IT IS A HOSPITAL DESIGN CASE STUDY

1. Expansion of Hospital da Luz in Lisbon /
RISCO
Architects: RISCO
Area : 62000 m²
Year : 2019

2. The expansion of
Hospital da Luz
in Lisbon does not
involve constructing a
new building within the
Hospital’s complex, but
rather a physical
expansion of the
existing structure. The
nature of the program
implies a complete
integration since the
intention is not to create
new services, but to
expand, restructure and
innovate those that are
already offered.

3. The project’s approach
maintains the spatial
structure of the
existing building by
extending the two
main corridors, for the
public and services,
which enables new
accesses to be
connected to the
existing system,
bringing greater
flexibility to the
internal organization
of operational areas,
and maintaining the
design focus on client

4. The gardens and
natural light, the
two elements
that characterize
Hospital da Luz,
were strongly
reinforced. Many
more glass
surfaces on the
lower floors and
many more
gardens, on the
rooftops, and on
the central patio,
to be enjoyed
from the inside.

5. One of the innovative
features of Hospital da
Luz, when it was
inaugurated in 2007, was
the design of the interior
spaces. At the time, we
proposed warm materials,
areas to wander, indoor
gardens, and natural light,
among other aspects that
were uncommon in the
hospital interiors that we
were accustomed to, which
were austere and
impersonal. Our goal was
to change the paradigm,
focusing on a more

6. Now, in this expansion
phase, the challenge
was different. It
involved not only the
materials, spaces, and
light but also how we
sit, wait, circulate, stay
and interact with the
different forms of
service. Focusing on
comfortable
atmospheres designed
with people in mind:
the people who use
the hospital, the
people who work in
the hospital, and the

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