HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM

Located in the far west of Nepal, this hospital serves over one million people from Dadeldhura and the surrounding seven districts, with 50 beds and 66 staff currently and with the extension program it will be serving with additional 150 beds. It began as a tent dispensary in 1968, established by TEAM Nepal, and continues to serve this remote region which lacks the most basic needs.

The project involves the relocation of the existing hospital building with two additional blocks, block A and block B with 4645 sq. m area. Block A consists of Emergency ward, surgical ward, Operation theaters, Gynecology section and delivery ward. Whereas block B consists of the Lab, Dental Department, X-ray and OPD etc,

The building is designed in frame structure and hollow block walls are used for the purpose of insulation.

NICK SIMONS INSTITUTE OFFICE BUILDING

The project is an office building for Nick Simons Institute covering 19,500 square feet at Sanepa, Lalitpur. The project features a two and half storey building with a basement and an extensive landscaping. The design of the building, including the material usages, has influences from the traditional Nepalese style building. However the spaces in the building have been planned for the modern office use.
The built mass has been arranged to avoid the building to look massive inspite of its size and functions incorporated into it. The Ground Floor of the building has reception, waiting, board meeting room, few offices and a training hall. The covered walkway acts as a prime connection between the main office building and the training hall. The courtyard with stone spout has been incorporated between the main building and the training hall and this space acts as a spill over area for training hall and the board meeting room. The Ground Floor also features disable access and the restrooms designed for disable. The First Floor is mostly offices with a small informal meeting room and the top floor has kitchen and dining areas. The basement of the building incorporates parking spaces for 17 cars and equal number of two wheelers in addition to the two stores and services like the pump house and an electrical room in the basement. The building has an emergency exit on the west side.
The landscaping is another prime feature in the design. The building is located in the northern side of the site with considerable large space for landscaping in the south side. This allows maximum sunlight in the built space. The terraced garden has been designed on the south side to reflect the terrace farming, which is a typical feature in the hilly regions of Nepal.
The building features environment friendly features like cavity walls with insulation, insulated roof for the room that are directly under terrace, double glazed exterior glass for doors and windows and rainwater harvesting. There is full generator back up in the building and the building features pressure system for water distribution.
All in all the idea was to create a building that reflects the quality and standard of an international organization but at the same time respects the local architectural style.

PATIENT NAVIGATION CENTRE

The project is the patient navigation centre for an NGO called Sundar Dhoka Saathi Sewa. The project is funded by Canada based organization called The Samaritan’s Purse.
The project is two storied structure and covers an approximately 8,500 square feet of built area. The building is planned with courtyard space on the southern side. The materials usage is mostly the combination of brick and stone walls on building facade with aluminum windows. Slope roof and skirt roofs with terracotta tiles have been used in the building to match the brick facade. Shera walls and Shera infill walls have been used in the partition and mineral boards have been used in the false ceiling.
One of the main features of the building is wheelchair accessible ramp that encircles the eastern block of the building. Since the residents of the building are mostly patients from rural areas, who reside in the building during their time in the valley for medical treatment, the building needed to be comfortable for wheelchair users.
The ground floor of the building has a multipurpose cum dining hall, kitchen, two private rooms, counseling room, physio room, reception, store and toilet block. Likewise the first floor has two family rooms, six private rooms, three rooms for offices and toilet block with a semi open space for informal gathering and a small verandah.