Elderly home and day center in Valladolid
Óscar Miguel Ares 

Elderly home and day center in Valladolid

Óscar Miguel Ares 


On Calle Mieses in Valladolid, the Neurocare Home Mieses complex proposes a model for old-age care in the post-Covid 19 era, one which deviates from the idea of floors with a central corridor opening to rooms on the right and left. Instead each floor offers two independent family units organized around a naturally lit plaza-lounge: a well ventilated and generous space that functions like a small town square.

Taking advantage of the proximity to the park, the project engages in an organic interplay of recessed and protruding volumes with large windows, with nature playing a central role in the psychological well-being of the residents. The complexity of the site – a scalene triangle with one curved side – led to a stepped arrangement on the more urban side of the premises, forming an entrance plaza.