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Atlanta, GA | Posted: November 9, 2009
Summary Sentence:
Georgia Tech students mentioned in PBS video
Full Summary:
In the spring of 2008, an interdisciplinary team of graduate students from the College of Architecture and the Health Systems Institute collaborated to design a 12-bed hospital in the coastal village of West Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia.
Image from PBS NewsHour Video ClipIn the spring of 2008, an interdisciplinary team of graduate students from the College of Architecture and the Health Systems Institute collaborated to design a 12-bed hospital in the coastal village of West Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia. Working alongside members of the local community and staff from Health in Harmony, a local organization linking environmental and individual health, the team was given a remarkable opportunity to bring high quality healthcare to an impoverished and under-served community. The final designs reflect a facility that is both culturally sensitive and locally appropriate, giving deep consideration to traditional building methods and materials, local culture, sustainable practice and the latest research in evidence-based design.
PBS NewsHour Extra featured the effort in one of its stories, "No Insurance, On Borneo the Doc Takes Manure". Visit the PBS NewsHour Extra Video Clipboard to view a short video clip.
