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Tatopani Hospital, Better Building Bureau
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Tatopani Hospital
Firm LocationBrooklyn, United States
Project locationTatopani Rural Municipality, Jumla District, Nepal
CompanyBetter Building Bureau
Lead ArchitectAnna Leshnick and Tyler Survant
Design TeamMahendra Raj Khatri & Liza Singh, Arch Aid Planners & Developers (Local Architect) | Aashish Bhandari, Pro Eth Pvt. Ltd. (Structural Engineer) | Narayan Acharya & Arun Rimal, Sustainable Future Nepal (Rammed Earth Consultant)
ClientGovernment of Nepal Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), Tatopani Rural Municipality
Project Videohttps://youtu.be/td6Xbf28_iI
Tatopani Hospital is a new 1,675 square meter public medical facility located in the remote, high-altitude district of Jumla in western Nepal. Earth-sheltered by the site’s topography, with south-facing windows and clerestories to maximize natural light and solar gain, the Hospital is constructed of rammed earth walls from local soil. A solar array offsets the facility’s electricity usage. Tatopani Hospital expands access to affordable healthcare for residents of one of Nepal’s most inaccessible and impoverished regions, and models a net-zero, low-carbon architecture for the Himalayas.