Renkioi Hospital

The War Office asks Brunel to design a prefabricated military hospital for the Crimean War.

Brunel completes his modular hospital design six days after receiving the commission.

The prefabricated Renkioi Hospital is assembled and prepared to receive British military patients.

The modular wards include dedicated washing, bathing and sanitary facilities rather than relying on improvised arrangements.

Brunel incorporates systematic drainage and sewerage into the hospital plan to improve sanitation.

Brunel develops a standard hospital unit divided into two twenty-five-bed wards for rapid prefabricated construction.

Designs a prefabricated hospital for wounded soldiers.

Standardised timber and iron components are manufactured in Britain for shipment to the Dardanelles site.

A small railway is incorporated into the site plan to move stores and patients from the landing jetty toward the hospital.

Purpose-built kitchens are positioned to serve groups of hospital wards efficiently.

Dedicated laundries are included in the prefabricated complex and connected with the hospital's drainage arrangements.

Brunel's prefabricated layout allows the hospital to expand rapidly as additional ward buildings are shipped and assembled.

Brunel develops a large modular plan capable of accommodating roughly one thousand military patients.

The hospital design includes planned ventilation so fresh air can be distributed through the prefabricated ward buildings.