Nyarugenge Hospital
Consisting of two buildings that step down a gently sloping site to follow the contours of the grade, the Nyarugenge District Hospital was designed and built through a collaborative process that uplifted and incorporated the community.
This process, facilitated by MASS Design Group, yielded a design that gently staggers in order to provide ample lighting and natural ventilation, eventually connecting at a central core that houses the hospital’s key services. Outdoor spaces on each level provide patients with spaces to move and connect to the landscape and externalize circulation in order to reduce the spread of airborne infections. NOUS advised on the structural decisions: a concrete frame with concrete shear walls simplified construction, while locally sourced brick and stone reduced the costs of material procurement and transportation. The result is a collaboratively created facility that will produce better health outcomes, as well as improvements to the economic, educational, environmental, and emotional well-being of the community.
Location
Kigali Province, Rwanda
Client
Rwanda Ministry of Health
Architect
MASS Design Group
Staff Lead
Omar Garza, SE
Completed
2020
Size
77,000 SF
Recognition
Architectural Record, “Four Health‑Care Projects by MASS Design Group in Africa”
ArchDaily, “Infectious Disease Mitigation: 9 Healthcare Facilities Designed by MASS”