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L A C U L T U R A D E L V E R D E U R B A N O
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The main idea for this project arose from the hospitals natural surroundings.
The vegetation of the fields of Castilla, and the infiltration of the course of the river on the plateau, is associated
in this case with the construction.
The rivers of gravel with birchwood finishings incur into the courtyards, the topography embraces these courses
reinforcing the idea with frequent vegetal associations in the transit areas where the changes in the orientation
determine the dominating species.
TYPOLOGY OF THE COURTYARDS
Vegetal courtyards
Situated next to the main traverses and to the hospital room buildings, they are treated in a combined manner
reproducing associations in the different plantation strata simulating the natural associations, clearing the
way for each other, so that the layout is envisaged in a joint manner and is understood as a single river of gravel
entering the building.
The courts perform as areas of physical and visual rest, and are conceived to cross with rest areas where benches
are provided.
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Mineral courtyards
These are exclusively mineral courtyards with sculptural elements that make references to the vegetal elements
of the other courtyards. The design created with the arid minerals, has been conceived to be observed
from the top floors of the buildings. These designs resemble the folds of the land in the drought epoch.
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