Comments on: Santa Rita Geriatric Center / Manuel Ocaña

By: mark

mark — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:15:18 +0000

far too clinical…makes me sick to my stomach. way too detached from the real world

By: TomC

TomC — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:17:04 +0000

very very good…..
looks like niemeyer of the 50´s

By: aa4

aa4 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:19:38 +0000

when i first saw the headline i got excited.. typically all of the geriatric places i have seen are deadly sterile and “old” and i was hoping this one would address this in a modern way..
well, while i don’t mind the openness of the spaces and the exterior spaces are quite good, some of the “industrial” looking style of the interiors really kills the project i think. keep in mind that people have to live here and often go through a major psychological breakdown when they move into a home that is not their own.. i have seen it with my own family. contemporary modern architecture doesn’t have to be so cold! we can handle it because we are young and we get to see the rest of the world every day but these people (depending on their condition)often never leave these premises! I don’t know, maybe it just hasn’t been lived in long enough, but the interiors are just too cold.

By: rodney

rodney — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:53:13 +0000

beautiful.
well executed.
I would like to visit this place to see if it lives up to the photos.

By: tk

tk — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:51:14 +0000

the scale of the public spaces is too big and the materials are too harsh. the concrete, steel and neon lights are industrial and insensitive. also, the plastic and translucent glass would not be comforting to anyone, much less the elderly. the concept for spaces to be hinged by a garden is great, but the magic was definitely lost in the execution.

By: galaxian

galaxian — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:13:07 +0000

It’s absolutely great! (Maybe more colours, should be…)

By: imagine

imagine — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:23:07 +0000

white…color of death
green…color of life

By: otis

otis — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:09:48 +0000

actually very calming and dreamy. i’d be ok with dying there!

By: Opium

Opium — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:35:10 +0000

very effective…guess the old men who end up here will die in only a couple of months…

By: 2MACoff

2MACoff — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:08:17 +0000

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