Michael Garron Hospital and Infrastructure Ontario have selected a design-build-finance team including leading Canadian design firm Diamond Schmitt Architects for a transformative campus redevelopment and state-of-the-art patient care tower.
The EllisDon Infrastructure Healthcare team is comprised of EllisDon Design Build Inc., Diamond Schmitt Architects and B+H Architects in joint venture, and EllisDon Capital Inc.
Rendering of the new patient care tower at Michael Garron Hospital. Image courtesy of Diamond Schmitt Architects
The project is centred on a new eight-story patient care tower and three-story podium designed to bring a light-filled, modern patient experience to the Toronto healthcare facility. The design also serves to connect with the community in support of the hospital?s vision to become a health promotion partner and amenity for the neighbourhood. ?The design extends the public realm through a seamless transition into public spaces with improved wayfinding around a large daylit lobby and consolidated ambulatory care services,? said Matthew Smith, Principal, Diamond Schmitt Architects.
Full glazing on the double-height lobby extends across the podium of the patient tower providing views and visual connection with a new landscaped park that replaces some of the oldest buildings on the campus. Patients and staff will also have access to roof terraces.
?An interaction between interior and exterior did not exist previously as there was a lack of landscaped space,...