Radiation Treatment Center at Thellipallai Base Hospital
Healthcare Architecture · Jaffna, Sri Lanka
The brief
An extension to the cancer hospital at Thellipallai Base Hospital in Jaffna, to provide radiation treatment for the Northern Province. The brief came with a one-year deadline because patients were waiting.
Project overview
- Location
- Jaffna, Sri Lanka
- Type
- Healthcare Architecture
- Completed
- 2014/2015
- Architect
- Design Republic
- Area
- 35497 m²
- Project cost
- Rs. 250M
- Contractor
- Sanken Lanka
- Services
- Architecture, Healthcare
Design response
We worked closely with Sanken Lanka, who built it. The plan was kept simple. The structure was sized for a later expansion if funding allows.
Outcome
For many of the patients, this building is the closest centre to home.
