HOUSE FOR ELRDERLY PEOPLE. FINALISTS. MIES VAN DER ROHE 2013

31/01/2013. Premio Mies Van Der Rohe [BCN]
metalocus, PEDRO NAVARRO

4 / 5. FINALISTS. Announced for the 2013 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe.

Exterior. Nursing Home in Alcácer do Sal. Photography © FG+SG. Click above to see larger image.

Exterior. Nursing Home in Alcácer do Sal. Photography © FG+SG. Click above to see larger image.

Ground floor plan. © Aires Mateus. Click above to see larger image.

Second floor plan. © Aires Mateus. Click above to see larger image.

HOUSE FOR ELRDERLY PEOPLE IN ALCÁCER DO SAL, PORTUGAL.

Office / Architect

AIRES MATEUS / Manuel Aires Mateus, Francisco Aires Mateus. www.airesmateus.com

COLLABORADORS
Engiterget , Ramos Catarino , Luis Alçada Baptista ABAP, Anna Bacchetta, Giacomo Brenna, Paola Marini, Miguel Pereira

City / Country
ALCÁCER DO SAL / PORTUGAL

Programme
HOSPITAL/HEALTH CARE

The project is based on an attentive reading of the life in a very specific kind of community, a sort of a micro-society with its own rules. It is a program, somewhere between a hotel and a hospital. It seeks to understand and reflect on a combination of social and private spaces, answering the needs of a social community and its individuals. The project is so designed based on the relationships inside this society: secluded units combine into a unique body, whose design is expressive and clear. The reduced mobility of those who will live in the building suggests that any displacement should be an emotive and variable experience. The distance between the independent units is measured and drawn to turn the idea of path into life, and its time into form.

The building naturally rises from the topography: it defines the open space, organizing the entire plot.
Footprint Area:1560 m²; Floor Gross Area:3640 m²; Plot area:10435 m².