Brick in Latin American Architecture: Hospitals and Health Centers

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The focus of buildings should ultimately be the well-being of the people using them. When we think of our experiences in hospitals, clinics, the dentist's office, and other medical facilities, the feeling is rarely pleasant. Perhaps it's the smells, the dull, monotone colors, or the sound of medical gadgets working away on some unlucky patient. 

All of these add to the cold, lackluster environment so prevalent in medical facilities; however, there is another, much greater factor, that adds to their lack of user-friendliness —there is rarely any architectural thought put into their design and layout. 

Needless to say, not all health centers lack attention to user comfort and friendliness. Here at ArchDaily, we have an online library of projects from around the world that prove to be the exception to the rule. In this article, we've compiled just some of the health-related projects hailing from Latin America where brick is the star material.

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Cite: Baraya, Santiago. "Brick in Latin American Architecture: Hospitals and Health Centers " [El ladrillo en la arquitectura latinoamericana de hospitales y centros de salud] 07 Aug 2020. ArchDaily. (Trans. Johnson, Maggie) Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/944906/brick-in-latin-american-architecture-hospitals-and-health-centers> ISSN 0719-8884

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拉丁美洲砖砌建筑:医院和健康中心

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