SJD Children’s Hospital Therapeutic Space

Conceived next to Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, the project creates an architectural threshold between care and nature, offering children and families a place to breathe beyond the hospital walls. A gentle sequence of paths, bridges, and clearings follows the natural topography, transforming movement into a calm, accessible journey through forest, water, and light. Architecture appears lightly—boardwalks, an amphitheater carved into the slope, cultivated gardens—always secondary to the landscape, guiding without imposing. Together, these spaces form a therapeutic environment where the act of walking, gathering, and looking outward becomes part of healing, reconnecting the hospital to the larger rhythms of Collserola and the city beyond. I contributed to the project through architectural visualizations, and worked alongside Vol Studio on the project narrative and design presentation, shaping how the concept, spaces, and intentions were clearly communicated.