THE GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NIGER

INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY

MULTI-SPECIALITY HOSPITAL
THE GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NIGER
Architects: CADI
Location: Niamey, Niger ,western Africa
Category: General Hospital
Lead Architects: Liu Chen, Xing Bing
Area: 34000.0 sqm / 365972.95 Sqft
Project Year: 2016
Clients:The Ministry of Commerce of
China, Ministry of Public Health of the
Republic of Niger
 Project Background

• Niamey is the capital of Niger and the center of politics, economy and culture. the population of Niamey is
about 1 million and Islam is the dominant religion.

• The project is committed by the Chinese and Niger governments, aiming to build a large scale general public hospital
together in order to improve and upgrade the local medical facilities.
 1.Consultation
2.Emergency
3.Building of med technology
4. Building hospitalization 1A
5. Building hospitalization 1B
6. Building hospitalization 2A
7. Building hospitalization 2B
8. Building hospitalization 3A
9. Building hospitalization 3C
10. VIP Building
11. Contagious diseases Building
12. Laundry
13. Morgue
14. Canteen
15. Administration and research
training Building
16. You are Here

MASTER PLAN
GROUND FLOOR PLAN OF EMERGENCY BLOCK
GROUND FLOOR PLAN OF OUT-PATIENT BLOCK
FIRST FLOOR PLAN OF OUT-PATIENT BLOCK
GROUND FLOOR PLAN OF IN-PATIENT FIRST FLOOR PLAN OF IN-PATIENT BLOCK
GROUND FLOOR PLAN OF MED-TECHNOLOGY BLOCK
FIRST FLOOR PLAN OF MED-TECHNOLOGY BLOCK
SECOND FLOOR PLAN OF MED-TECHNOLOGY BLOCK
THIRD FLOOR PLAN OF MED-TECHNOLOGY BLOCK
Outpatient Building, Emergency Building and Public
Hall

The public hall is an important connecting and distributing space for the
public. A well-designed hall shall be open to the public and provide the
easy access, function of sheltering , good ventilation without using air
conditioners and energy saving.
 Muslim Worship Hall

Islam is the dominant religion in Niger, therefore we have considered

Muslim worship halls scattered in the hospital in the design. Meanwhile,
these worship halls can be transformed to temporary camping sites for
patients and their families.
 Inpatient Building and Ramps

The inpatient Building is designed into a two-story courtyard space, connecting by

continuous ramps and cloisters. In addition, it can meet the hospital accessibility
requirements without lifts and elevators.
 Medical Technology Building

Medical Technology Building consists of four floors, including all important

medical equipment and operating rooms in the hospital. The external wall adopts
the single small-opening windows and the external sunshade in order to reduce
the heat exchange.
 Insulated Roofing
Insulation is the simple and effective way to reduce the indoor
temperature. All the roofs are designed with thermal insulating layers,
which are prefabricated concrete panels, to reduce the heat
transmission.
 Building Sun-shade
In the hot and dry environment, building shading has significant influence on the
indoor temperature. In order to avoid direct sunlight, a number of external sun-
shade components are designed. The gaps between the shading panels and the walls
form air microcirculation around the windows, which is conducive to carry off the
surrounding heat. The architectural technology of this sunshade system has high
durability with in-situ concreting.
 Natural Ventilation
Buildings are mostly designed with the opened veranda of two
sides’ entrances, forming good natural convection and improving
the physical experience of people inside.
 Corridor
Corridors connect various blocks of the hospital. The pillars of the corridor are
widened to provide a larger sunshade area.
 Link to the Environment
The relationship between architecture and the environment not only consider the natural
environment where the building is, but also the local economy and social impact.
Therefore, a local traditional construction methods ensure the building is built with low
cost, good quality and high durability. In such way, the building is not only adaptable to
the local climates and environment, but also integrate into the local culture.
 Adoption and Construction of Traditional "Tyrol" Exterior Wall
Local traditional process "Tyrol" style exterior wall is adopted in the exterior wall design.
The typical construction method is to manually spray the mixture, which is composed of
the local river sand and white cement/water under a specific ratio, on the exterior wall
surface. This kind of material not only achieves low construction cost, but also has high
durability under hot & dry weather with easy maintenance.
CONCLUSION
 Zoning and hierarchy of each block

 Merge in local climate

 Adaptive passive protection for hot season

 Corridors for access and circulation

 local construction method and materials

 Design according to feasibility of people