This project proposes a prefabricated modular health clinic design for the informal settlements within Turkish urban areas. The clinic is affordable, transportable and highly adaptive, and  is made of retired shipping containers and prefabricated light-gauge metal structures. The proposed concept includes an optional transportable unit for minor procedures that could be shared amongst neighboring communities. The health complex has an open setup within the community in order to accommodate a public gathering space to promote health and craft education through short public sessions for different demographic groups.

Ganyiel, South Sudan | According to the International Rescue Committee, 2.5 million people in South Sudan are presently in crisis and emergency levels of food insecurity. To mitigate growing concerns, the goal for the project was to provide an architectural solution which treats both nutritional and biological health for the internally displaced in South Sudan. Particular focus was placed on treating women and children in the most remote and inaccessible areas of the country.

ROCINHA-RIO-BRAZIL | Brazilian culture can be explored through their music, dance, color, and playing soccer. The busy, lively streets and alleyways give the place its own personality and identity, and the residents have a great way of smiling despite the hardship being faced on a daily basis. The design approach provides residents with a variety of benefits for youths to celebrate, watch, dance, and play soccer in the easily accessible place from the main stairs of the neighborhood. The public space also acts as a suitable location for mobilizing a community on equal ground and can nurture diverse hobbies.

Although the village is on the list of demolishment and redevelopment, most older residents refuse to move to a better environment for changing their living condition because they enjoy the neighbor relationship in the Village. Based on the research, the new social spaces design follows their habits and customs, and provide safer and healthier platforms for their socialization. The design redevelops the social space using “Less Changes, More Comfort” method to organize a social space system for the elderly along the narrow Main Street.