The future Hospiten healthcare centre is committed to environmental sustainability by proposing specific solutions regarding the impact of this type of facility and will meet the strictest requirements in the field of energy efficiency and healthcare, making it a model centre for the Community of Madrid.
A HEALTHCARE CENTRE COMBINING CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURAL FUNCTIONALITY
With the aim of offering medical services of the highest quality in a modern and efficient space, the Hospiten Madrid Boadilla Hospital will have a buildable area of more than 55,000 m2 and construction is expected to be completed in mid-2026. The centre will have 160 in-patient rooms, of which 20 will be suites. These rooms are designed to offer maximum comfort to patients and their families, combining advanced technology with a calm and relaxing environment.
The layout of the hospital consists of a large central structure and several laterally segregated volumes, resulting in a lower mass because of the existing slope of the terrain. From the main part of the building, several underground levels will be created to cover the necessary area of the programme and to meet the regulatory requirements of the region. The façades have two different treatments in terms of materials. On the ground floor, micro-perforated plating allows light and views from the exterior to enter, maintaining privacy to the interior, while the upper floors are covered with parametric screen-printed glass to control the entry of natural light and maximise views of the surroundings.
The innovative design of the centre effectively combines the efficiency of medical functions with meeting the needs of patients and families, which is at the heart of the project’s architectural decisions. In this way, organisational factors such as circulation, fundamental in this typology, are combined with the spatial characteristics to create a welcoming and comfortable environment for healthcare professionals, patients and relatives.
AN INNOVATIVE BUILDING WITH A FOCUS ON PATIENT CARE
The interior architecture of the hospital has a floor plan that is characterised by its immediate readability at the user level, ensuring that patients and their relatives can easily move about and find their way round. The gradation from more accessible public spaces to private ones makes it possible to establish access controls to restricted areas and separate flows for medical and hospital services.
Vertical circulation is linked by two axes that centralise the hospital’s private and public circuits, distributed in accessible areas such as rehabilitation, admissions and general services, and restricted areas such as hospitalisation and technical areas, respectively.
The project’s careful attention to the materials used to create the sensation of warmth in the different functional units, such as the use of sound-absorbing materials to dampen sound in areas with high noise levels, are proof of the commitment to maximising patient comfort in this new healthcare complex.
TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY SERVING A HIGH-PERFORMANCE CENTRE
By integrating state-of-the-art systems to improve diagnostic accuracy and efficiency in treating patients, the new Hospiten Madrid Boadilla Hospital will be at the forefront of European healthcare technology.
In a pioneering commitment to innovative solutions in the field of architecture, the team developed a project that considered the environmental challenges of a facility that will operate at full capacity on a daily basis in order to come up with concrete proposals to reduce the carbon footprint, particularly in terms of interior fittings and lighting.
The proposed solutions will minimise the environmental impact of the construction and incorporate energy-efficient and environmentally friendly practices both in the construction of the project and in its day-to-day use. Among them, air conditioning will use aerothermal heat and cooling towers for cooling, eliminating the use of fossil fuels from the equation. It will also feature intelligent lighting control and integrated management of all building parameters in order to optimise energy consumption. The building plans to obtain the BREEAM and WELL sustainability seals at their highest levels, Excellent and Gold, respectively.
With the future opening of this centre, we reaffirm our commitment to excellence in healthcare, innovation in the hospital sector and pioneering solutions in the field of architecture.
