The building is understood as a “pure box” in which health and sanitary services can be developed. The façades are made of prefabricated white concrete pieces that form a translucid skin for thebuilding.
The construction of this healthcare center was postponed for some years until 2013, when the project had to be adapted, as initially it was designed to place other facilities of the Government of Catalonia.
The program of the building is organized on four floors: two above ground level, that correspond to the main and more public program of the HCC, and two basement floors, the B-1 destined to technical premises and personnel use and the B-2 to parking.
The rest of the site is considered as a landscaped area with a gentle slope towards the building without getting in touch, thus generating an English patio in order to ventilate the two basement floors naturally.
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