Niger 🇳🇪 built, alongside China 🇨🇳, a hospital that does not run on electricity for its cooling.
It is the Niger General Hospital, on the outskirts of Niamey. A region of the Sahara where the average temperature reaches 35 °C.
Completed 10 years ago, the hospital was constructed in partnership with the Government of Niger and CADI, a prestigious Chinese architecture firm.
The walls use a local method called "Tyrol," made from river sand and white cement, chosen because importing wall materials to Niger, a landlocked country, costs too much money.
The wide pillars act as parasols. The courtyards cool the patient wing through shaded microclimates, and the perforated walls keep the air moving.
Air conditioning only functions where it is necessary, such as operating rooms, laboratories, or pharmacies, nowhere else.
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