{"id":215502,"date":"2010-01-23T06:01:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-23T11:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skyscrapercity.com\/showthread.php?t=1051917"},"modified":"2010-01-23T06:01:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-23T11:01:00","slug":"womens-college-hospital-redevelopment-pro-14s-m-downtown-diamond-schmitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/215502","title":{"rendered":"Women’s College Hospital Redevelopment | Pro | 14s | ? m | Downtown | Diamond + Schmitt"},"content":{"rendered":"
Posted by AlvinofDiaspar on UT<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n
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From the Women’s College Hospital Foundation Website:<\/p>\n

Project Phasing video:
\nhttp:\/\/www.womenscollegehospitalfoun…s\/New_WCH.html<\/a>
\n– it would appear the historic deco block would be preserved.<\/p>\n

Article from the Foundation Newsletter:<\/p>\n

Values Written in Glass and Steel<\/b>
\nJane Pepino provides an update on the redevelopment of Women\u0092s College Hospital<\/p>\n

\u0093We\u0092ve waited a long time for this. We\u0092ll have our fingerprints all over it, and it will fit us perfectly.\u0094<\/p>\n

That\u0092s Jane Pepino, top Toronto lawyer and member of the Women\u0092s College Hospital Board, talking about planning for the Hospital\u0092s redevelopment project. Pepino has been involved with women\u0092s issues for many years, having served as Chair of the Women\u0092s Health Council, President of the Metro Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children, and as a member of Jewish Women International and the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women.<\/p>\n

A former Board Chair at Women\u0092s College, she was one of the leaders who fought for the Hospital\u0092s re-birth in 2006. Pepino marvels that the differences between women and men \u0096 a founding principle at Women\u0092s College \u0096 have been accepted by the medical establishment only in the past two decades. \u0093At Women\u0092s College we\u0092ve always known that women have different treatment and care needs,\u0094 she says. \u0093And it\u0092s not just psychosocial differences \u0096 it goes right down to the cellular level. Now we\u0092ve got the science to support that innate understanding.\u0094<\/p>\n

With more than 35 years of experience in land development, planning and zoning law, Pepino is the perfect person to lead the redevelopment process. The need, she says, is undeniable. \u0093When you understand what medicine needs to do today and for the next 50 years, it\u0092s clear that we have to frame it physically in a different way. If we\u0092re going to continue to lead, we must have a better space to do it in.\u0094<\/p>\n

Designing a hospital is no simple matter. Over the past year and a half, block schematics, functional plans and an architectural concept have been developed. The City of Toronto approved zoning this spring and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care is now reviewing plans for final approval. After vetting seven responses in a Request for Qualification process, the Hospital is preparing to send its RFP for construction and management to three approved consortia in July. Each one has international experience with women\u0092s hospitals. Says Pepino: \u0093We\u0092re going to get the best of the best about physical planning for women\u0092s health from around the world. It\u0092s thrilling to think about what we might see.\u0094 The bids will be received by year\u0092s end, the contract awarded in early 2010 and Phase 1 construction will begin next spring.<\/p>\n

Women\u0092s College Hospital Foundation has committed to raising $70 million toward the total cost of the new building. Most of the remainder will be provided by the Government of Ontario. To date, the capital fundraising campaign has raised nearly $18 million toward the goal. The Foundation expects to raise an additional $7 million during 2009\u00962010. The new hospital will have several unique features, Pepino says. It will be designed to meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification at the Silver level. It will also maximize natural light, and make it easy for patients to find their way around.
\nA large open atrium at the centre of the building will let in light and serve as a reception and event area. Above all, every aspect of the design will reflect the Women\u0092s College Hospital vision, mission and guiding values. Says Pepino, \u0093It will be our values written in glass and steel.\u0094<\/p>\n

Rendering:
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Document Link:
\nhttp:\/\/www.womenscollegehospitalfoun…ummer-2009.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

I quite liked the building – looks like something with massing and materiality that would fit in at Washington DC.<\/p>\n

AoD<\/p><\/div>\n

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