Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

Day-Care Center for Elderly People

Day-Care Center for Elderly People
© Jesús Granada

DAY-CARE CENTER FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE

Francisco Gómez Díaz + Baum Lab

ARCHITECTS
Baum Lab, Francisco Gómez Díaz

CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Ehisa/elecnor

DEVELOPER
Consejería De Salud De La Junta De Andalucía

STRUCTURE CALCULATION
Francisco Duarte Y Asociados

ENGINEERING
Rafael Espejo & Ass.

PROJECT TEAM
Francisco Gómez Díaz, Marta Barrera Altemir, Javier Caro Domínguez, Miguel Gentil Fernández

ARCHITECTURE COLLABORATORS
Matheus Mehler, Ariane Chiaranda, Pablo Gómez

QUANTITY SURVEYOR
Francisco Sepúlveda Molina

COMPETITION MOTTO
“staring Eyes”

PHOTOGRAPHS
Jesús Granada

BUDGET
1.350.004,63 €

AREA
1540 M²

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Baena, Spain

CATEGORY
Retirement

Day-Care Center for Elderly People
© Jesús Granada

Text description provided by architect.

The historic city is the whole city, for it could be considered a palimpsest of overlapped layers, some visible, some subtle.

The urban grid is then readable in historical terms, no matter what time it was actually built.

Day-Care Center for Elderly People
© Jesús Granada
Day-Care Center for Elderly People
© Jesús Granada

The project tried to reach coherence both with new developments and the old town, contributing to a better understanding of the urban layout, not only by the users, but by every citizen.

The new day care center for the elderly has a bordering nature. With its hinge-like condition, it links the recent urban extension and the old town, operating in the boundary and trying to achieve a consequent presence, both within the territory and the urban realm.

Day-Care Center for Elderly People
© Jesús Granada
Day-Care Center for Elderly People
© Jesús Granada

Learning from certain built configurations often found in the traditional, steepness-conditioned grid of Baena, the volumes deconstruct the absorption of the patio house, in order to spread the in-between spaces to the landscape.

In a dual process, the project brings the landscape and the historic landmarks into the building and, at the same time, tightens up the city with new urban vectors towards the limits of the ancient town footprint. The old town and the building pour into one another.

Day-Care Center for Elderly People
© Jesús Granada
Day-Care Center for Elderly People
© Jesús Granada

Void and mass click together in the proposal. The in-between terraces create new sightseeing spots from which contemplating (and apprehending) the urban configuration.

Simultaneously, the three volumes borrow framed views from the old town, which climbs up the hill right before the great eye-like windows.

Day-Care Center for Elderly People
© Jesús Granada
Day-Care Center for Elderly People
© Jesús Granada

Resembling Giambattista Nolli’s Plan of Rome approach, both the interior and the exterior spaces are conceived as extensions of the public space.

Clearly under the influence of local Mediterranean tradition, a complex configuration of permeability degrees creates a constant indoor-outdoor connection, enabling a permanent presence of the gardens and the views in the inside.

Day-Care Center for Elderly People
© Jesús Granada
Day-Care Center for Elderly People
© Jesús Granada

An infinite loop walk provides the elderly with the possibility of wandering while watching the impressive views. From the other side of town, when looking from the castle, the new landmark enables a new comprehension of the whole city: its scale, its limits, its historical evolution, its relationship with the territory. A place to look from and to be seen.


Day-Care Center for Elderly People
Site Plan 1
Day-Care Center for Elderly People
Site Plan 2


Day-Care Center for Elderly People
Ground Floor Plan
Day-Care Center for Elderly People
Ground Floor Plan 1


Day-Care Center for Elderly People
Elevation
Day-Care Center for Elderly People
Drawing 2


Day-Care Center for Elderly People
Section 1
Day-Care Center for Elderly People
Section 2
Day-Care Center for Elderly People
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Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
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