Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Uniandes

Client
Universidad Regional Autónoma de los Andes
Typology
Renovation and expansion
Year
2026
Area
4.865 m²
location
Ambato, Ecuador
Project developed in conjunction with DeHowitt+Maya Architects

Overview

The Uniandes Faculty of Medical Sciences is an educational building designed to meet the technical and academic requirements of contemporary medical education. The project articulates classrooms, specialized laboratories, administrative areas and meeting spaces under a clear and efficient organization that optimizes flows, times and institutional functioning. Since its implementation, architecture is considered as a solid academic infrastructure, balancing scale, proportion and spatial performance. The proposal integrates regulatory criteria, environmental comfort and programmatic flexibility as structuring foundations of the design.

Result

The building is organized using a precise logic of vertical and horizontal circulation that facilitates orientation and improves the daily operation of the campus. Controlled natural lighting, cross ventilation and the appropriate relationship between technical spaces and common areas guarantee healthy and functional environments for students and teachers. Materiality and architectural language consolidate a contemporary, sober and lasting institutional image. The Faculty of Medical Sciences is thus designed as an academic infrastructure prepared to grow, adapt and sustain high educational standards over time.