According to Rafael Moneo, who designed the Gregorio Marañon Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital in Madrid with specialist José María de la Mata, a hospital “should be clear, clean, and luminous. It should have the logic one expects from science for those who, in sickness, seek its aid. It should offer patients and their families every convenience. It should create an atmosphere of calm, tranquillity, and rest. And it should reflect in all its elements the value of hygiene for health.” To achieve these goals, Moneo and De la Mata’s design relies on the logic of a gridded circulation plan and the calming, cleansing effect of natural light, which descends from eight courtyards into all the rooms and corridors, and which is reflected from its pearly glass facades.
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