Álvaro Cunqueiro’s Hospital | ACTIU

The Álvaro Cunqueiro hospital in Vigo is one of the biggest in Europe, which was designed, for the wellbeing of patients, by Luis Vidal Arquitectos. It is inspired by the sails of a ship under a concept of healing architecture, reflected through the creation of space illuminated by natural light, and has the presence of a therapeutic garden as an element of reducing stress. The project has been awarded the International Award for Best Hospital of the Future, as the best project in the field of health at European level.

It is the largest construction from the public health centre that has been undertaken in the last few years in Spain. With this new healthcare infrastructure, it provides the answers, with the vision of the future, to the largest healthcare area in Galicia: 600.000 inhabitants. It has a surface area of 280.000 m2, divided over several functional areas that, as well as the hospital itself, (operating rooms, consultation, specialties, emergency...), a heliport, a library, a nursery, a cafe, a teaching area with research and training classrooms and an auditorium.

The designer and Project Manager Andreu Belenguer, responsible for the interior design of these large hospital grounds, wanted to prioritize the selected companies to supply the installation, the ability to customise all the equipment as well as the guarantee and quality of the products in the time. Actiu answered the needs raised, by adapting and designing specific office furniture to furnish each one of the requested areas.

This is a project designed and reflected on by the designer Andreu Belenguer, in which the wellbeing of people who are going to use the hospital has dominated, such as its furniture, always articulating the content in a natural and functional way.