PORTFOLIO
NWAN KWO JAMES SOMTO CHUKWU
SELECTED WORKS 2019 / 2023
PROJECT - 1
MATERNITY CENTRE
PROJECT - 1
Maternity Centre
A life begins when one is born into this world as the fetus develops in the womb of the woman awaiting to concieve her child into a new environment. Apart from the skin-to-skin touch the newly born baby experience with his or her mother, architecture also plays a role in the psychological and physical well-being of the child and his mother during childbirth from the atmosphere in which the mother is in labour to the space in which she conviences.
A research shows that a calm and healing atmosphere and space can relief the emotional stress and pain the mother experience during birthing.
This project is proposed Maternity Centre design for the community of nawfia, located in Nawfia, Anambra state, Nigeria, aiming to creating a solace environment for birthing mothers in labour.
In this project, these healing spaces and atmosphere is introduced using biomimicry and biophilic design approach, appying nature and color as a psycholoigical balance of the well-being of the users of its spaces.
YEAR: 2022 TYpE: pERsoNAl pRACTICE | | loCATIoN: ANAMbRA, NIgERIA 2 1
BYPASS THE EMBRYO
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circulation - lobby
admin - offices
labour room
delivery room - private ward
delivery room - general ward
neo-natal intensive unit
postpartum ward
scrub area
sterilization area
theatre access space
theatre room
recovery room
archive
cloak room
nurse station
circulation - stairs / ramp
lavatory
courtyard
entrance / kitchen exit
reception
admin - offices
paypoint
circulation - lobby
cafe
pediatric - private ward
pediatric - general ward
archive
utility room
cloak room
nurse station
lavatory
green areas
circulation - stairs / ramp
exit
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fabricated double -skin wall shell 3d printed precast concrete wall envelope lamiWnated curtain wall glass sky light window installed in 1st & 2nd stage labbour room, delivery room and ist floor atruim space cast-in-place concrete damp proofed flat gently sloped roof suspended ceiling board suspended floor slab (level 2) THE RECEPTION THE EXTERIOR
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