workin' workin' workin'. schematic section, showing activity/
landuse/surface treatment. can't decide on a look for the building.
classy earthtones or tacky with brights?

solar-panel roof

everyone gets comfortable for the last review before spring break...

enclosure study

raw image of beds + some mech. systems...

grouped trees shading study

single tree shading study

3 sites study----wind

3 sites study----the chosen one

the blank part, maybe reserved for supplimental reasons for choosing site 2?

3 sites study----programwise

maternal health, steps forward and back

timeline compiled from numerous sources, citing recent declines in maternal healthcare specifically + insufficient progress towards the MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL. more info to be added in?

chart from the MATERNAL AND NEONATAL PROGRAM EFFORT INDEX, proving need for maternal care in ghana. from data collected in 1999. ratings by health professionals

interactive media

3 sites research----dust 2

50 m wind power

3 sites research----dust 1

Soil Moisture Retension

dylan:

Here's something I'm thinking about besides fixing the diagram:

MODULE:
Equipments aside, what to, and how to modulize ?

PHOBIA-FREE:
How to create phobia-free architectural atmosphere and spacial experience. I was thinking about maybe taking something(local materials or construction technique?) that is very Ghana to create a place not that Ghana----soft, light, clean, cheerful, comfortably cool...I rememberred we talked about weaving( with local fabric?).

SAFE MOTHERHOOD VS OTHER MEDICAL DEPTS:
Mother-baby care relatively isolated? Balance it or totally go for safe motherhood and just provide basic and minimum medical treatment of other kinds?

HOW FAR WE WANT TO GO PROGRAMWISE:
Safe Motherhood:
prenatal care---->delivery---->postnatal care(baby&mother)---->baby regular exam...
Safe Abortion:
pregnant test & consult---->pre-abortion exam---->abortion---->postabortion care---->education(on safe sex/motherhood?)...

safe motherhood initiative = safe abortion, "seductive motherhood", mobile education, arms reaching both ways, local craft/techniques, traditional medicine, layering HIGH R-value paints, wallpaper, functional envelope

feng:

i'm thinking about what we were talking about earlier in the atrium: HOW TO FIX IT.

1. CLARIFY DIAGRAMS, BUT IMBUE THEM WITH REAL, TANGIBLE DATA.
2. MANIFEST THOSE SAME DIAGRAMS IN SECTION.

from the moleskin:

make it real, tangible information.
don't be passive towards it, take a stance.
SEXY MOTHERHOOD,
model the equipment needed for smi operations/interventions

scenario planning, ie, design the situation.

WHAT IS THE SCINTILLATING ENVIRONMENT LATENT IN HEALTHCARE DESIGN???

forget the "sad necesities", or things that normally create the space of an examination room.

clinic as an "OPERATING THEATRE"

***smi = safe motherhood initiative

supplemental diagram of program study

initial program studies