PROGRAM: Healthcare
AREA: 665 m²
LOCATION: Barcelona, Spain
STATUS: Completed
TIMEFRAME: 2021–2022
Castellar Clinic transforms an existing single-family house in Barcelona’s Bonanova district into a specialist clinic, working with the building’s accumulated geometry rather than erasing it. Existing angles and volumes become the starting point for an intervention that adapts the house to a new healthcare program while building a new identity from what is already there.
ENHANCING NATURE
POLYHEDRAL GEOMETRY
The program is distributed across several floors with reception areas, waiting rooms, consulting rooms, offices, treatment spaces and staff areas, maintaining a continuous relationship with the garden. Continuous white concrete flooring, integrated lighting, bamboo furniture and vegetation create a precise and calm atmosphere. The project approaches reuse as an opportunity to extend the life of the building and transform its character without losing its memory.
The gaze, intrinsically tied to the eyes, is polyhedral—much like the existing architecture and the project’s design. Geometry becomes the common thread linking the intervention to the existing building, celebrating its unique features and creating a new space that holds its own identity while retaining the essence of the original.
The layout spans several floors, beginning at the ground level with the main entrance, a reception area, and a spacious waiting room that visually connects to the depth of the exterior garden. This level also includes another reception area with its corresponding waiting room, consulting rooms, a workshop, and an interior garden.
The primary consulting rooms are located on the first and second floors, each with its own waiting area. The first floor also houses administrative offices and a south-facing terrace. The basement is dedicated to staff rooms, storage areas, and two treatment rooms.
The project incorporates new pathways and materials to complement the overall design. White concrete flooring creates spatial continuity, irregularly shaped LED lighting seamlessly integrates into the architecture, and bamboo furniture adds a touch of warmth to the interiors sustainably. Vegetation plays an integral role, enriching both interior and exterior spaces.
DIRECTOR: Xavier Vilalta
PROJECT LEADER: Vincenzo Fernandes
PROJECT TEAM: Effie Basmatzidi, Oscar Farré, Federico Melis, Ariadna Figueres, Vincenzo Giocondo
MEP ENGINEERING: AE-T Ingenieria
PHOTOGRAPHY: Raquel Pérez