Toronto Hospital For Sick Children: Peter Gilgan Family Patient Care Tower | 169m | 29s | Sick Kids | Stantec

[AlvinofDiaspar]

The Planning Rationale Report for the Patient Support Centre gives a hint of how future phases of renewal will work:

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[ADRM]

Let's hope the Patient Care Centre has a little more architectural verve than it appears the Patient Support Centre will.

Obviously, we're looking at something fairly preliminary, but the phase 5 stepped green roofs thing is an interesting concept; sort of a downtown evolution of the Bridgepoint philosophy, perhaps?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Let's hope the Patient Care Centre has a little more architectural verve than it appears the Patient Support Centre will.

Obviously, we're looking at something fairly preliminary, but the phase 5 stepped green roofs thing is an interesting concept; sort of a downtown evolution of the Bridgepoint philosophy, perhaps?

This building is fine for what it is - and I am glad to see the idea of roof greening being implemented (and used as therapeutic spaces like at PMH and Bridgepoint). Interestingly, they will be keeping the wing where the helipad currently sits.

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[ShonTron]

This building is fine for what it is - and I am glad to see the idea of roof greening being implemented (and used as therapeutic spaces like at PMH and Bridgepoint). Interestingly, they will be keeping the wing where the helipad currently sits.

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Thanks for the main floor map, but I'm more interested in the service (lower level) and 1st/2nd floors, where a lot of the nitty gritty happens. All the wings's names have changed since I remember it. They were simply the University Wing (orange signage), the Gerrard Wing (blue signage), the Elm Wing (red signage) and the Atrium (green signage). The Elm Wing - including the Helipad - is the 1970s wing, the third section to open. I'm not surprised to see it retained in the long term plans.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Thanks for the main floor map, but I'm more interested in the service (lower level) and 1st/2nd floors, where a lot of the nitty gritty happens. All the wings's names have changed since I remember it. They were simply the University Wing (orange signage), the Gerrard Wing (blue signage), the Elm Wing (red signage) and the Atrium (green signage). The Elm Wing - including the Helipad - is the 1970s wing, the third section to open. I'm not surprised to see it retained in the long term plans.

They maybe floating around, but I haven't dug deep enough to be able to find it.

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[interchange42]

And now this:

News Release

Transformative Investment in Life-Saving Care for Children
March 23, 2018

New SickKids Patient Care Centre a Game-Changer for Children’s Health
Ontario's Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is already one of the world's largest and most respected pediatric hospitals. It has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of children and their families across Ontario. To make sure SickKids can continue to provide the most advanced, compassionate care to children from all over Ontario, Premier Kathleen Wynne announced today that the upcoming provincial Budget will support a new Patient Care Centre at SickKids.
The Premier was joined at SickKids today by Charles Sousa, Minister of Finance, and Dr. Helena Jaczek, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, to explain how Ontario's investment will provide leading care for the youngest patients from all across the province.

Premier Wynne announced that Ontario is investing up to $2.4 billion for design and construction as part of this massive redevelopment that will transform SickKids into a 21st-century facility, modernize aging equipment and spaces, and boost the hospital's capacity to provide leading-edge care for children.

The new Patient Care Centre will bring together vital services, including emergency and critical care, surgical care, bone marrow transplants, as well as diagnostic services and specialty clinics. It will provide a more comfortable experience for families and give doctors and researchers the tools they need to translate research discoveries into new treatments, giving more children and their families faster access to the best care.

Building a SickKids that can continue to provide the world's best care to Ontario's children is part of a broader health care infrastructure commitment that is bringing faster, better care to people in communities across the province. The province is investing more than $19 billion over the next 10 years to improve and expand hospitals. There are 40 major hospital projects either under construction or in planning stages.

Investing in new hospitals and the best in children's health care is part of the government's plan to support care, create opportunity and make life more affordable during this period of rapid economic change. The plan includes a higher minimum wage and better working conditions, free tuition for hundreds of thousands of students, easier access to affordable child care, and free prescription drugs for everyone under 25 and everyone 65 and over through OHIP+, the biggest expansion of medicare in a generation.


QUICK FACTS

• SickKids is the largest centre in the country dedicated to improving children’s health and one of a handful of Ontario hospitals that sees patients from all 14 Local Health Integration Networks (LHIN). It is the only hospital in Ontario that conducts pediatric heart transplants, bone marrow transplants and most solid organ transplants.

 

[raptor]

That's great, however, hospitals are getting quite expensive these days.
I'm still questioning the need for the new Vaughan hospital (I know it's off topic), with a price tag of $1.5B

 

[Northern Light]

That's great, however, hospitals are getting quite expensive these days.
I'm still questioning the need for the new Vaughan hospital (I know it's off topic), with a price tag of $1.5B

Ontario has one of the lowest hospital bed counts per population.

Hospitals across Ontarios' big cities are almost entirely maxed out of capacity, if not overflowing.

I don't think one can argue that additional hospital beds are required.

I suppose one could argue for fewer, larger facilities.

The new Vaughan site won't be small though; and the nearest facility to the west (Brampton) is jammed and fairly large.

The only alternative here might have been enlarging the hospital in Richmond Hill.

Not sure on the relative merits.

But I suspect you'll end up with both in the end.

 

[narduch]

Ontario has one of the lowest hospital bed counts per population.

Hospitals across Ontarios' big cities are almost entirely maxed out of capacity, if not overflowing.

I don't think one can argue that additional hospital beds are required.

I suppose one could argue for fewer, larger facilities.

The new Vaughan site won't be small though; and the nearest facility to the west (Brampton) is jammed and fairly large.

The only alternative here might have been enlarging the hospital in Richmond Hill.

Not sure on the relative merits.

But I suspect you'll end up with both in the end.

They could have also kept the Humber River Hospital on Finch opened. It was close enough to serve some of Vaughan. The new location is too far now.

 

[ADRM]

Peter Gilgan (of Ontario Proud fame) has donated $100M to SickKids, at least some of which it seems will be dedicated to the construction of this tower.

Edit: oh, maybe I'm wrong, per this from the SickKids press release: "This $100 million gift will support the SickKids VS Limits campaign, a key element of which involves redevelopment of the SickKids campus, including building a new patient care tower on University Avenue, which will be named the Peter Gilgan Family Patient Care Tower....

SickKids will break ground in October 2019 on the first of two buildings. The first building, the Patient Support Centre, will house the SickKids Learning Institute with 1,200 world-class trainees, a Simulation Centre for hands-on teaching, and provide 6,000 professionals, management and support staff with up-to-date spaces to do their best work. The second building, the Peter Gilgan Family Patient Care Tower, will house critical care and inpatient units. It will reflect the very latest in medical design: private one-family rooms, dedicated mental-health beds, a state-of-the-art blood and marrow/cellular transplant therapy unit, specialty operating theatres, advanced diagnostic imaging facilities, and a vastly expanded emergency department."

Peter Gilgan Foundation donates $100 million – largest single gift ever to SickKids

Peter Gilgan Foundation donates $100 million – largest single gift ever to SickKids

www.sickkidsfoundation.com

 

[canarob]

KPMB posted a rendering on Insta. Looks interesting!

KPMB Architects on Instagram: "The @stantec / KPMB team is proud to be providing design services for the Peter Gilgan Family Patient Care Tower in Toronto. The new acute care hospital is part of @sickkidstoronto 10-year redevelopment program and will

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[AlvinofDiaspar]

KPMB posted a rendering on Insta. Looks interesting!

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KPMB Architects on Instagram: "The @stantec / KPMB team is proud to be providing design services for the Peter Gilgan Family Patient Care Tower in Toronto. The new acute care hospital is part of @sickkidstoronto 10-year redevelopment program and will

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There is more info:

Stantec/KPMB Architects providing design services for transformed SickKids Toronto campus

www.kpmb.com

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. 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.
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 people and services throughout.
To ensure the SickKids campus remains fully functional during the construction of the tower, the Stantec/KPMB team is also designing a series of projects in the remaining facilities to accommodate relocated programs, help support patient care and experience, and upgrade the site and building infrastructure.
“Our team at Stantec has a rich history with SickKids, having provided ongoing design services for more than 20 years. Many of us have had personal experience with SickKids, and it’s an honour to help the hospital transform its iconic healthcare campus to help our families, neighbours, and friends access the world-class care SickKids delivers every day,” said Tim Eastwood, principal at Stantec.
“Such scale, complexity, and such a global vision – Healthier Children. A Better World – make Project Horizon an ideal project of architecture and urban design in this unprecedented time,” said Mitchell Hall, a partner at KPMB Architects. “It is a privilege to be working with SickKids on how architectural design can play a role in redefining traditional acute care service models and the integration of precision medicine, while ensuring maximum operational efficiency and effectiveness.”
The redeveloped campus will support the integration of emerging healthcare technologies with the goal of improving SickKids’ operational efficiency. The new spaces will help provide a healing environment for patients and families in the post-pandemic future.
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[AlvinofDiaspar]

Comment - I guess @ADRM got his wish for something with a bit more architectural verve! The plaza to the south west kind of feel awkward and looks like a placeholder for eventual redevelopment.

Being a rendering one can't assess the scale - but taken at face value the project looks absolutely massive beside TGH's CSB. Also the helipad seems to be gone from the Burton Wing. Guess it is moving to the new tower on the east side?

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[Northern Light]

The plaza to the south west kind of feel awkward and looks like a placeholder for eventual redevelopment.

It's standard practice in hospital design in Ontario to leave a portion of every campus empty, if possible; such that it's always possible to replace a building while keeping the existing hospital operating.

There are some sites where this is not feasible; but on any campus that can support that plan, it will.

You'll see the same layout idea in the Michael Garron/TEGH reconstruction.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

It would be certainly losing its symmetry from the west side though, goodness...