B+H has been selected by The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) as the Design Architect and Prime Consultant for the hospital?s groundbreaking new Patient Support Centre (PSC).
The PSC is the first phase of Project Horizon ? the SickKids campus redevelopment plan which aims to build an inspired, re-imagined hospital of the future. The PSC will house education, simulation and core administrative services in a modern, technology-enabled and sustainable building.
A view of the existing SickKids building on University Avenue, which will be joined by the new Patient Support Centre. Photo by Leslie via Wikimedia Commons.
Constructing the PSC is an important first step in building the hospital of the future; moving staff out of the oldest parts of the campus will allow SickKids to free up space and demolish aging buildings, clearing the way to build new facilities for clinical care. The PSC will also establish a critical link between clinical care, learning and discovery across the SickKids campus. ?This building will set a new precedent in workplace design to support integrated health-care delivery,? says Patrick Feje?r, Project Lead and Senior Principal at B+H. ?As one of the most highly-regarded paediatric health-care institutions in the world, SickKids requires a first-of-kind facility that embodies the institution?s commitment to excellence in care, research and education. The building will serve as a vessel for realizing SickKids? preferred culture and its connection to c...