The SJD Pediatric Cancer Center Barcelona is the first monographic paediatric oncological centre in Spain and the second in Europe. The centre opened its doors in June 2022, six years after the launching of a pioneering project that started in 2017 with the #ParaLosValientes (for the brave) campaign.

Between February 2017 and October 2018, the project raised €30 million. In a second phase, a further €7 million were raised through donations from the project’s founders, hundred of companies and thousands of individuals.

Cosentino also wanted to contribute to this important project which, through the renovation of a pre-existing teaching building at the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, has created a new area of 14,000 square metre distributed over five floors. It did so by providing ongoing technical support during every phase of the project and, above all, by donating the materials and construction systems used on the main façade.

Specifically, some 5,000 square metres of Dekton slabs, Cosentino’s full life-cycle carbon neutral ultra-compact stone, were used for the façade. This surface is highly resistant to UV rays and to freezing and thawing, ensuring that it will remain intact over time. Proof of this is its 10-year commercial warranty.

In addition to this, Dekton features excellent acoustic and thermal absorption, which is especially useful to ensure the rest of the patients in this innovative medical centre.

Its ease of maintenance is another reason that led PineArq, a Barcelona-based international architecture studio specialising in complex equipments for the Health Science sector, to choose Dekton.

In fact, Cosentino ultra-compact surface hardly absorbs any water and is highly resistant to stains, abrasion and scratches. Thanks to this, the colour chosen for the façade, Dekton Sirocco, a grey tone reminiscent of the wildest natural stones, provides a uniform colour throughout the surface that will remain intact over time.