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Kyabirwa Surgical Center Ward
2023 Progressive Architecture Citation
2022 AIA National Healthcare Award

2021 AIA Merit Award
2022 Annual Report (click to read)

Built as an annex to the existing Kyabirwa Surgical Facility; the new facility provides overnight stay ward, state of the art medical laboratory and staff support facilities. Secondary protective roof of the building is designed to collect rainwater, facilitates ventilation air movement and resembles the famous rapids of nearby Nile river. Building is cladded with locally made clay tiles, steel is fabricated by local ironworkers and local skilled and unskilled labor is used for the construction. New building relies on the existing Surgical Center solar array for primary and backup electrical power.

Location

Kyabirwa, Uganda

Client

Dr. Michael Marin

Chair

Department of Surgery

Mount Sinai

New York

Status

In Construction

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