The Primary Healthcare Centre (CAP) is designed as a box perforated inside by a patio that solves the lighting and ventilation of all the waiting rooms.
The façades are organised with a modulated and repetitive type of void that does not reflect the complexity of the building. This organisational complexity can be seen inside the building, structured around a central courtyard that reflects the programmatic differences of the various floors in its section.
The accesses are on the ground floor, differentiating the continuous attention area from the rest of the building, and the reception, archive, distribution and pharmacy warehouse, the offices of medical checks, the radiology area and the extractions and laboratory area are connected to the continuous attention area. The first floor is used for rehabilitation and physical therapy. The second and third floors are intended for the multipurpose area. On the fourth floor we find the health personnel and the administrative area. The parking lot, warehouses and technical premises are located on the basement floor.
The design of the structural elements, installations and closure facilitate subsequent interior remodeling and redistribution.
The Vila Olímpica Primary Healthcare Centre was built to provide coverage for the Olympic family during the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, forming part of the great urban transformation of the city and which later attended to the residents of the new neighbourhood and its closest urban environment.
The CAP is designed as a rectangular building, which, respecting the alignment of the built complex – which includes homes, offices and the centre itself – is formalised as a box pierced by a courtyard, which solves the lighting and ventilation of the waiting rooms at each of the floors.
The accesses are located on the ground floor, differentiating that of the continuous attention area from that of the rest of the building. The reception, the archive, the pharmacy, the medical check-up offices, the radiology area and the extraction and laboratory area are located there.
On the four upper floors, the CAP assistance program is developed; consultations, recovery, specialized warehouses... and on the basement floor, the car park, general warehouses and technical spaces are located.
The façades are intentionally organised with a modulated and repetitive type of emptiness which does not reflect the complexity of the centre's care program.
This organisational complexity can be seen inside the building, structured around the central courtyard which reflects the programmatic differences of the floors.
The design of the structural elements, installations and enclosures, facilitate remodeling and/or interior redistribution as much as possible over time.