Project for the alteration and refurbishment of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona

Adaptation to the environment // These are interior alterations inside an architecturally protected site in order to adapt them to its current use and to new technological and user needs.

Organisation and layout // This is determined by the work commissioned in which the layout developed with the unit to be altered takes priority, depending on the geometric limitations of the building itself.

Singularity and character // Every attempt is made to give the space quality to favour the long or short stay of patients and healthcare workers alike.   The entrances are given light and the walls are used whenever possible, giving them colour to make the spaces more pleasant.

Sustainability criteria // Dependant on the rigidity of the technical and healthcare requirements of the materials to be used, materials will take priority that respond to all this but that are linked to durability in both their use and in the fact that they do not interfere with the healthcare activity, ensuring the materials do not have to be quickly replaced.

All the materials used are of a high standard and mostly prefabricated, which means that the construction is dry and its implementation and replacement of parts is easier, in an attempt to save a significant amount of energy.