Fundación Esther Koplowitz

Treedays - Hans Abaton.
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Cliente
FCC


Rol
Arquitecto

Ubicación

Madrid, Spain

‘’It is not a project of some parents for their children, but a work of our society for the future’’


The current centre, granted by Madrid City Hall, is housed in a building from 1950 attached to a development of mainly single floor houses. Renovated in 1995, it shows inadequate conditions as a school and residence for children who suffer cerebral palsy. Due to the increasing demand for places and the fact that it was the only specialized residence in La Comunidad de Madrid, an extension with the very best conditions was necessary and addressed the following shortcomings:

- Insufficient space; up to four children per room.

- Inadequate connection between buildings; with access from outdoors, exposing the children to significant temperature changes.

- The fact that there was only one multipurpose hall which did not meet requirements to carry out all the activities.

- Insufficient evacuation routes and emergency systems; when the lift was out of order, the rooms were inaccessible.

Sponsored by Esther Koplowitz foundation and built by the construction company FCC, the urgent needs of children and their parents has been solved. They see on this center a dream come true. EL DESPERTAR is a long term ambitious project that consists of three stages (the first one already executed)

COLORFUL HOUSES

The project offers a happy an optimistic overall image; a place which is home to the hope for improvement. On the one hand the project is well integrated, adapting its scale to that of the neighborhood, of small houses that surround it. On the other hand it gives each bedroom a unique personality thanks to a colour range that achieves unity and uniqueness at the same time.

In the ground floor an unbroken glass façade creates an airy plinth open to the landscape. Over which the bedrooms of colours are raised, private and quiet; obtaining a constructed horizon with a panoramic window, from which viewers will be able to see out, even while sitting.

The bedrooms have a maximum height of 3.7 m for spaciousness and wide doors that facilitate access to stretchers and wheelchairs.


ROOF

Above the rooms, a 200 m2 roof garden that serves as a thermal and acoustic insulator, reducing the building’s energy demand and purifying the air at the same time. In this way the garden area that was lost to the new building is recovered.

Treedays - Hans Abaton.
Visual Merchandising, Design, Services
Published: March 6, 2023
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