Madrid, June 26th 2024. Arnaiz, a leading firm in urban planning and global real estate development, has reached an agreement with the OAFI Foundation (Osteoarthritis Foundation International), the first and only international foundation aimed exclusively at people with this pathology worldwide, to launch the OAFI SPACE project. This initiative consists of the creation of a technical team aimed at jointly developing spaces adapted to the needs of people with osteoarticular pathologies, such as osteoarthritis, osteoporosis or sarcopenia.
This agreement formally establishes the technical team, made up, on the part of Arnaiz, by the head of Architecture and Design, the architect David Rubio; and by the advisor to the Studies and Research Area Dr. Andrés Palazón. On the part of the Osteoarthritis International Foundation, the alliance has been signed by its president Dr. Josep Vergés; and by the director of Corporate Social Responsibility, Dr. José Luís Baquero Úbeda.
The main mission of the OAFI SPACE programme is to reconfigure spaces according to the activities and needs of people with reduced mobility; to attend to people’s needs for space, improve their quality of life and care for their joint health; and to increase the quality and safety of the spaces in which we live and work. The technical team made up of members of Arnaiz and OAFI will direct their work towards achieving the goals, with the idea that physical spaces should be adapted to people with the aim of providing them with healthy living conditions that allow them to carry out basic activities of daily living (BADL in occupational therapy).
In Spain, one in four people over the age of 20 suffers from a rheumatic pathology, according to OAFI statistics. These diseases are still unknown to the population, which means that prevention and treatment are delayed. 90% of our time is spent indoors. In 2030, 35% of the Spanish population will be over 65 years of age, a figure that will rise to 50% by 2050. The demographic ageing society is facing makes new measures necessary to ensure an optimal quality of life for the ageing population.
ARNAIZ is a leading firm in urban planning and global real estate development with 50 years of experience in the market, offering a comprehensive and unique proposal in the market, with services that cover all phases of land transformation and its management, including architecture and real estate development. ARNAIZ combines a consolidated experience in the market since 1974 with international experience in more than 30 countries. It has multidisciplinary teams of professionals with extensive knowledge of all market segments, upon which a holistic vision of the market is based.
In turn, OAFI is the Osteoarthritis Foundation International, the first and only international foundation exclusively for people with osteoarthritis worldwide. The Foundation was created in Barcelona in October 2016 with the aim of leading the fight against osteoarthritis by promoting education, prevention, treatment, and research into all aspects of joint health and offering solutions to people suffering from this pathology so that they can feel supported, alleviate their pain, and improve their quality of life. You can obtain more information about OAFI at telephone number +34 931594015 and about the Spanish Association for Osteoporosis and Arthrosis (Asociación Española con la Osteoporosis y la Artrosis AECOSAR) at +34 914312258.
For further information:
ATREVIA
Carlos C. Ungría cungria@atrevia.com / 672 44 70 65
Raquel Nueno rnueno@atrevia.com / 644 273 00
