The convent of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul or Asilo de Convalecientes is located in Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain, in the block delimited by the streets José Abascal, Modesto Lafuente, Alonso Cano and García de Paredes.
This building stands on a large plot of land that covers almost the entire block. It is a large-scale project originally conceived as a convalescent home. The building, built in brick, consists of two floors and a basement and is developed around a central body, where the chapel and kitchens are located, which articulates a long corridor on the south side that connects with four pavilions.
It is completed with a large bay that closes the complex creating the façade. This first phase was created between 1908 and 1909. In 1911 the building was expanded by adding a new pavilion that is attached to the rear façade and enlarging the sides.
Both the original project and the subsequent extension were designed by the architect Rafael Martínez Zapatero, within the stylistic forms developed by the brick architecture of Madrid.
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