New Concepts

The hospital presents a powerful image with a contemporary language; the large volumes of prefabricated white concrete generate rotund parts which constitutes a set of spatial and functional richness. This creates the new image of the University Hospital La Fe, revealing its importance as a center and its desire for innovation.

Processes

A unique building consisting of four blocks effectively connected in its interior, which corresponds to the area of health care, research, teaching and facilities is projected on the site.

Health Care Area

The block of the health care area, which is of largest size, is formed by a big semi buried basement of three plants. On this platform arise six parallel towers, which move between themselves in two groups. These accommodate the areas corresponding to the different Clinical Services, grouping them by areas of knowledge.

Inteligent Space

Every knowledge area consists of external consultations, medical offices, units of hospitalization and areas of support to the hospitalization units. This horizontal organization allows, both the service personnel and the patients themselves, not to have to make big displacements in the hospital, but in a plant to have a concentration of all the services and requirements that every knowledge area needs. Each sector has a core of communications that communicates directly with the general services.

The second section, which is of Investigation, constitutes it an additional tower that remains exempt from the basement and is assigned to Central Laboratories of Clinical Analyses and of Investigation. It is identified esthetically with the rest of the towers, but it has its own independence and operative.

Administration and education

Advanced circulation

The provision of access allows effective and efficient circulation of both the interior and the exterior of the building, allowing efficient separation between internal circulations and outpatient circulations.

Both Vertical and Horizontal circulations are distinguished and separated clearly. The relatives of patients admitted, value and establish their segregation in front of workspaces without interference from the medical staff, administrative staff, research staff and students.

The building is designed to adapt easily to changes resulting from scientific advances, and contains the most advanced technical facilities that are leaders in the field of research, detection, and treatment.