) & " -5 ) $ " 3 & % & 4 * ( / 4 ) 0 8 $ " 4 & SURGERY CENTER Pabellón Quirurgico/Surgical Pavilion for a Caribbean Metropoli San Juan, Puerto Rico Submitted by: ACP Group Caguas, Puerto Rico The surgical pavilion is a proposed project that's to be located in the central plaza of the Centro Médico in San Juan, one of the leading medical institutions in Puerto Rico since the '60s. The aforementioned plaza is the last remaining open space of significant scale on the medical complex and is adjacent to the main entrances of three existing operational buildings. Our project is one of the first local surgical centers to adopt tenets of evidence-based design (EBD). Although the Centro Médico was built several decades ago, the original design shared several parallel ideas with the EBD philosophy. It consisted of a series of buildings connected by gardens and Project category:6OCVJMUDPODFQUVBMEFTJHOPOMZ Chief administrator:"4&. Firm:"$1(SPVQ XXXBDQQSDPN Design team:(VJMMFSNP+.BSSFSP#BV[È MFBEEFTJHOFS&SOFTUP-7È[RVF[(PO[ÈMF[ EFTJHOFS-FPNBS3PRVF-FCSØO JOEVTUSJBMEFTJHOFS-VJT37FMÈ[RVF[$BSSBTRVJMMP TUSVDUVSBMFOHJOFFS&EXJO97È[RVF[#FSSJPT FEJUPSJBMUSBOTMBUJPO "SJFM'$POEF1MFSRVJ FYFDVUJWFEJSFDUPS Renderings:ª"$1(SPVQ3FOEFSJOHT Total building area (sq. ft.): Construction cost/sq. ft.: $300 Total construction cost (excluding land):NJMMJPO Completed:"VHVTU 218 t4VQQMFNFOUUPHealthcare Design open spaces for contemplation, which over the years were used to develop new structures but were disconnected from the outdoor spaces. Our intention, in the spatial context of the Pedro Arzuaga Beraza Plaza, is to restore the spirit of the Centro Médico's original design, providing a breathing space in both conceptual and program