Fourth floor plan
Third floor plan
Exterior view | Entrance | Oval volume with the patient wards | Access to emergency department
Rey Juan Carlos Hospital
Architect
Rafael de La-Hoz
Client City of Madrid, Public Health Service
Madrid, Spain Completion 2012
148
GENERAL HOSPITALS
Floor area
94,705 m²
Capacity
160 beds
The Rey Juan Carlos Hospital adds a striking note to the Madrid suburb of Móstoles: if it is doesn’t look like a healthcare facility, this may be because, to some, it doesn’t look like a building at all – not in the traditional way at least. Rectangular openings for doors and windows, for instance, a common aspect of almost all buildings, have been banned. Instead, Rafael de La-Hoz Architects designed an abstract composition of a rectangular box that is covered by a screen of narrow horizontal bands in a dark color, which protects the interior against inclement sunlight. This structure is topped by two oval towers clad in bright, shining material that forms