Filipino Architect Design Easy-to-Construct COVID-19 Quarantine Facility

Filipino Architect Design Easy-to-Construct Quarantine Facility to Contain COVID-19

Filipino architect designed an easy-to-construct quarantine facility to contain the dreadful coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

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As the confirmed patients tested positive with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) still continues to increase, a team of Filipino architects designed easy-to-construct quarantine facility. To help ensure that there would be enough facilities in the coming days.

In a report of Manila Bulletin, Arch.William Ti and his colleagues created the design to increase the capacity of hospitals in the Philippines who unable to receive more patients due to lack of facilities. This is also to prevent people under investigation (PUI) from being forced to come home.

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Having a horizontal structure with a wooden frame wrapped in a protective plastic skin as a design, the facilities can accommodate 15 beds, a test box, hygiene and disinfection areas and a rest area. nurse.

It is well lit and well ventilated. The design allows air flow to travel in a single direction as the height and depth of the pavilion contributes to faster heat dissipation thus making it less stiff.

Ti said that the project has to be done now since people need not to wait and just watch the virus slowly eats away communities. He said the central idea for the facility is “speed, speed, speed.”

The architect said they are sharing their designs online so everyone could edit, they can add something for improvements. The project takes about 2-3 days to build. This means, construction at the Manila Naval Hospital and Army General Hospital has already started.

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