{"id":59543,"date":"2020-03-30T09:45:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T13:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/?p=59543"},"modified":"2020-07-02T11:32:59","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T15:32:59","slug":"cura-covid-19-treatment-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/cura-covid-19-treatment-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"CURA Converts Shipping Containers Into COVID-19 Treatment Centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Architects: Showcase your next project through <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/register\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Architizer<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and sign up for our <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.leadpages.co\/serve-leadbox\/HSkYzzJnz7DjqLs3Rvr9tH\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">inspirational newsletter<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Updated by Nathan Bahadursingh on April 23, 2020<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Across the globe, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is placing enormous amounts of strain on medical infrastructure and staff. The number of those who require intensive care far outnumbers the amount of space available for treatment. This has led some cities such as Wuhan to quickly mobilize and create temporary, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/china-is-building-a-1000-bed-hospital-in-6-days-to-combat-the-coronavirus\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prefabricated medical centers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and New York City to convert convention centers and dorms into makeshift hospitals. A new response to this dilemma is looking to shipping containers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An international task force led by architecture studio <a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/carlo-ratti-associati\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlo Ratti Associati<\/a>, Humanitas Healthcare and University, and the World Economic Forum, among others, have developed the first prototype for CURA or Connected Units for Respiratory Ailments. It is a non-profit, open source, design and build initiative that is seeking to furnish shipping containers to operate as biocontainment pods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CURA: open-source design for emergency COVID-19 hospitals\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iHa-BaJytgQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CURA prototype was designed and produced in four weeks. It has been built and installed at a new temporary hospital set up in Turin, Italy. CURA was designed to increase intensive care capacity. And, according to the CURA team, \u201cThe aim is that they can be quickly deployed in cities around the world, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">promptly responding to the shortage of ICU space in hospitals and the spread of the disease.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_60378\" style=\"width: 828px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60378\" class=\"lazy lazy_media_item wp-image-60378 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CURA-shipping-container-hospital-turin-COVID-19-designboom-02.jpg?resize=818%2C545&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/CURA-shipping-container-hospital-turin-COVID-19-designboom-02.jpg?w=818&amp;ssl=1 818w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/CURA-shipping-container-hospital-turin-COVID-19-designboom-02.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/CURA-shipping-container-hospital-turin-COVID-19-designboom-02.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-60378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The new CURA prototype; Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/maxtomasinelli.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Max Tomasinelli<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each shipping container is of standard dimensions: 8 feet by 8.5 feet by 20 feet. Each pod functions independently and contains medical equipment-beds, IV stands, and ventilators, able to treat two patients. They also feature an air extractor to generate indoor negative pressure, which is a common method used in hospitals and laboratories to prevent contaminated air from escaping.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_59553\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59553\" class=\"lazy lazy_media_item wp-image-59553 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cura-connected-units-for-respiratory-ailments-carl-ratti-shipping-container-coronavirus_dezeen_2364_col_322-1024x937.jpg?resize=1024%2C937&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/cura-connected-units-for-respiratory-ailments-carl-ratti-shipping-container-coronavirus_dezeen_2364_col_322.jpg?resize=1024%2C937&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/cura-connected-units-for-respiratory-ailments-carl-ratti-shipping-container-coronavirus_dezeen_2364_col_322.jpg?resize=300%2C274&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/cura-connected-units-for-respiratory-ailments-carl-ratti-shipping-container-coronavirus_dezeen_2364_col_322.jpg?resize=768%2C703&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/cura-connected-units-for-respiratory-ailments-carl-ratti-shipping-container-coronavirus_dezeen_2364_col_322.jpg?w=1373&amp;ssl=1 1373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-59553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Image courtesy of CURA<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_60379\" style=\"width: 828px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60379\" class=\"lazy lazy_media_item wp-image-60379 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CURA-shipping-container-hospital-turin-COVID-19-designboom-10.jpg?resize=818%2C545&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/CURA-shipping-container-hospital-turin-COVID-19-designboom-10.jpg?w=818&amp;ssl=1 818w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/CURA-shipping-container-hospital-turin-COVID-19-designboom-10.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/CURA-shipping-container-hospital-turin-COVID-19-designboom-10.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-60379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/maxtomasinelli.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Max Tomasinelli<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archpaper.com\/2020\/03\/cura-shipping-containers-into-covid-19-treatment-centers\/#gallery-0-slide-0\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Architect\u2019s Newspaper<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the CURA pods can function as stand-alone supplements to preexisting hospital ICU intakes, they are by their very nature modular and can be stitched together into an effective field hospital via an inflatable corridor.\u201d This will allow them to easily adapt to any context they are used in. \u201cThe designers envision the units being set up alongside existing hospitals, in spaces like car parks\u2026\u201d according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2020\/03\/24\/shipping-container-intensive-care-units-coronavirus-covid-19-carlo-ratti\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dezeen<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_59551\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59551\" class=\"lazy lazy_media_item wp-image-59551 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cura-connected-units-for-respiratory-ailments-carl-ratti-shipping-container-coronavirus_dezeen_2364_col_22-1024x444.jpg?resize=1024%2C444&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/cura-connected-units-for-respiratory-ailments-carl-ratti-shipping-container-coronavirus_dezeen_2364_col_22.jpg?resize=1024%2C444&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/cura-connected-units-for-respiratory-ailments-carl-ratti-shipping-container-coronavirus_dezeen_2364_col_22.jpg?resize=300%2C130&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/cura-connected-units-for-respiratory-ailments-carl-ratti-shipping-container-coronavirus_dezeen_2364_col_22.jpg?resize=768%2C333&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/cura-connected-units-for-respiratory-ailments-carl-ratti-shipping-container-coronavirus_dezeen_2364_col_22.jpg?resize=1536%2C665&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/cura-connected-units-for-respiratory-ailments-carl-ratti-shipping-container-coronavirus_dezeen_2364_col_22.jpg?resize=2048%2C887&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-59551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Image courtesy of CURA<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CURA was developed as an open-source project, in which its technical specifications, drawings and design materials have been made universally available online. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/architecture\/cura-shipping-container-icus-turin-covid-19-04-21-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Designboom<\/em><\/a>, more units are currently under construction in other parts of the world, including the UAE and Canada.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Architects: Showcase your next project through <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/register\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Architizer<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and sign up for our <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.leadpages.co\/serve-leadbox\/HSkYzzJnz7DjqLs3Rvr9tH\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">inspirational newsletter<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CURA presents an innovative approach to meeting healthcare demands during the COVID-19 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