Feasibility, standards, and certification for rural and public health facilities. I work with health NGOs, funders, and public agencies to get better buildings for the same money.
A fixed-scope brief for a new or upgraded facility: siting, climate strategy, IPHS compliance, spatial program, and cost logic. Two-week turnaround. You get a document your architect, contractor, or funder can act on immediately.
Brief · siting & climate · IPHS programA second pair of expert eyes on a facility design before you build it — reviewed against IPHS, WHO climate-resilience guidance, and infection-control-compatible passive design. Findings in plain language, ranked by cost of ignoring them.
Marked-up review · ranked findingsEDGE, Fitwel, and WELL Health-Safety steering for health estates — from gap assessment to certification. Green certification unlocks funding and signals quality to donors; I make it achievable on NGO budgets.
Gap assessment · certification pathAll engagements are fixed-fee and independent. I don't sell drawings or construction services — where a licensed architect of record is required, I work alongside your local team.
Adopted as policy
National-scale facility design and planning guidelines for human milk banks, incorporated into India's national guidelines. Replicable clinical facility design, adopted as policy.
Incorporated into India's national guidelines.
Built and operational. Climate-responsive design for round-the-clock palliative care in a hot climate, delivered on a charitable budget.
Built & operational
Campus masterplan for a teaching hospital in a resource-constrained, climate-exposed context. Humanitarian design under real constraints.
Masterplan · with MyLifeSpeaks
Design for mental health recovery: dignity, daylight, and wayfinding as clinical tools.
Concept studyMost engagements run two to four weeks. I'm independent — not attached to any contractor, product, or construction method — so my only incentive is a building that works. Based in Tallinn, working across India and the development sector in English and French.
A 20-minute call to understand your facility, timeline, and constraints.
A fixed-fee proposal with named deliverables and dates. No open-ended retainers.
Two to four weeks of defined phases with checkpoints, so you always know where things stand.
Documents your team, board, and builders can use without me in the room.
I'm an architect (M.Arch, Carnegie Mellon; trained at Gensler) certified in WELL, Fitwel, and LEED, with humanitarian design experience in Haiti and a decade of climate-responsive work for NGOs and government bodies in India. I also founded MAKRR AI, a computer vision company — which is why my facility briefs think about sensors, data, and maintenance, not just walls.
Get the typology note — The Resilient Rural Health Unit — or book a 20-minute call. No pitch, just a useful conversation.
