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Day Center and Home for the elderly

PrizeHonorable Mention in Architectural Design / Mixed Use Architecture

Firm LocationFra Antoni Cardona Grau, 7, Local 1, Tarragona, Spain

CompanyGUILLEM CARRERA arquitecte

Lead ArchitectGuillem Carrera

Design TeamEva Crespo, Andreu Ibañez, Meritxell Anglès, Albert Pons, Xavier Foraste, Oficrea SL, Nou Concepte Interiors SL.

ClientBlancafort Town Hall

Projecthttps://www.guillemcarrera.com/p-r-o-j-e-c-t-e-s/centre-de-dia-i-casal-de-gent-gran-de-blancafort/

A social building required for the elderly local people and of its surrounding area. The building sits on a preexisting retaining stone wall, acting as a base for the care home’s concrete-clad first floor. The building has two shared entrances and is built around two central courtyards that encourage those living on the premises and day visitors to enjoy time together. These entrances are linked by a Coreten steel-clad volume that appears to arch over the centre of the wedge-shaped building, splitting it and its inner courtyard space into two.