Centro de Protonterapia Quironsalud Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid Architecture Design Photos
Centro de Protonterapia Quironsalud Madrid
New Pozuelo de Alarcón Building Development in Spain ? design by IDOM arquitectos
29 July 2019
Quironsalud Proton Therapy Centre in Madrid
Architects: IDOM, arquitectos
Location: Calle Virgilio 5, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain

Photos by Jorge Allende
Quironsalud Proton Therapy Centre Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid
PROTON THERAPY is at present the safest and most advanced radiotherapy technique there is to treat certain types of cancer. It involves generating a beam of protons to radiate the tissue affected by a tumour.

Applied in specific doses, the protons can act with precision inside the tissue, achieving greater antitumoural activity and causing less damage to the healthy tissue. For this reason, this technique is appropriate for paediatric patients and on certain kinds of tumour.
IDOM has been involved in the design and construction of the first oncology treatment centre based on proton therapy ever built in Spain, which will start to treat patients at the end of 2019.

The work carried out by IDOM involved the project?s general coordination and management, preparing the different building services and structural projects as well as the required nuclear services in order to have the facilities licensed by the Nuclear Safety Board.

We also supervised the engineering works and coordinated the fitting of the equipment while the buil...