Focus: Facility Design
Rwanda healthcare design challenges offer lessons to architects
The inconsistency of Rwanda’s power grid dictated how designers thought about everything from lighting design to backup power, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website
The inconsistency of Rwanda’s power grid dictated how designers thought about everything from lighting design to backup power, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website. Many U.S.-trained architects and engineers found the simpler solutions from Rwanda may offer real opportunities for leveraging “reverse innovation.”
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November 27, 2017
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Architecture
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