The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) – Patient Support Centre
B+H Architects designed the Patient Support Centre at The Hospital for Sick Children, an education and administrative tower in Toronto promoting efficiency, collaboration, and clinician training to support hospital staff.
The Patient Support Centre (PSC) at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is a new 22-storey education, training, and administrative tower in Toronto. Designed by B+H and built by PCL Construction, the new tower taps B+H’s expertise in architecture, workplace interiors, and landscape design to create a dynamic and sustainable tower that supports hospital staff and positively contributes to SickKids’ downtown campus. The tower embodies SickKids’ desired culture and strengthens its connection to the overall SickKids campus, which spans from University Avenue to Bay Street.
The Patient Support Centre consolidates the hospital’s administrative services into a central hub and houses interdisciplinary educational and learning areas, along with individual and collaborative workspaces for staff from more than 30 hospital departments. Approximately 3,000 staff, including physicians, nurses, allied health, corporate services staff, and more moved into the building from November 2023 until the end of May 2024.
The SickKids Learning Institute is a critical component of the Patient Support Centre. Featuring a Simulation Centre for hands-on teaching, it will support more than 1,000 trainees, students, and other learners annually. The building’s various educational and training spaces are designed to advance clinician skills and support the seamless care SickKids is known for.
The Patient Support Centre is part of Project Horizon, SickKids’ ongoing campus redevelopment plan. Efficiently uniting multiple functions and departments onto a single modest footprint, the new Patient Support Centre not only promotes efficiency, collaboration, and interconnectivity among staff, but unlocks additional campus real estate for future renovation and development.
Design: B+H Architects
Construction Manager: PCL Constructors Canada Inc.
Vertical Transportation Consultant: KJA Consultants
Structural Engineer: Entuitive
Mechanical Consultant: The Mitchell Partnership
Electrical Consultant: Mulvey & Banani
Photography: A Frame, Tom Arban
