CARE+CRAFT COVID-19 MODULAR TREATMENT CENTERFORGE CRAFT ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN

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CARE+CRAFT is a modular urgent-response concept conceived by Forge Craft Architecture + De-sign, as an innovative architectural solution to combat the current pandemic, or any other global crisis or disaster.

Our nation’s centralized hospital system lacks sufficient capacity to handle the surge caused by highly-infectious contagion such as COVID-19. CARE+CRAFT is a prefabricated, volumetricmodular system that can be quickly deployed to decentralized Alternate Care Sites (ACS) to mitigate the demand placed on our hospitals.

Each module features two unitized, negatively-pressurized patient rooms each outfitted with a dedicated ADA-compliant bathroom, integral HVAC, plumbing, and electrical system. The base module is designed to CDC guidelines for Airborne Infection Isolation Rooms (AIIR) with 12 air changes per hour (ACH), manifolded, and exhausted to the outside.

In our CARE+CRAFT, emotional and mental healing is vital to the healing process. Physical access is moderated through a health-code-compliant, automatic sliding door. A view window and skylight with biophilia frit provides the patient a visual connection to their caretakers as well as to the outside world’s circadian rhythms. Each patient room is also outfitted with Wi-Fi and a personal monitor as a convenient means of communication between patient, family, and friend.

The site strategy is based on a 12-patient-room module or ward, housed under a portable fabric superstructure, and paired with a medical hub with dedicated staff. Each self-contained ward can operate independently or scaled up in series or clusters as demand grows. The modules are elevated on a self-leveling, adjustable foundation system for maximum adaptability to different ground conditions. An elevated, accessible pedestal deck system provides circulation through and around the wards.

The modules themselves are comprised of a 6-inch wood or steel frame, cavity-insulated with closed-cell spray-foam and mesh. The flooring assembly bears on a cementitious structural flooring panel which itself is fully seam-sealed and flashed to the wall frames. Flooring, ceiling, and wall finishes are of a lightweight, bio-resistant composite panel that can be taped or velcroed to their respective substrates.

Each module is further outfitted with its own HVAC and plumbing system that may be manifolded or hermetically isolated as necessary. Medical headwalls are easily installed and both line and low-voltage power connect to the available power grid. CARE+CRAFT was designed to maximize flexibility and adaptability to varying sites and circumstances. These unitized modules are portable, repurposable structures that can be decoupled, disinfected, and stored – ready to be deployed for the next crisis.

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COVID-19 MODULAR TREATMENT CENTERA CARE+CRAFT ward is deployed with modular care units set under a steel frame + fabric superstructure.

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Each CARE+CRAFT module features unitized, self-contained patient rooms outfitted with all required functions and apparatus for treatment.

HVAC, plumbing, and electrical systems are integrated into each CARE+CRAFT module, which once deployed and set, require only hook-up to existing or mobile utility service.

PATIENT TREATMENT WASH + SANITIZE

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FRESH AIR - 12 AIR EXCHANGES PER HOUR REPEATABLE MODULAR FRAME

The CARE+CRAFT modular frame is dimensioned, identical, and repeatable from unit to unit, and can be prefabricated in wood, structural steel, or light gage steel stud.

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LIGHTWEIGHT BIO-RESISTANT MATERIALS BIOPHILIA + LIGHT

CARE+CRAFT finishes are of a lightweight, bio-resistant composite panel that can betaped down or velcro’d to flooring, ceiling, and wall substrates. Once treatment iscomplete, all surfaces may be cleaned and disinfected in accordance with CDC Guidelines, or easily replaced.

BIOPHILIA is from the Greek meaning “love of life”. The emotional care of patients is as important as the physical. Isolation is a dagger in any treatment scenario. The CARE+CRAFT focuses on “care” by connecting the patient to the outside world’s circadian rhythms through vision lites strategically placed in the wall and ceiling, and through dedicated wi-fi monitors built into the headwalls to facilitate communication with family and friends.

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Six patient rooms can be fabricated simultaneously and conjoined in a single, shipping-efficient configuration that maximizes the available space on a standard flatbed semi-trailer. Thus, a CARE+CRAFT ward is quickly transported in two shipments.

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This diagram illustrates a typical deployment of the CARE+CRAFT modules: modules are set on-site under fabric superstructures in whatever scale meets the local need; the modules can be organized in series, clusters or other configuration that the local site and program allow. Programs can be as simple as a medical ward comprised of 12 patient rooms, or as complex as an entire, mobile, medical city with a full battery of clinical, administrative, and support spaces.

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Forge Craft Architecture + Design is proud to present CARE+CRAFT as a potential solution to COVID-19 and other major events that may be ameliorated through urgent-response disaster relief.

We hope our efforts to weave the intricate web of technical, medical, and construction criteria, balanced against the emotional biophilic needs of every patient and caregiver, is clearly manifested in the CARE+CRAFT design.

Envisioned to be swiftly fabricated, easily deployed, and ultimately repurposable, we feel that CARE+CRAFT is a solution that can bring relief now and well into the future.

We’d like to thank our charrette partners - Mitsubishi, Altro Healthcare Division, Sprung Structures, the Modular Building Institute (MBI), our modular and engineering consultants -- valuable information sources such as the CDC and FGI, our design staff for their committed work under difficult circumstances, and finally but most importantly, all those on the front lines in the battle against this formidable adversary.

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