Hospital Naval
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Hospital Naval is a building in the Caballito
section of Buenos Aires
designed by architect Clorindo Testa
in 1977. Serving Argentine Navy
personnel and facing Parque Centenario
, the institution was established in 1947, and its current, modernist building was inaugurated in 1981. The 30,000 m² (320,000 ft²) hospital is one of the best-known examples of brutalist architecture
in Argentina.
Caballito, Buenos Aires
Caballito is a barrio of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. It is the only barrio in the administrative division Comuna 6....
section of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
designed by architect Clorindo Testa
Clorindo Testa
Clorindo Manuel José Testa is an Italian-Argentine architect and artist. He graduated from the School of Architecture at the Universidad de Buenos Aires in 1948....
in 1977. Serving Argentine Navy
Argentine Navy
The Navy of the Argentine Republic or Armada of the Argentine Republic is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, together with the Army and the Air Force....
personnel and facing Parque Centenario
Parque Centenario
Parque Centenario is an extensive public park in the Caballito district of Buenos Aires, Argentina.-Overview:Presiding over a rapidly expanding city, the Buenos Aires City Council in 1908 approved the purchase of a 10 hectare plot belonging to Parmenio Piñero, a local brickmaker, for the purpose...
, the institution was established in 1947, and its current, modernist building was inaugurated in 1981. The 30,000 m² (320,000 ft²) hospital is one of the best-known examples of brutalist architecture
Brutalist architecture
Brutalist architecture is a style of architecture which flourished from the 1950s to the mid 1970s, spawned from the modernist architectural movement.-The term "brutalism":...
in Argentina.