The new Ken and Marilyn Thomson Patient Care Centre was designed to replace the oldest and most outdated spaces at the MGHToronto campus in east Toronto, but it’s also meant to bring harmony, tying into the fabric of the surrounding community.
“We opened in 1929 and every 10 years we basically added a wing, but it was added with the architecture of the time. So when you look at our whole campus there wasn’t sort of a harmony. What this project has done is help bring that harmony,” explained Shelley Darling, chief of operational readiness at MGH.
Construction began on the eight-storey building, located at Coxwell and Sammon avenues, in 2018. It’s the largest redevelopment project in the hospital’s history. The building adds 550,000 square feet to the hospital, with 215 inpatient beds and two floors of brand new outpatient clinics. The project was constructed in partnership with the Ministry of Health, Infrastructure Ontario and EllisDon. It was designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects and B+H Architects.“We still had to operate the full hospital while we were building it,” Darling explained. “The only space really left on our property was a parking pad.”
The $498-million project is funded by the Ministry of Health, MGH, donors to MGH Foundation and a gift from Peter and Diana Thomson. The centre is named after Peter’s parents who were known for their philanthropy. “Outdated wings will come down framing the area behind me for a convenient and welcoming entrance off of Coxwell Avenue,” said Mitze Mourinho, president of the MGH Foundation. “Our original building from 1929 will be modernized and its façade restored and new green spaces.”
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