African project
Anti-Cancer Centre
ARCHITECTS: Saraiva + Associados
LOCATION: Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria
PROJECT: Anti-Cancer Centre Sidi Bel Abbes
CLIENT: Hasnaoui
SIZE: 157 144m²
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Saraiva + Associados was established in 1996, in Lisbon, Portugal,
by Architect Miguel Saraiva who remains at the head of the company.
S+A develops its activity in the areas of Architecture, Urban Planning,
Interior Design, Sustainability and Design. The global inclination of S+A
has determined a strategy of internationalization which began in 2004.
S+A owns offices in 11 countries, in 4 continents. As a result, since 2011,
S+A has been indicated in several categories of the World´s Largest
Architecture Practices-WA100 ranking.
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t is a building with large architectural and emotional dimension due to the
pathologies that it will cover and to which it was proposed; a sober image,
institutional but bright, occupying land of around six hectares. The building,
originally projected by an Algerian firm, was totally adapted by S+A to the
most modern concepts of humanization of clinical spaces and architectural
image, and also aims for a correct integration on the peripheral zone of
the old city, through simple, sober and efficient constructive solutions.
This hospital facility of around 60 000m2, 140 rooms and three LINACs for
radiotherapy, was considered to certify a high level of clinic quality, creating
comfort not only to the patients but also for the health professionals.
Therefore, the solution proposed pays special attention to the insulation and
acoustic requirements that a health unit demands, proper for the region’s climate,
being at the same time permeable to natural light, with a high contact with the
surroundings, aiming to prevent the sensation of exclusion that these patients are
usually subject to. AD
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