Hospital architecture is shaped by the complexity of its very nature and is grounded in essential aspects such as functionality and efficiency. These principles are structural, but they should not prevent us from providing a formally beautiful response at the same time. A people-centred hospital cannot be an autonomous building; it must manage multiple simultaneous responses at different scales, from the human and healthcare dimension to the urban and cultural context. The challenge is far more than constructing a building: it is about providing a comprehensive solution to a social need, the most fundamental of all: health.

Planho has in-depth knowledge of the entire technical and healthcare framework of hospitals, supported by almost 30 years of professional experience. This enables us to focus our efforts on creating hospital architecture that is functional and efficient, but also unique and expressive; architecture that makes the most of all formal and expressive possibilities and synergies, bringing together form and function so that both values merge into a model of hospital that is beautiful, efficient and effective.

At Planho, we fully embrace the important responsibility involved in designing and delivering these buildings. Our approach to hospital architecture is based on a perspective that includes universal accessibility, the relationship between the building and the outdoor space, the integration of facilities that improve the quality of people’s stay in the hospital, an empathetic approach, and comfort in all its forms.