La Paz Sanitary Residence

Authors

  • M. J. Marcide Odriozola

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/ic.1965.v17.i167.4436

Abstract


The full details of this project will be described in a later issue of this magazine. It includes the following: sanitary residence, maternity home, children's hospital, and outpatient's department. At present the first and last buildings are completed and in use. The sanitary residence is described below. This building incorporates the experience gained from other similar projects carried out by the State Health Insurance. This is perhaps a unique example in the western world of many health buildings, planned jointly, and built within a short space of time. The design has been inspired by three fundamental ideas, namely, airiness, flexibility and compactness in the space and volume distribution. The planform is a cross of unequal arms, where the central nucleus provides for the vertical circulation system. The organisation and distribution is most modern, and includes all recent advances that can be wished for in this type of building. The total built area, including galleries, boiler rooms, and tower, is 30.878 m2 The number of beds is 855, which gives 36.11 m2 per bed.

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Published

1965-02-28

How to Cite

Marcide Odriozola, M. J. (1965). La Paz Sanitary Residence. Informes De La Construcción, 17(167), 33–47. https://doi.org/10.3989/ic.1965.v17.i167.4436

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