{"id":10420,"date":"2023-09-06T19:43:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T09:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/?p=10420"},"modified":"2024-12-17T23:40:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T13:40:12","slug":"ukraines-80m-need-for-shigeru-bans-mass-timber-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/ukraines-80m-need-for-shigeru-bans-mass-timber-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine&#8217;s $80m Need for Shigeru Ban&#8217;s Mass Timber Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Plans for the Lviv hospital extension in Western Ukraine were unveiled before a media conference in Tokyo yesterday, with Japanese architect Shigeru Ban stressing the urgent need for the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shigeru Ban is the principal of the Pritzker Prize-winning studio&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/shigeru-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shigeru Ban Architects<\/a>&nbsp;and is developing a Styrofoam Housing System (SHS) to provide affordable housing solutions for those affected by the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We need to build immediately, even before the war is ended,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;I&#39;m like a doctor. I&#39;m for people&quot;. Shigeru Ban, a world-renowned architect from Japan, and other architects spoke about their commitment to helping Ukraine during the conference &quot;Shigeru Ban and Architecture for Refugees&quot; organized in Warsaw, Poland \ud83d\udc49\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X4h3hIUyTj\">https:\/\/t.co\/X4h3hIUyTj<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zwVMgDnxrb\">pic.twitter.com\/zwVMgDnxrb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Against the Tide (Id\u017a Pod Pr\u0105d) TV (@AgainstTideTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AgainstTideTV\/status\/1629023552203636738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/shigeru-bans-new-mass-timber-extension-for-ukraine-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In July<\/a>, Wood Central reported that the six-storey building will use cross-laminated timber (CLT) as its base material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest renders show a rectangular block with a gridded facade and an expressed-timber entrance canopy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hospital is already Ukraine&#8217;s largest hospital by capacity, with Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyy and Shigeru Ban calling on the international community to raise US $80 million to help with the construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project was unveiled at the Lviv Urban Forum in June 2023, with plans drawn up for construction to commence early next year, subject to finance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project will use local timbers and is designed around a central atrium containing the reception area and surrounded by exposed timber columns.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shigerubanarchitects.com\/works.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shigeru Ban Architects<\/a>, the structure has been developed with Swiss engineering studio&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hermann-blumer.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hermann Blumer<\/a>&nbsp;not to require metal joints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"937\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-12.png 937w, https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-12-600x339.png 600w, https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-12-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-12-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-12-696x393.png 696w, https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-12-744x420.png 744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 937px) 100vw, 937px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shigeru Ban Architects&nbsp;and AMBK have designed an expansion to a hospital in Lviv. (Photo Credit: Dezeen)<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayor Sadovyy said Ukraine is fighting to protect its independence and needs Japan&#8217;s experience, indicating his wish to apply Japan&#8217;s knowledge and technologies to improve medical care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About 150,000 internally displaced people are said to be living in Lviv after they fled Russian attacks in the eastern and southern parts of Ukraine. The city has a population of about 700,000, with more than 15,000 reported to have received treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Volodymyr Zelensky visited veterans at a hospital in Lviv, where he arrived on Aug. 18 for a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. <br><br>Video: President&#39;s Office. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JTChC8Sggs\">pic.twitter.com\/JTChC8Sggs<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyivIndependent\/status\/1560236259368439808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/ukraine-crisis-report-calls-for-global-aid-in-forest-recovery\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Last month<\/a>, Wood Central reported that Ukraine requires significantly greater access to humanitarian, military and financial support to rebuild critical infrastructure and industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the report produced by Forests Europe, the war has &#8220;significantly damaged forests and other natural landscapes, compromising the possibility of forestry activities in the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"919\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-11.png 919w, https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-11-600x347.png 600w, https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-11-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-11-768x445.png 768w, https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-11-696x403.png 696w, https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-11-726x420.png 726w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 919px) 100vw, 919px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A breakdown of the occupied and reoccupied areas with Ukrainian forest areas cross-over shaded in green. Source: L. Poliakova, May 2023.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It found that up to 50% of Ukrainian processors have already closed production, with a total volume of timber sales decreasing by 1.813 million cubic metres due to the conflict in forested areas and a blockade in the black sea, which has the export of forest products to a crawl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Kremlin&#39;s attempts to disrupt Ukrainian food shipments are proving effective, causing a loss of a third of the nation&#39;s crop exports after the blockade of its Black Sea ports last month.<br><br>Source: Bloomberg <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Alliesbridge?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Alliesbridge<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/alliescrypto?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#alliescrypto<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/alliesscamawareness?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#alliesscamawareness<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/letsbeallies?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#letsbeallies<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TCt9YwG9we\">pic.twitter.com\/TCt9YwG9we<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Allies Bridge (@AlliesBridge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlliesBridge\/status\/1692950377698894027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Significantly, Ukraine has limited access to external financial sources due to many issues, including \u201celigibility issues, language barriers, a heavy administrative and bureaucratic burden.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report claims that Ukraine, as a country, and the Ukrainian forest-related administration can only solve the challenges with significant international support and aid.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To achieve this, it needs significantly more international humanitarian and military support, far more than currently committed, to rebuild Ukraine\u2019s critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plans for the Lviv hospital extension in Western Ukraine were unveiled before a media conference in Tokyo yesterday, with Japanese architect Shigeru Ban stressing the urgent need for the project. 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