ARCHITECTURE


Figure 13: Gardens were designed with local and exotic plants.


Expressive communication: The architectonic Figure 10: The Galician Centre.


careful assistance, specialised nurses’ schools were created. Healthcare tasks were generally conducted on


the ground floors of three-storey buildings. At pedestrian level the external consulting rooms, administration and laboratory were gathered; the middle level was used for the interaction of hospitalisation areas and the third level housed services.


language used in these sanitary facilities followed the building and architectural features prevailing in each community at the time. Façades, internal and external ornaments of the buildings and all design details embracing a variety of options. Features of each country’s own architectural style were apparent – Italian, Spanish, French, German, Catalan Modernism and variations of eclecticism.


‘The building projects were conceived by a working team that included architects, engineers and landscape professionals selected among the community.’


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Reference 1 Evolución y Transformación de la Arquitectura Hospitalaria en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Book II. Editorial Dunken www.dunken.com.ar


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