https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1389 en-us Behind the eye-catching design of the 969,000-square-foot Rey Juan Carlos Hospital in the Madrid suburb of M'stoles, Spanish architect Rafael de La-Hoz has created a therapeutic atmosphere, organizing the building around accessible atria that help orient patients and immerse them in a protective, inward-looking environment.

]]> 1303-rey-juan-carlos-hospital-rafael-de-la-hoz.asp Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:30:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7473-rey-juan-carlos-hospital Rey Juan Carlos Hospital Six circular skylights punctuate the bright-red canopy of the emergency entry.   Photo © Duccio Malagamba Rey Juan Carlos Hospital Patients and their families enter through an airy, daylit hall that leads off to diagnostic and treatment areas.   Photo © Duccio Malagamba Rey Juan Carlos Hospital A motif of circles'appearing as windows, skylights, and roof planters throughout 'extends beyond the hospital to its grounds and a heliport.   Photo © Duccio Malagamba Rey Juan Carlos Hospital The ovoid patient-room modules atop the main medical-services plinth are centered on two planted atria.   Photo © Duccio Malagamba Rey Juan Carlos Hospital Porthole-like windows in each private room look out onto the hospital's suburban surroundings.   Photo © Duccio Malagamba Rey Juan Carlos Hospital Image courtesy Rafael De La-Hoz Arquitectos Rey Juan Carlos Hospital Image courtesy Rafael De La-Hoz Arquitectos Rey Juan Carlos Hospital Image courtesy Rafael De La-Hoz Arquitectos Rey Juan Carlos Hospital Image courtesy Rafael De La-Hoz Arquitectos