Kibuye Hope Hospital
Burundi, East Africa
2015
*Work Completed in Collaboration with Engineering Ministries International (eMi)
Team: Engineering Ministries International
Role: Designer, Planner, Community Outreach
Client: Kibuye Hope Hospital
Engineering Ministries International (eMi) is a multi-disciplinary ministry made up of Architects, Landscape Architects, Engineers, and more. The mission of eMi is 'Designing a World of Hope' with the vision of seeing people restored by God and the world restored through design. This mission gathers practicing architects and engineers from all over the globe to send design teams to some of the most undeveloped places of the world. Key project elements in every eMi design is to offer solutions that are both sustainable and appropriate to each specific local context. To learn more about eMi and the work they are doing all over the world, click here.
Learn More About The Kibuye Hope Project!
Kibuye Hope Hospital is a 110-bed teaching hospital located in the central region of Gitega, Burundi. Our team's role was to develop a 20-year expansion plan for the hospital which included inpatient and outpatient expansion, doctor housing, residency housing, programmed active space, a centrally located church, and more. Phase I of the project was the design of the Inpatient Ward which was completed in 2017. My role in this project included coordination with the project Architect for Hospital programming and co-leading all Master Planning efforts.