Expansion Of Santa Fe De Bogotá Foundation
EXPANSION OF SANTA FE DE BOGOTÁ FOUNDATION
El Equipo Mazzanti
YEAR
2016
LOCATION
Bogota, Colombia
TYPE
Government + Health › Hospital Medical Facility
The building was conceived as an expansion of an existing hospital which values are patient oriented and that has an important iconic image to maintain in the city as a strong institution that sees for the whole wellbeing of Colombia.
Brick has characterized the hospital since its beginning; the idea was to represent all of these ideas in a single building that described the hospital´s values as a whole.
The project´s main idea is connection.Our comprehension of a metropolitan scale is essential at the moment of thinking of an integral architectonical answer therefore, our proposal looks forward to be a diagonal connector and work as a catalyzer for new flows, activities, human relationships taking healthcare to a whole new level.
The building´s image is an important element for the iconic design.
Through its materiality and configuration, the façade becomes an element of meanings and functions; it turns into an element of identity, configuring an integral element of the whole campus.
This façade allows the use of the brick wall as a membrane that helps to have a semi-private relation with the exterior.
The space is a stimulus and a big influence in human behavior, architecture has the opportunity to link a person with place that is why we propose in the 9th floor a totally different space with a solarium full of plants in the middle of the hospital which will make patients feel connected to the outside world.
The hospital design in general is made for accelerating healing process, light, views and nature help in minds recovery after a surgery or a long stay in ICU.
