The joint venture of Stantec / KPMB Architects is providing architectural design services for the planning phase of The Hospital for Sick Children?s (SickKids) ten-plus year campus redevelopment, Project Horizon.
According to the developers, the goal of this three-phase development is to build an inspired hospital of the future; transform care delivery; enable staff, physicians, and researchers to do their best work; and empower patients and families to be partners in their care.
The third phase will include replacing two of the oldest buildings on the campus with a new acute care hospital, the Peter Gilgan Family Patient Care Tower.
The tower will add new patient and critical care beds to the hospital, increasing the number of beds to 430, including a new Level IV neonatal intensive care unit. Three additional operating suites, for a total of 19, will be?adapted?to accommodate?new technologies and procedures, and a new?emergency department will offer 51 treatment spaces, 12 more than the current capacity. Rendering courtesy of Stantec
The vision for the project includes all spaces unfurling from a central garden, a treed courtyard at the centre of the master plan. The garden metaphor reinforces the therapeutic benefits of nature, including sunlight and fresh air. Playgrounds and communal spaces will have access to the outdoors and views of the city skyline. Welcoming entrances and generous light-filled corridors will be organized to support the intuitive flow of peopl...