Children’s Hospice House for Julia in Brno
Čtyřstěn- Type Health Health center
- Date 2024
- City Brno
- Country Czech Republic
- Photograph Alex Shoots Buildings
This center for the palliative care of children, in the Czech city of Brno, also provides rehabilitation, therapy, and holistic support for the patients’ families. In contact with the surrounding nature, the complex is embedded into the slope of the site with three levels and green roofs, blending with the environment.
The main floor is organized around a central void, presenting four areas differentiated by function: daily activities (physiotherapy, art therapy, music therapy, a pool for watsu therapy or snoezehen, and a cinema) distributed in turn around a smaller courtyard; a public space for visitors; the patient rooms; and a separate space with a room for last farewells, with its own memorial atrium.
The level intended for families is deliberately set apart for privacy. The common room for informal meetings with other families has direct access to a terrace offering panoramic views. The underground part contains offices, storage, and technical facilities. Concrete is the main construction material, combined with glazed panels and larchwood.
Cliente Client
Dum pro Julii
City of Brno
Arquitectos Architects
Čtyřstěn
Equipo Team
Tomáš Págo, Milan Joja, Karel Kubza (autores authors); Marek Holán (coautor, paisajismo y exteriores
co-author, landscape and exteriors); Martina Fojtíková, Nikola Korábová (diseño del edificio building design); Tereza Minárová, Monika Mozolová (interiores interiors); Roman Koplík (ingeniería civil, construcción civil engineering, construction)
Consultores Consultants
Ateliér LIPROJEKT (estructura structure); Staviar (incendios fire safety solutions); Projekt 315 (infraestructura sanitaria sanitary infrastructure); Michal Kysilka (ventilación ventilation); TPS Projekt (climatización y alto voltaje heating and cooling high voltage electrical); Alexa-projekce (bajo voltaje low voltage electrical); Centroprojekt Group, Berndorf Bäderbau (piscina pool); Small lake (lago lake); Jirí Kozlovský (protección eléctrica lightning protection); Rostislav Beneš (tráfico y transporte traffic and transport); Unistav Construction (contratista general general contractor); Sollus nábytek (mobiliario in situ, acabados de madera, terrazas atypical built-in furniture, wooden cladding, terraces); Qualibau (yeso pulido polished plaster); ATEH, Bretricon (iluminación lighting); ADI interiér (forjados sanitarios sanitary partitions); GEMO (vigas de carga load-bearing construction); Flora Urbanica (cubierta verde green roof); Mirror (puertas interiores, paños de vidrio interior doors, glazed walls); Urban Forestry (suelo y árboles soil grounting and tree puning)
