Project
Rwanda Smile Centre
Nomination
Best Project of Public Building or Facility
About the project
The Rwanda Smile Centre is a dental clinic and training facility for a Christian ministry team in Rwanda. Rwanda currently has only 48 dentists in a country with a population of almost 12 million people. This project opens the opportunity for more dentists to be trained to serve the population and provide a clinic for people to be educated and treated.
The projects sits on a steep 36 m drop. We tackled this issue by stacking the dental and Christian ministry programs. This aims to harmonise, synthesis and to create efficient working spaces.
The form, the warm colour palette and the volcanic rock and wood material choices highlight the local Rwanda vernacular. With the implementation of fine marbles, polished brass and a balanced use of stones, we aim to create a high end, world-class building.
Location
Kigali, Rwanda
Project created in
2020
More project images
https://www.hyperarchitects.com/portfolio/rwanda-smile-centre/
Applicant and authors of the project
Beau Avedissian, a founding director of HyperArchitects, has won the Cosentino Architectural competition in 2017, the FACS prize in 2018 and won 'The Best of Design Awards 2019' in the 'Unbuilt Interiors Category' by Architect's Newspaper. Beau has worked on multiple projects from small scale dwellings to large scale healthcare developments.