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Prefab truck and shipping container win healthcare facility design contest

Moved To Care competition sought design solutions for providing healthcare to rural and isolated areas in Asia


A medical clinic on wheels and a clinic built from a retired shipping container have won the 2014 "Moved To Care" competition. The Building Trust International contest sought design solutions for providing healthcare to rural and isolated areas in Asia, according to an article on the GizMag website.

Building Trust International is a non-profit organization that uses design to address world issues, such as those affecting people, wildlife or the planet, the article said. The organization includes architects, engineers, planners, contractors and other professionals that can help to shape the environment.

Previous "Moved To Care" contests have given rise to improved schools for migrant and refugee communities, flood-resistant housing for Cambodia’s poor, access to play for communities in South Africa and low-cost housing solutions for homeless individuals in the UK.

Winners were chosen in two categories: professional and student. The professional category was won by a team from the U.S. with backgrounds in architecture and public health. The winning entry makes use of a truck containing a prefabricated medical space and the functionality for tripling the usable space once stationary and fully set up, the article said.

The student winner was also from the U.S. The entry by Christopher Knitt from the University of Wisconsin makes use of a shipping container that can be delivered to a location before its contents are set up to provide an extended and customizable healthcare space.

Read the article.

 



May 23, 2014


Topic Area: Architecture


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