SINA-CLF Clinic Momin Adamjee Centre

Karachi, Pakistan

The architects were commissioned by a charitable trust to design a cost-effective, energy-efficient primary care clinic serving 2,000 patients a month from an urban informal settlement, that would be easily recognizable, with an uplifting design. The clinic was built within a three-month time frame by remodeling an existing house, with locally-produced materials: cement blocks masonry, with arches in burnt brick and colour-crete plaster on external walls and cement and terrazzo tile floors. The hot and humid climate is accommodated with shaded spaces, high-level openings on the windward side with diagonal openings directly across for cross-ventilation, and concrete lattice jalis at eye level to facilitate wind movement.

Source: Aga Khan Trust for Culture