter to the German minister of health, Jens Spahn, proposing the idea to temporarily transform the unopened, 220,000-square-metre airport.
He believes that the project, titled Covid-19 Superhospital BER, would help support Germany for the outbreak should it get worse. So far, the country has over 75,000 confirmed cases of the virus.
Each hospital bay would include a single bed, tray table, hospital monitor and sink
The design allows for fast construction, similar to that of the the 1,000 bed Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital, a 25,000-square-metre facility built in Wuhan to treat patients. "The Corona hospital could be opened within a few days," said Hartl. "Let's take China's pragmatism and zest for action as a role model."
The modular cabins would be constructed with steel frames and planking
The proposal suggests using the current building structure and replacing seating areas at gates with round modular cabins. These could be constructed using steel frames and planking and fronted with a cloth curtain.
Renderings show each unit with a single bed, tray table and hospital monitor. A sink for medical professionals would attach to the curved backside of each bay.
"In this way, each patient receives their own retreat," the studio sai...
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