Lagar

Architects: Estudio DIIR Year: 2020

Location: Plasencia, Cáceres, Spain

Lead Architect: Estudio DIIR

Team: David Meana, Ignacio Navarro, Iñigo Pinzón, Ricardo Fernández

Website: www.en.estudiodiir.com

Instagram: @estudiodiir

Status: 1st Prize competition

Categories: Spain, Concrete, Health, Wood


Lagar defends an integrated model in community where the humanization of space plays a main role in the improvement and quality of patient care. The courtyards, terraces and porches offer a feeling of freedom and promote attractive rooms where interior spaces mix with exterior, where sun coexists with shade and where light and temperature changes become tangible.

 

 

 

Rooms are located on the perimeter ring, facing outwards, providing views and, at the same time, promoting privacy. A wide and illuminated gallery collects the circulations of the complex. These routes help to improve patient´s orientation, and also function as an acoustic barrier. The day program is encompassed within the central courtyard. Two transversal volumes receive the common rooms and their strategic placement generates three patios of similar dimensions.

 

 

 

 

Although the operating scheme is systematic, it also stands out for its flexibility. The series of rooms is mixed with spaces for relationships and coexistence where versatility gives rise to spontaneous encounters. In this sense, the three patios receive special attention. An architecture of contained scale, bright and durable. Its gardens favor the walk, promote the enjoyment of nature, and are committed to creating an emotional atmosphere.

 

 

 

 

Same rules apply to the outer urbanization where each side establishes a dialogue with its surroundings, especially with green areas. The sober and orderly image of the building combines with the warmth and vitality of its interior spaces, giving the complex a calm appearance that promotes serenity and rest.