Pass over the hills : Interplay of cultures 2024 : organic growth of Nyamata District Hospital

Claudia Auer; Zhengyi Fang; Saija Hollmen; Noora Valkamo; Xiaoyuan Wang; Wai In Wong; Yang Xia

Pass over the hills : Interplay of cultures 2024 : organic growth of Nyamata District Hospital

Claudia Auer, Zhengyi Fang, Saija Hollmen, Noora Valkamo, Xiaoyuan Wang, Wai In Wong, Yang Xia

Department of Architecture

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The Interplay of Cultures Studio is a master-level architectural course organised by the World in Transition Research Lab (WiTLAB) at Aalto University Department of Architecture, focusing on the thematic areas of global sustainability and cultural locality. Encompassing all scales of architectural design, the course aims to learn about the features of a foreign culture and to enhance understanding of the living environment and conditions of local communities.
In 2024, Interplay of Cultures Studio travelled to Rwanda, to study local hospital facilities and develop an improvement plan for Nyamata Hospital, in collaboration with students and staff from the University of Rwanda. Supported by the Elsa Miller Foundation, the case of Nyamata Hospital facilitated mutual and shared knowledge creation between the institutions, intending to strengthen both practice-based and academic development, research capacity and research-based knowledge, for sustained societal impact.

Original language	English
Publisher	Aalto-yliopisto
Number of pages	269
ISBN (Electronic)	978-952-64-1888-9
Publication status	Published - 2024
MoE publication type	D4 Published development or research report or study

Publication series

Name	Aalto University publication series ART + DESIGN + ARCHITECTURE
No.	2
Volume	2024
ISSN (Electronic)	1799-4861

Keywords

interplay of cultures
humanitarian architecture and development
global sustainability
world in transition
cultural locality

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