Bridgepoint Active Healthcare - Toronto

TYPE OF FACILITY Continuing care/rehabilitation

PLANNING, DESIGN AND Stantec Architecture/KPMB

COMPLIANCE ARCHITECTS Architects joint venture

DESIGN, BUILD, FINANCE HDR/Diamond Schmitt

AND MAINTAIN ARCHITECTS Architects joint venture

CONSTRUCTION MANAGER PCL Construction

COMPLETED April 2013

SIZE 764,000 square feet

CONSTRUCTION COST $378 million

COST PER SQUARE FOOT $495

Patients treated at the 10-story Bridgepoint Active Healthcare facility in Toronto typically stay for about three months. With that in mind, much of the project is designed to inspire its rehabilitation-therapy patients and those with multiple chronic diseases or disabilities to shape their health outcomes by staying active and socializing. Bridgepoint offers communal dining rooms, a therapy pool, rooftop gardens, an outdoor fifth-floor terrace and other gathering points.

The hospital includes a renovated facility that is now serving a much different purpose than it was originally built for in 1864. “I loved how the Bridgepoint project used the old jail for their administrative offices,” said design awards judge Nicholas Tejeda. “They were able to preserve history while using it for a practical purpose. That was remarkable.”

Landscaping is designed to blend the hospital property with an adjacent city park. The ground floor also includes a publicly accessible “urban porch,” another feature in the design meant to encourage patients to get out of their rooms and socialize.