DESIGN NAME:
O-SI (Immediate Health Bus)
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Mobile healthcare equipment
INSPIRATION:
One of the indirect effects resulting from the current pandemic is the decrease in the population use of hospitals (public and private), due to fear contagion by covid-19, which may result in numerous health issues for residents, not directly related to the virus. Designed in order to follow the spatial needs of medical modernization, the Immediate Health Bus (O-SI) will offer a safe option for preliminary care and treatment of common diseases during and after the covid-19 pandemic.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The Immediate Health Bus (O-SI) will be a primary healthcare equipment, modular and mobile, of fast implementation and long range. The project foresees the re-use of up to 4.800 urban vehicles recently decommissioned from São Paulos’s bus fleet, and the adaptation of its internal spaces for clinical use with focus on telemedicine, allowing a bigger flexibility and lower operational costs.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION:
When the current covid-19 crisis is over, the project will be scaled and multiplied, and will function at the forefront of basic health units, operating off-grid when necessary, in a technological and punctual way with pre-scheduling and screening by mobile app. By this way reducing costs for the health system and democratizing universal access to health and quality care; no queues and no surprises.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION:
Project started in april 2020 in Sao Paulo, Brazil and is expected to be implemented and scaled-up and in the following months.
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY:
The project foresees the re-use of up to 4.800 urban vehicles recently decommissioned from Sao Paulos’s bus fleet, and the adaptation of its internal spaces for clinical use with focus on telemedicine, allowing a bigger flexibility and lower operational costs.
First operational prototype "O-SI covid-19" is currently under production, will be delivered and fully operational by the end of october.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES:
Design based on a standard 13m bus. 32m2 of intervention with 20m2 available for patient care and clinical use.
TAGS:
covid-19 fight / combative design / architecture / healthcare
RESEARCH ABSTRACT:
We identified that one of the indirect effects resulting from the current pandemic is the decrease in the population use of hospitals (public and private), and other health system equipments, due to fear contagion by covid-19, which may result in numerous health issues for residents, not directly related to the virus. Designed in order to follow the spatial needs of medical modernization, the Immediate Health Bus (O-SI) will offer a safe option for preliminary care and treatment of common diseases during and after the covid-19 pandemic.
CHALLENGE:
Design an accessible and low-cost option for Brazilian healthcare system.
ADDED DATE:
2020-05-28 16:08:47
TEAM MEMBERS (5) :
Architect / Design Lead: Andre Enrico Cassettari Zanolla, Senior Architect: Roberto Zanolla, Architect: Amanda Cunha, Architect: Rennan Carlos and Healthcare Designer: Dr. Sun Rei Lin (EPM/Unifesp)
IMAGE CREDITS:
Designer: Andre Enrico Cassettari Zanolla / Democratic Architects
Photographer: Romullo Baratto / FLAGRANTE
PATENTS/COPYRIGHTS:
Andre Enrico Cassettari Zanolla, 2020. "O-SI (ônibus de saúde imediata)", Democratic Architects.
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