HSCM Luminous Expansion, Montreal, Quebec
HSCM Luminous Expansion, Montreal, Quebec Hospital, Canadian building development, Architecture Photography
Hôpital du Sacré-C?ur-de-Montréal in Quebec
31 Jan 2023
Architecture: Provencher_Roy and Yelle Maillé
Location: Montréal, Québec, Canada
photo © Olivier Blouin
Photos by Olivier Blouin and Stéphane Brügger
Hôpital du Sacré-C?ur-de-Montréal, Quebec
Located on Gouin Boulevard in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough, Hôpital du Sacré-C?ur-de-Montréal (HSCM) was first completed in 1927 and functioned as a sanitorium. Almost a century later, the hospital is now one of Montréal’s major ambulatory care centres, a highly specialized trauma centre, and a critical part of its healthcare infrastructure.
photo © Olivier Blouin
But, despite its prominence, its facilities suffered from decades of dilapidation. Over time, its physical and functional deficiencies impeded the hospital from delivering on its mission.
photo © Olivier Blouin
To solve this, the hospital commissioned architects? Provencher_Roy and Yelle Maillé to design an expansion that would complement the heritage structure while creating cutting-edge spaces for healthcare. The design brings an L-shaped new wing that houses an integrated trauma centre, a mother-child unit, endoscopy and cardiology departments, and a medical device reprocessing unit. The addition is meticulously integrated with the existing facilities, expanding them while maintaining the sense of a single, unified hospital fa...
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