Valle del Guadalhorce High Resolution Hospital

Cártama, Málaga

Project date: June 2009
Builded surface: 19.409 m2

Fisrt prize
“Valle del Guadalhorce“ Hospital was designed to accomodate 120,000 inhabitants. It involves a model of a high resolution Hospital, where the elevated capacity to resolve complex processes in one single procedure marks the functional organization that is finished with a predominance of horizontal circulations.

The building is organized as a great platform that rises on the downward Eastward terrain, thus picking up the patients through a large foyer that leads them to the upper floor where the care assistance services are situated.

The exterior of the building uses curved corners to emphasize their formal clarity acquiring a modern aspect, reflecting the high technology, which t should developed in its interior. The platform is drilled to attain good interior lighting and nuanced according to the interior needs.

Program

1 short state Inpatients unit (40 beds): 1,239 m2
Outpatients services: 999 m2
Radiology (1MRI+1CT+2XR+1US): 406 m2
Emergency: 795 m2
Surgical unit (2 operating theatres): 715 m2
Central services: 353 m2
Physical Therapy: 511 m2
Admission: 1,387 m2
Administration: 395 m2
General services: 998 m2
Installations: 1,670 m2
Car Park: 2,313 m2

Credits

Client:
Hospital Costa del Sol, Servicio Andaluz de Salud, SAS

Architecture:
Ramón Lahoz Rodríguez, Natalia López Matesanz and Luis Marcos Díaz

Collaborators:
Mª Amor Arroyo Sánchez, Beatriz Gonzalez Jiménez, Andreina Linares Jaua, Lucía Masiá Cabañes and Gonzalo Valiente García

Installation Engineer:
Ingho FM, sl

Construction Company:
Ferrovial