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Hoffmann tried to avoid at all times the architectural or historical references that related the new building with the traditional ones constructed until that date. At the time it was built, it was unlike any other physical environment that the sanatorium's patients might have experienced; it did not resemble any house or villa as they used to be others in those times.
The simple harmony of the exterior is not disturbed by columns, gables or any of the standard ornamental elements that people were accustomed to seeing. The usual ornaments around the windows were replaced by strips of blue and white tiles, and the peaked roof was replaced by a flat roof without framing.
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