Mumbai based architectural practice JDAP<\/strong> was recently awarded Honourable Mention for its entry \u2018Under Wings of Care\u2019<\/strong> for the recently concluded Moved to Care International Design Competition<\/strong> organised by Building Trust International<\/a>. The competition challenge focused on the provision of healthcare to rural and\/ or isolated groups in Asia<\/strong>, that could also be carried forward for refugee and displaced groups elsewhere in the region and globally.<\/p>\n JDAP\u2019s solution was based on the idea of a rapidly deployable Centre<\/strong> that could be \u2018unfolded\u2019<\/strong> onto a location with minimum on-site preparatory work. A selection of appropriate material and technologies, alongwith a focus on the spatial quality of the centre as a Space for Healing formed the core ideas of the proposed design.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Proposed Architectural Layout<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Sectional Elevations<\/strong><\/p>\n Competition Text:<\/em><\/p>\n For a region that needs to rapidly expand the delivery of quality heathcare to a large under-served population\u00a0 – most of which is largely rural – focus for the traveling Healthcare Centre must be as much about its \u201capproachability\u201d as about its \u201crelocatability\u201d.<\/p>\n Wings of Care takes a nuanced view of the sterile, forbidding spaces of healthcare and transforms them into Spaces of Joy that embrace their natural setting and provide a friendly, humane environment that is welcoming and reassuring to its patients. The building platform of the Centre is based on a robust, lightweight, easily transportable system with local bamboo as its primary component.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 9 Steps Installation – Hard Box to Soft Envelope<\/strong><\/p>\n The dimensional limitation of the project is based on its transportability. For a Centre that must travel off highways and onto rural roads, the standard shipping container size was discarded in favour of a smaller module that can sit at the back of a 20-feet flatbed truck.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Concept Evolution<\/strong><\/p>\n The primary structural component is a Fabric-covered Bamboo Parabolic Arch. The arch has pivoted arms that open up to form weather-protection canopies over the building openings. Seven arches open to form a 135\u00b0 sector that makes up a single module. The circular form allows for shorter circulation paths while enclosing courtyards that then form the heart of the Centre.<\/p>\n There are two Courtyards around which the Centre is organised \u2013 the Out-patient facilities including Consulting Rooms, Medical store and large covered flexible waiting spaces cluster around the Outer Court, while the Inner Court forms a more secluded sanctum for the Recovery and Rehabilitation Centre and Operation Theatre.<\/p>\n The entire Centre is designed to be collapsible and stackable into a total of Six containers, which themselves form part of the Centre once it has been \u2018deployed\u2019!<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Entrance View towards the Medical Store<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n View Outwards from the Courtyard<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n View of Inner Courtyard<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Exterior View of Waiting Area and Consultancy<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n View of Waiting Area and Reception<\/strong><\/p>\n