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SITUATION ……………………. 1
SITUATION ANALYSIS …….. 2
DESIGN BRIEF ……………….. 3
RESEARCH 1 ………………….. 4
RESEARCH 2 …………………… 5
RESEARCH 3 …………………… 6
RESEARCH 4 ……………………. 7
RESEARCH 5 ……………………. 8
SPECIFICATIONS ……………… 9- 10
POSSIBLE SOLUTION 1……… 11
POSSIBLE SOLUTION 2 …….. 12
POSSIBLE SOLUTION 3 ……… 13
POSSIBLE SOLUTION 4 ………… 14
POSSIBLE SOLUTION 5 …………. 15
EVALUTION OF POSSIBLE IDEAS ........ 16
REFINEMENT OF BEST SOLUTION …….. 17
 SITUATION
• Remote areas in Zimbabwe poses life challenges like access to proper medical attention. People living in areas like Boli

in Chiredzi district and beyond, it is very difficult for children and expecting mothers. The most disadvantaged are the

pregnant mothers where more than basic medical attention is needed. For instance in Boli region only clinics are

available where minor complications are attended, first pregnancy cases are referred to Chikombedzi Hospital and

Chiredzi District Hospital respectively, and these hospital are about 200km away. Another challenge is on transport

where it can be available only in the early hours like from 3:00am to 5:00am morning and from Chiredzi Town 1:00pm

the you get there at dusk. In between these hours, donkey driven scotch carts will be available to ferry people around

and its just for short distances. This poses a bigger challenge to pregnant mothers which leads to either still birth, infant

mortality or death of the expecting mothers. This is not only faced by people around Chiredzi area but the country as a

whole.
 SITUATION ANALYSIS
MATERNITY HOSPITAL
• MATERIALS
• Who is the client
 It will be used by pregnant woman only  The structure will be made of strong building
and for treating new born babies. materials such as steal beam, standard bricks,
• User/patient requirements timber 9(wood) and strong glass.
 Patients who are women would have to be equipped
with materials of either their own clothes and their
• Capacity
 This facility should be able to accommodate 20
own toiletry.
expecting mothers.
• Environment
 The maternity hospital should be located where the is
no many human activities and industrial processes to
reduce levels of noise that can accumulate stress.
 Design brief
I am going to design a labor, delivery, and recovery room (LDR) , this is
the room that is used for your labor and birth, including the initial
hours of recovery.
RESEARCH ON EXISTING
PRODUCT
 RESEARCH
1
DISADVANTAGES
• The structure has few and small rooms which
accommodate and serve a few number of
people.
• The building has poor circulatory arrangement
or design such that a patient who wants to be
served in the last ward has to pass through the
first wards and this can cause disturbance and
confusion.
• It has poor air circulatory system because
limited windows and exit doors.
• The structure has one entrance door which is
also used as the exit door, this makes it’s a
poor structure because a maternity ward
should have many emergency doors and more
RESEARC
H2
DISADVANTAGES
• This building has poor security and it is weak because
of the material used to construct the structure.
• The structure is too small and accommodates a few
number of people.
• It has one door which is used as an exit and entrance
purpose which is an disadvantage because risks of
losing lives in a fire accident or any accident are high

ADVANTAGES
• The structure has adequate circulatory system which
makes it congestion free which is the most essential
aspect needed by any heath facility.
• The structure has rooms that have enough space for
doctors and nurses to work with comfortably
• Patients get more attention from the doctors because
the building is small such that it accommodates few
people which allows doctors and nurses to attend
each patient fairly and thoroughly
 RESEARCH 3
ADVANTAGES
• The building’s circulatory system is quit good and under
world class standards.
• It has an opening in between it which allows fresh air to
enter and circulate the building freely.
• It is well ventilatated because of the number of door ,
space and windows it has
RESEARCH 4
RESEARCH 5
 MATERIALS
STRENGTH

VENTILATION

LIGHTING Specifications OCCUPANCY

PATIENT MOVEMENT
SAFETY
SECURITY
 ENVIRONMENT MATERIALS SAFETY
• The maternity building shall be so • Floors, walls and ceiling shall • The structure shall provide
located that it is readily accessible be sturdy materials that shall and maintain safety
to the community and reasonably allow durability, ease of environment for patients,
free from undue noise, smoke, cleaning and fire resistance. personnel and public. The
airports and industrial plants. building shall be of such
construction so that no
SECURITY hazards to the life and safety
• The building shall ensure the of patients exists. It shall be
security of person and property capable of withstanding
within the facility. weight to which they may be
subjected.

PATIENT MOVEMENT VENTILATION

• Spaces shall be wide enough for • Adequate ventilation shall be
free movement of patients, LIGHTING
• All areas in maternity ward shall provided to ensure comfort of
whether they are on beds and patients, personnel and public.
stretchers. Circulation routes for be provided with sufficient
transferring patients from one area illumination of promote comfort,
to another shall be available and healing and recovery of patients
free all times. and to enable personnel in the
performance of work.
POSSIBLE SOLUTION 1
POSSIBLE SOLUTION 2
POSSIBLE SOLUTION 3
POSSIBLE SOLUTION 4
POSSIBLE SOLUTION 5
 EVALUATION OF POSSIBLE
SOLUTIONS
POSSIBLE MATERIALS LIGHTING STRENGTH VENTILATION SECURITY OCCUPANCY SAFETY
SOLUTION

1 2/5 3/5 2/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 2/5

2 1/5 3/5 2/5 3/5 4/5 3/5 2/5

3 3/5 2/5 3/5 2/5 4/5 4/5 1/5

4 4/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 4/5 3/5 3/5

5 2/5 3/5 3/5 2/5 4/5 2/5 2/5

REFINEMENT OF BEST SOLUTION
WORKING DRAWING