In September 2012, the Haitian Ministry of Economy and Finance called for the reconstruction of the hospital of the State University of Haiti, a medical facility located in the heart of Port-au-Prince that has been operating in ruins since the 2010 earthquake. After the Ministry received large development grants from the US and France, the challenge for designers was to create an earthquake resistant hospital within the $48 million budget, while also phasing the construction to maintain an operational capacity of 500 beds. MASS Design Group was one of the design teams to come up with such a proposal.

For the team's project description, read on.

• Architects

  MASS Design Group

• Location

  Kigali, Rwanda

• Category

  Schools

• Architect in Charge

  MASS Design Group

• Design Team

  Michael Murphy, Alan Ricks, Sierra Bainbridge, Ebberly Strathairn, Branden Collins, Andrew Brose, Marika Shioiri-Clark, Ryan Leidner, Eric Mutabazi

• Area

  900.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2010

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• Architects

  MASS Design Group

• Location

  Burera, Rwanda

• Category

  hospital

• Design Team

  Michael Murphy, Alan Ricks, Sierra Bainbridge, Marika Clark, Ryan Leidner, Garret Gantner, Cody Birkey, Ebbe Strathairn, Maura Rockcastle, Dave Saladik, Alda Ly, Robert Harris, Commode Dushimimana, Nicolas Rutikanga

• Sewage Plant Engineering

  EcoProtection

• Landscape Design

  Sierra Bainbridge and Maura Rockcastle

• Structural Engineering

  ICON

• Client

  Rwandan Ministry of Health; Partners In Health / Inshuti Mu Buzima

• Area

  6040.0 m2

• Project Year

  2011

• Photographs

  Iwan Baan