In Brody, Ukraine, CannonDesign and Pelli Clarke & Partners are ideating a new modular childrens hospital, together with Sunflower Network, a nonprofit. The project announcement came just ahead of the third anniversary of Russias full-scale invasion. The location where the future childrens hospital will be sited is about 1.5 hours northeast of Lviv, a city in western Ukraine. It will also support the greater Lviv region more broadly, which has a population of about 5 million people. Thanks to its proximity to the Kyiv-to-Europe highway (E40), it will likewise serve patients from eastern Ukraine.Northwell Health is a development partner, along with other local architects and builders. The childrens hospital is modular, and can be replicated in other parts of the country. Its designed to meet benchmarks set by the World Health Organization (WHO) and European Union (EU). Tragically, the project is a timely one. According to the design team, the existing childrens hospital in Brody has seen a 100 percent uptick in patients since the full-scale invasion started. Today, theres urgent demand for more capacity. CannonDesign noted that its approach can be aptly called trauma-informed architecture.The importance of trauma-informed design, especially when designing for children, cannot be overstated, Elisabeth Perreault, CannonDesigns health principal and project lead, said in a statement. By creating spaces that foster psychological and physical safety, we aim to restore hope and help Ukrainians in their journey toward recovery.Most of the hospital will be built off-site, and then transported to Brody, cutting time and costs. CannonDesign is conceiving the modular hospital through its internal public-interest design practice, Open Hand Studio, in partnership with Pelli Clarke & Partners, and local Ukrainian design and construction firms. Renderings of the hospital show a low-lying, single story structure assembled with metal panels, replete with a portico roof that extends out from the building. Sunflower Network is approaching the hospital project as phase one of a larger effort to rebuild Ukraines healthcare infrastructure, a program Sunflower Network CEO Dustin Ross calls Project Horizon.We cannot wait for the war to be over. We need to make positive impact now, added Ross, whose nonprofit has since raised $4.5 million in funding for life-saving initiatives across Ukraine. Our deep local relationships will couple with our global coalition of experts to make positive headway immediately and create a model for revitalizing Ukraines healthcare system for generations to come.The project is still $3 million away from its funding goal.Donations can be made directly to Sunflower Network through this link.