Institutional visit
The Aspace Catalunya Foundation received today an institutional visit from the Mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, in which the Alba Project was presented for the first time, a new reference infrastructure for comprehensive care for functional diversity and people with high complexity.
The mayor was accompanied by Louis Rabell, councilor for the Neighborhood Plan, Promotion of the Elderly and Education, and for Marta Villanueva, Councilor for Health, People with Disabilities and Strategy against Loneliness; Africa Cardona, manager of the Sants-Montjuïc District; Marta Obdulia, manager of the Municipal Institute for People with Disabilities. The president of the Aspace Catalunya Board of Trustees, Enric Mangas, the vice-president Carles Sanrama, the general director Elena Puidevall, and several members of the Foundation's management team also actively participated.
During the tour of the facilities, Mr. Collboni had the opportunity to talk to professionals, people receiving care and families, learning first-hand about the care, education and specialized support activities that take place there. The visit highlighted the vocation of service and the transformative impact of the work of the entity, with more than 64 years of experience.
Alba Project: an architecture of rights, commitment and future
El Dawn Project contemplates the construction of the new Aspace Montjuïc Center, which will replace the current PILOT building. With more than 5.350m², the new space will incorporate specialized outpatient care services, a day hospital, an educational environment and advanced support technology, in a modern, sustainable environment fully adapted to the needs of the people served. This new space is absolutely integrated with the Aspace Montjuïc infrastructure complex, there is also social activity being carried out there. It is worth noting that it is a project with community mink and it will also be a green center.
With a reference population of more than 22.000 people with neurodevelopmental disorders, cerebral palsy and multiple disabilities in Catalonia, the Alba Project wants to respond to an urgent and structural social need. It is expected to serve nearly 4.500 people per year, consolidating itself as a central node of highly complex services.
In addition, the Little Aspace, a pioneering day hospital, will respond to the needs of 65 babies aged 0 to 3 years per year with serious neurological disorders and their families, offering early and multidisciplinary care.
"Barcelona is a city that inspires. But also a city that acts. That cares."
"The Alba Project is the response of a city that cares, transforms and leads."
Alba is not just a new center: it is the engine of a new comprehensive care model, with a vocation for service that connects health, social and education in an architecture that generates well-being, respect for life's rhythms and a clear commitment to the Humanized technology and professional innovation.
Here, innovation is not a concept, but a practice. Research, clinical practice and experience are the driving force behind change.
The implementation of the project aims to consolidate a European reference healthcare model, with networking and health, social and academic alliances. From Montjuïc, Aspace Catalunya consolidates Barcelona as capital of comprehensive, inclusive and future-oriented care.
Dawn: a symbol for all lives
Alba represents all babies, children and people with complex neurodevelopmental disorders, cerebral palsy and multiple disabilities in the world and their families.
This project was born as an architecture of rights, but also as a declaration of purpose. It is a new way of understanding care as a collective, real and structural commitment.
The future of care is drawn in courageous spaces, where care is collective and commitments are real. Alba is all of this: a new way of placing life at the center.
An institutional commitment for a fairer city
During the visit, Mr. Collboni wanted to highlight the commitment of the council:
"Barcelona is a city committed to people and their well-being. Projects like Alba are an example of how we are moving towards a more just and cohesive society."
With the Dawn Project, the Aspace Catalunya Foundation reaffirms its leadership as a leading entity in specialized care and social innovation, with a clear commitment to a more humane, healthy and inclusive city.
