Pflegezentrum Promulins Oberengadin PM

Description

Competition 1st place

In collaboration with Schmid Schärer Architekten

The Promulins Care Centre was built in 1979 and extended in 1992. Since then, the requirements for a modern nursing home have changed significantly. Thanks to the support of Spitex outpatient care services, elderly people can live longer at home or in sheltered accommodation. Admission to a nursing home is usually only considered when the need for care makes this step unavoidable.

The design replaces the original building from 1979 with a new construction, while the remaining building is extended upwards and converted. The two houses frame an attractive forecourt oriented towards the train station, giving this care facility an appealing address with high visibility.

The new building is realised as a solid mineral construction with plastered masonry, while the additional storey is constructed with prefabricated wooden modules. This modular construction significantly shortens the construction time and allows care operations to continue without interruption throughout the construction phase. The upper floors are designed as a two-wing complex, with each residential group comprising twelve beds. The service rooms and the ward office are located in the centre of the structure. The design of the corridors on the care floors is reminiscent of the "Suler," the traditional circulation hall in Engadin houses. The stone floor transforms these areas, from which the residents’ rooms are accessible, into a kind of alleyway, a meeting place.