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Entwurf • Design Ackermann + Raff Architekten, Stuttgart
Bauherr • Client Projekt Burma e. V., Filderstadt
Standort • Location Magyizin, Myanmar
Nutzfläche • Floor space 565 m 2
Fotos • Photos Oliver Gerhartz
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More infos on page 142

Innenhof-Skizze des Haupttraktes • Sketch of the main-wing courtyard Schnitt • Section

In der Regenzeit dient das Krankenhaus auch als Schutzort. •During the rainy season, the hospital is also a refuge. Grundriss • Floor plan

skeleton of the hospital was built of reinforced concrete to achieve higher stability and
protect against insect infestation. Architecturally striking is the movable sun- and rain
protection of wooden slats and the roof construction of the atrium house with an all-
round gable element. In combination, these also ensure constant ventilation – one of the
major issues when building in a tropical climate.
Creating the perfect climate

The roof underside was for the major part clad with woven bamboo mats. The airflow
thus circulates upwards through the open windows behind the shady folding shutters
through the bamboo grid and outside again through ventilation slats in the gable ridge.
“There is a pleasant draught everywhere in the building”, Julia Raff explains, the project
architect, the simple but effective principle of cross ventilation. Since no construction
companies exist in the region, the building was mainly constructed by the villagers in-
structed by a carpenter. The government of Myanmar sponsored a house for the doctors
and the nurses. The village of Magyizin thus developed into a health centre for the whole
region. Since the outbreak of the corona pandemic, the hospital is used as an official
quarantine centre. In addition, numerous people are here tended to who have been hurt
during the most recent political unrests. Lageplan-Skizze des Project Burma Hospital • Site-plan sketch of the Project Burma Hospital

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