Fundación Santa Fe Extension, Bogotá (in construction)
Architect: Giancarlo Mazzanti
Location: Bogotá, Colombia
Category: Healthcare / Health
Status: Under Construction
About
In 2012 the Hospital Fundación Santa Fe of Bogotá called a competition to extend its facilities. Giancarlo Mazzanti (Barranquilla, 1963) presented the winning proposal, and the construction of the first phase began that same year: a building of 40,100 square meters distributed in twelve floors and three underground levels, connected to the old hospital and wrapped in a distinctive suspended brick facade. The extension, inaugurated in 2016, includes a 2,000-square-meter plaza over the parking area, a restaurant, and an auditorium for 250 spectators. The building opens up to the city generating public spaces and linking the hospital with one of the main thoroughfares in the city... [+]