CHAIRS RÍO HORTEGA HOSPITAL

We built an artistic pergola playing with the semantics of the chair and its symbolic value to shape the identity of the hospital.

The Río Hortega Hospital in Valladolid, a project by Luis Fernández Inglada, needs to create an identity that integrates it into the urban and human fabric of the city. For this reason, Estudio Mariscal was commissioned to create a landmark in front of its façade, the first objective being to build a space where people can protect themselves from the extreme climate of the area and relieve themselves of the emotional burden that a visit or stay in a hospital entails. The starting point is a previous artistic work by Mariscal in which he plays with the semantics of the chair and its symbolic value. From this arises this pergola made of giant-scale chairs that form a shelter for patients, visitors and workers.
The other reading is that of a "landmark": its large dimensions, 170 m long x 12 m high, allow it to be seen from different perspectives, near or far, as a sculptural ensemble that, over time, will be a recognizable image, known, neighbor and friend, that will help shape the identity of the hospital, but also the identity of the city.