CUENCA HOSPITAL

Cuenca, Spain

CUENCA HOSPITAL

Cuenca, Spain

CUENCA HOSPITAL

Cuenca, Spain

1st. Public Competition Award

m2 Built: 98,123.00

Material Execution Budget: €121,998,904.00

Year: 2009

Completion date: 2025

Promoter: Castilla – La Mancha Health Service (SESCAM)

MEMORY

The model of the New Hospital of Cuenca that we propose responds to the basic objectives of designing cutting-edge facilities in which to provide high-quality care, based on a Transparent System, recreating an environment of maximum comfort for patients and the people who work there. This environment is identified with bright facilities, with a contemporary and friendly image, designed in such a way as to minimize the number of trips and avoid the negative impact of the “big hospital” on people’s perception, instilling, on the contrary, confidence.

The conceived scheme allows, through a central vertebral “spine”, to connect all the fundamental care services, without unwanted crossings with public transit.

Public circulations are projected on the perimeter of the facilities, starting from a large double-entrance hall (hospitalization, outpatient area) arranged perpendicular to the care axis. To facilitate access to the hospitalisation units, moving walkways are installed along the gallery that connects the vertical communication cores on the ground floor.

The comb-shaped configuration chosen for the treatment and diagnosis areas has allowed them to be distributed, incorporating flexibility criteria that enable the adaptation of these areas to the inevitable changes in certain spaces, generated by technological progress, or the implementation of new techniques.