(task) MASS design group's gheskio cholera treatment center in haiti

Haiti MPHISE

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environmental design, cholera, medicine

> http://www.designboom.com/architecture/mass-design-group-haiti-gheskio-cholera-treatment-center-documentary-design-that-heals-09-21-2016/ <http://www.designboom.com/architecture/mass-design-group-haiti-gheskio-cholera-treatment-center-documentary-design-that-heals-09-21-2016/>
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> MASS design group's gheskio cholera treatment center in haiti
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> sep 21, 2016
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> MASS design group's haiti cholera treatment center profiled in new documentary
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> in the wake of the devastating earthquake that hit haiti in 2010, MASS design group <http://www.designboom.com/tag/mass-design-group/> partnered with a leading health care provider to design a state-of-the-art healthcare facility <http://www.designboom.com/tag/healthcare-facilities/> for cholera. the disease, which had not existed in haiti for more than a century, quickly became a huge problem following the disaster, with patients treated in temporary tents that became hot and difficult to keep sanitary.
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> design that heals: documentary trailer
> video courtesy of MASS design group
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> working alongside les centres GHESKIO <http://www.gheskio.org/wp/>, MASS design group <https://massdesigngroup.org/> not only built the treatment center, but incorporated an on-site wastewater treatment facility to thwart the re-contamination of water and consequent spread of disease. located in port-au-prince, the facility serves a catchment area of 60,000 haitians, and treats up to 250,000 gallons of wastewater each year. now, six years after MASS began working in haiti, a documentary on the project — titled ‘design that heals’ — tells the story of how the team invested in both long-term infrastructure, and the haitian people, to help heal the community.
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> the façade is custom-designed to provide appropriate daylighting and ventilation
> image © iwan baan <http://iwan.com/> (also main image)
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> the building’s façade is made by local haitian metalworkers, and is custom-designed to provide appropriate daylighting and ventilation throughout the facility. MASS worked closely with dr jean-william pape to design a project that used the construction process to address the underlying structural and social conditions that allow cholera to thrive.
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> ‘design that heals’ is an official selection of the NY architecture and design film festival <http://adfilmfest.com/>, with screenings held on september 29 and october 1, 2016. see designboom’s previous coverage of the project here <http://www.designboom.com/architecture/mass-design-group-gheskio-cholera-treatment-center-in-underway-in-haiti/>.
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> located in port-au-prince, the facility serves a catchment area of 60,000 haitians
> image © iwan baan <http://iwan.com/>
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> location: port-au-prince, haiti
> completed: 2015
> size: 693 sqm / 7,459 sqf
> program: cholera treatment center
> services: architectural design, construction administration, on-site training, expanded construction administration
> client: les centres GHESKIO
> partners: mazzetti (MEP), fall creek engineering (civil), nathan king + virginia tech center for design research
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> philip stevens I designboom