Hospital 9 de Julho in San Paolo Brazil

Inspired by Nature, the Hospital 9 de Julho in San Paolo Brazil, is a concept we were called to develop for Amil, Brazil’s largest managed care organization.
Our idea is to bring more organic environment and natural sensations to some of Amil’s hospitals as it is known that good design and atmosphere contributes directly to patients feelings and helps their recovery.
The Hospital 9 de Julho (H9J) is also a particular study case to bring more warmth to its specific context, as it is located in a typical quarter of San Paolo were architecture is wildly considered “concrete jungle”, as locals calls it.
We choose to create one entrance inspired by the Flora and a second one dedicated to the Fauna of San Paolo’s most famous park “Ibirapuera”. Presenting the free animals, particularly the winged, that grow and live in the park as well as the old famous trees with their twisted roots. All design intentions are present in the project as elements sculpted with double curvature Inox steel tubes, glass panels enclosed with natural colored light concrete panels.
We have created an external facade covering the building and adapting it to highest standards of LEED certification as a green building.
This study case stands a principle for retrofit as well as for new buildings we will develop for Amil hospitals.

Nir Sivan Architects works in straight collaboration with ECOSTEEL and ing. Knipper Helbig for the development of this project