A clinic in South Africa’s Western Cape in an arid climactic zone that serves a local population battling for financial survival has been built with an emphasis on balancing reduced energy consumption with acceptable indoor temperatures.
Equally important in creating the new healthcare facility, explain public sector architect, Ulrike Kuschke, mechanical engineer, Yusuf Jacob, and architectural technologist, Jehan Bikoo, were a reduced carbon footprint during construction, the creation of local employment opportunities, and developing local skills.
The Hillside Clinic, completed in 2017, is located in the town of Beaufort West, approximately six hours’ drive from Cape Town. The Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works (DTPW) and provincial Department of Health, with a consultant team of architects, engineers, and quantity surveyors, developed the 1045 m2 project with an emphasis on reduced energy consumption, while ensuring that the statutory requirements for ventilation rates and acceptable indoor temperature were achieved. Further imperatives were a reduced carbon footprint during construction, creating local employment, and skills development
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