The commission consists of a renovation  for a Dental Clinic located in a town located midway between Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the tourist resorts to the south of the island.

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Architects: Padilla Nicás Arquitectos

Location: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain

Architect In Charge: Padilla Nicás arquitectos

Area: 485.0 sqm

Project Year: 2013

Photographs: José Hevia

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From the architect. The commission consists of a renovation  for a Dental Clinic located in a town located midway between Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the tourist resorts to the south of the island.
© José Hevia

The moderate size of the facade conceals the size of the Clinic which extends surprisingly towards the back of the building.

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The opposite facade is used as a code required egress given the size of the premises.This unique starting condition makes the general space of movement and anticipation the true protagonist of the proposal. Resolved with a broken, polygonal geometry, which distinguishes it from the orthogonal geometry used in technical work areas , there is an unexpected dynamism that may happily distract the patient from the purpose of his visit while touring the clinic.

Floor Plan

Complementary to th...