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WTA constructs EQF and makes designs available online by Round City

April 15, 2020February 3, 2021 Round City Staff

Emergency Quarantine Facility (EQF) at the Manila Naval Hospital, Quezon City

WTA Architecture + Design Studio has created emergency medical structures to aid hospitals in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Manila-based WTA Architecture + Design Studio has recently built emergency quarantine facilities to help hospitals in the Philippines deal with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The temporary structures are being built to house persons under investigation (PUIs) and prevent them from spreading the infection. WTA, which made the designs open source, is pushing to build 62 emergency structures. At the moment, it has completed 15, and another 32 are under construction.

The facilities are intended to increase capacities of hospitals and institutions in the Philippines, and feature simple designs that can be constructed within five days, assuming the materials are readily available.

Each structure is six by 26 metres and features 15 beds and two toilets. Patients and healthcare workers have separate entrances, while doctors have their own external testing box to check patients without having to enter the facility completely. According to the architects, airflow is directed from front to rear, with side vents that discharge air away from the beds to prevent re-circulation.

With 62 emergency quarantine facilities, WTA is providing 1,000 new beds. The studio has made the designs open source, and they are available online through this link.

 

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