The Castilla La Mancha Health Service SESCAM called a project competition for the construction of the new Health Centre in La Solana, near Ciudad Real. We proposed a project that, in addition to solving the sophisticated functional program, would become a formal benchmark in a characterless environment surrounded by newly built semi-detached houses of low architectural quality.

From the formal point of view:

• A large central space in double-height organizes the center formally, functionally and visually.
• Interstitial patios capture light and make the building breathe. A few sheets of water condition, from the bioclimatic point of view, while solving the collection of water in an open cistern for fire fighting.
• The materials, limestone from La Mancha, similar to travertine, corten steel, and wood.

From functional organization:

• A cross-sectional volume oriented to the street contains the reception elements, server elements, and residence of personnel on duty.
• Perpendicular volumes house the medical offices open to the public and waiting rooms, forming a comb-shaped floor.
• The building allows sectorization with related facilities.