Texas A&M University College of Architecture students recently presented final designs for a Women’s and Infants’ Health and Maternity Center in Rwanda’s Bugesera District near Kigali. More than 50 participants, including reviewers, family members, community leaders, faculty and A+IAC members, joined the meeting.
The event marked the culmination of a collaborative, interdisciplinary research and design effort to address critical maternal and infant healthcare needs in one of Africa’s fastest-growing regions. The project was co-hosted by the Rwanda Children Educational Foundation, represented by Chairperson Dr. Alan W. Graustein and Executive Director Jeanine Mukarubega, alongside faculty from the Department of Architecture at Texas A&M.
Students proposed a range of innovative design solutions, including a maternal village concept that allows expectant mothers to stay safely on-site prior to delivery — a response to transportation barriers identified through their research. Read the full story here.
