The Architecture of Hospitals: Community Hospitals and Health Centers Pt. 1
estudio.entresitio is a
partnership formed by María and José María Hurtado de Mendoza and Cesar Jiménez
de Tejada. After graduating, Jose Maria worked for 4 years on Rafael Moneo’s
office involved in the Gregorio Marañón Children’s Hospital and the enlargement
of the Prado Museum, and after winning a scholarship at the Spanish Academy in
Rome joined the office in 2003. They have won several competitions that allowed
them to build a number of projects during the decade 2000-2010, amongst which
health care centers and social housing dwellings are the main topics. Their
work has been widely published, including Architectural Record, AV, Bauvelt,
Detail, Mark Magazine, Space, AIT, Speech, The Plan, etc. being selected as
“Design Vanguard” by Architectural Record in 2007. It has also been shown in
several international exhibitions such as the Venice Biennale in 2000, 2006 and
2008, Spanish Biennials of 2009 and 2011, Iberoamerican Biennials of 2006 and
2010, or Young Architects of Spain (JAE/YAS). Main constructed projects have
been recognized with prizes and honor mentions in more than 28 awards; 10th and
11th Spanish Biennial, 7th BIAU (Iberoamerican Biennial of Architecture and
Urbanism), Barbara Cappochin Biennale, Madrid’s city Architectural Prize, and
ENOR, BigMat, ATEG, NAN, VMZinc, AIT Magazine, Asprima, Archdaily “building of
the year”, 2 Honor Awards in the 4th Boston Society of Architects’ (BSA) 2014
Design Awards. 1st COAM 2014 Prize and WAN “House of the Year” 2014 Award.
Lately they have been awarded 3rd Prize, New Cinema and Digital Culture Center,
Bogotá, Colombia. 3rd Prize, New Maternelle, Licee Francois, Madrid, and 1st.
Prize, National Museum of Memory, Bogotá, Colombia. July 2015 (with MGP arquitectura
y urbanismo), currently under development.