HEALTH CENTRE, SALT, GIRONA PROVINCE

Project

The plan is developed on the ground floor, except for some private areas on the first floor. The consulting area is designed around a set of courtyards, which provide natural light.
This design intends to take prefabricated and industrialized architecture to the limit and results in a style exercise on this subject. The whole structure (façade walls, inside finish, fake ceiling, etc) is a fusion of catalogue products based on a strict modulation. In the future, this could result in a way of building similar constructions cutting time and costs.
The form is of a black, shiny prism, very opaque in order to guarantee maximum privacy yet, in contrast, full of natural light coming from the inside courtyards. The windows, being placed high-up in the consulting area and at the low-down in the waiting rooms give total privacy.

Team

• Architecture
  Jordi Badia
• Collaborators
  Daniel Guerra, Rafael Berengena, Andreu Orradre.
• Computation structures
  Eduard Doce.
• Calculation facilities
  Consulting Lluis Duart SL
• Measurements and Budget
  Forteza Carbonell Associats.
• Contractor
  GISA, Gestió d'infraestructures S.A. Departament de Sanitat
• Images
  Photos: © Pegenaute

Publications

• Arquitectura per a la salut
  Year 2010 Pp. 220-223 Projects: Salt Health Centre

Awards

2011

• Runner-up Arquitectura Plus Award 2011 for health facilities.




2008

• Shortlisted Comarques de Girona Award 2008