Mario Corea Arquitectura

What Mario Corea Arquitectura does

Mario Corea Arquitectura is a private architecture and urban design practice founded in 1980 and headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, with additional offices in Buenos Aires and Rosario, Argentina, and team presence in New York and Cúcuta, Colombia. The firm specializes in three institutional verticals — healthcare facilities, educational buildings, and sports/civic venues — with a portfolio spanning hospitals (1,370 m² to 108,760 m²), schools, libraries, athletic stadiums, and convention centers. Its core technical differentiators are a proprietary 'typological design system' that generates modular, repeatable hospital and school plans adaptable to different sites, an interior-courtyard organization methodology delivering natural light and ventilation, and a NetZero hospital construction system integrating geothermal, photovoltaic, rainwater capture, radiant ceilings, and double-skin facades.

The firm generates revenue through professional architecture and design services billed on a project-basis with multi-year contracts, procured predominantly via public-sector architectural competitions and direct engagement with government and healthcare-authority clients. Repeat engagement is structural to the model: Fundació Sanitària Mollet, Servei Català de la Salut, and Infraestructures de la Generalitat de Catalunya have all commissioned multiple projects. Thought leadership is reinforced through LA(H)B Laboratory for Architecture for Healthcare Barcelona, an academic and research initiative directed by founder Mario Corea that the firm uses to establish healthcare-design authority.

Name

Mario Corea Arquitectura

Legal name

Mario Corea Arquitectura

Website

https://mariocorea.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mario Corea Arquitectura is a Barcelona-based architecture and urban design practice founded in 1980, specializing in healthcare, educational, and sports facilities for public-sector clients across Spain and Argentina. It delivers modular typological and NetZero-certified institutional buildings via architectural competitions and multi-year design commissions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (236220)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Hospitals (8060)

akta.pro primary industry

Sports & Recreation Facility Construction (Stadiums, Arenas, Community Centers) (IMAFACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Specialty Education Facilities Construction (Labs, STEM, CTE Shops, Arts, Athletics) (EDAEABAI), Arenas & Indoor Sports Centers (MPAKAEAB), Training & Practice Facilities (Team Performance Centers) (MPAKAEAI)

Keywords

• Healthcare architecture design
• Educational facility design
• Sports facility design
• Sustainable hospital design
• Urban design services

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Professional architecture and urban design services for healthcare, education, and sports facilities. Revenue is generated through project fees for consulting, design, and construction services. Projects range from hospitals (18,500 m² to 108,760 m²) to schools, libraries, and sports venues. The firm works on both new construction and renovation projects, with some projects delivered in phases.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Mario Corea Arquitectura is an architecture and urban design practice delivering consulting, design, and construction services for hospitals, schools, sports venues, and civic buildings. The practice operates three core service areas — Healthcare Architecture, Educational Architecture, and Sports & Civic Architecture — supported by a proprietary typological design system and a research laboratory (LA(H)B).

Product overview

Mario Corea Arquitectura is an architecture and urban design practice with over 40 years of experience, specializing in healthcare, education, and sports facilities. The firm operates as a unified practice organized around three core service areas: Healthcare Architecture Services (hospitals and medical facilities), Educational Architecture Services (schools and universities), and Sports & Civic Architecture Services (stadiums and public facilities). The LA(H)B Laboratory serves as the firm's research and academic division focused on healthcare architecture innovation. The practice maintains offices in Barcelona, Buenos Aires, and Rosario, providing consulting, design, and construction services with emphasis on social and environmental sustainability.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LA(H)B: Laboratory for Architecture for Healthcare Barcelona - an international academic and professional platform to investigate new responses to emerging healthcare challenges.

Products and services

• Healthcare Architecture Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 91% reduction in direct emissions over 12 years at Mollet University Hospital, achieving NetZero status
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• LA(H)B (Laboratory for Architecture for Healthcare Barcelona)coreOthersMario Corea Arquitectura established LA(H)B as an international academic and professional platform to investigate new responses to emerging healthcare challenges. The firm is committed to research and education as keys to designing healthy scenarios. Diane Gray serves as LA(H)B Executive Director and Mario Corea as Academic Director.
• Pich-Aguilera ArchitectsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated as joint architects on the Sant Joan de Reus University Hospital project (108,760 m², 2010). Lluís Moran of Pich-Aguilera Architects credited alongside Mario Corea.
• Acciona, Copcisa, CobraminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction companies for Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital surgical unit expansion project.
• UTE (Mario Corea Arquitectura, SPG Arquitectura, CDB Arquitectura)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture partnership for the New Joan XXIII Hospital project in Tarragona, covering approximately 80,000 m² in three phases.
• OHLA-COPISA (UTE)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerBuilding company for Phase 1.1 of the New Joan XXIII Hospital project.
• Sacyr, Comsa, Comsa industrial, VOPI 4 (UTE)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerBuilding company consortium for Phase 1.2 of the New Joan XXIII Hospital project.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• NBBJ: NBBJ is a global architecture and design firm with a strong healthcare practice designing academic medical centers and specialty hospitals. Directly comparable for healthcare architecture work targeting large institutional clients.
• Stantec: Stantec (formed via the Page acquisition) operates a global architecture and engineering practice with substantial healthcare and institutional-building work. Comparable as a large multi-disciplinary peer with healthcare-architecture focus.
• HDR: HDR is one of the world's largest healthcare architecture practices with thousands of professionals across the U.S., Canada, and beyond. Directly comparable as a healthcare-architecture specialist targeting hospital and medical-facility clients at scale.
• HOK: HOK is a global architecture, engineering, and planning firm with a dedicated healthcare practice designing major academic medical centers and specialty hospitals. Comparable as a large-scale healthcare architecture competitor pursuing institutional public-sector clients.
• CannonDesign: CannonDesign is a major integrated design firm with a deep healthcare practice serving academic medical centers and health systems across North America. Comparable as a large-scale healthcare architecture peer with comparable institutional client focus.
• Perkins&Will: Perkins&Will operates a global healthcare architecture practice focused on academic medical centers, specialty hospitals, and sustainable design. Directly comparable for healthcare-architecture competitions and ESG-driven hospital work.
• IDOM: IDOM is a Spanish multinational architecture, engineering, and consulting firm with substantial healthcare and institutional-building practice. Comparable as a Spanish-headquartered multi-disciplinary peer competing for the same public-sector projects.

Direct peers

• Rafael de La-Hoz Arquitectos: Rafael de La-Hoz is a long-established Spanish architecture firm with healthcare, education, and cultural-facility work. Comparable as a Spanish architecture peer pursuing similar institutional clients and recognized for cultural and civic projects.
• BCQ arquitectura barcelona: BCQ is a Barcelona-based architecture firm with healthcare, education, and public-building portfolios. Comparable as a regional Spanish architecture peer pursuing similar Catalan institutional clients.
• Pich-Aguilera Arquitectos: Pich-Aguilera is a Barcelona-based architecture firm with deep healthcare portfolio; the firm previously partnered with Mario Corea on Sant Joan de Reus University Hospital. Highly comparable as a Spanish healthcare-architecture peer with similar client base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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