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March 16, 2020 As the COVID-19 virus continues to spread into our communities, we are taking steps to protect the health and safety of our staff and their families, our clients, consultants and the community. We will be making changes to our normal operations to allow us to continue to provide the same high level … Continued
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Parkin Director Robin Snell and Saleh Kalantari, Assistant Professor, Cornell University (USA) will co-present at the European Health Design Conference in London, England, in June, 2020. Their session falls under the Science, Technology & Innovation Category and covers how to “Evaluate and Optimize Wayfinding in Healthcare Settings Through Biometric Data and Virtual-Response Testing”. The content … Continued
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It has been eight years since Parkin began to formally implement evidence-based design (EBD) principles into our design strategies and build a team that is accredited by The Center for Health Design. This team has helped Parkin become an industry leader in healthcare and rehabilitation facility design and we’re thrilled to celebrate some of these … Continued
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Canadian and employee-owned, Parkin Architects Limited is an award-winning firm specializing in architectural services in the healthcare, recreation, research, justice, and education sectors. With offices in Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver, the firm has designed thousands of new, renovation and expansion institutional projects across Canada, and internationally. The firm is staffed with well over 100 experienced … Continued
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Major renovations to The Walter and Maria Schroeder BRAIN&HEART Centre at St. Michael’s Hospital were designed by Parkin, in conjunction with significant staff and physician feedback on how to improve work flow, staff safety, and delivery of patient care. Opening soon, the brand new Catheterization Lab 3 is the largest of its kind at St. … Continued
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Providence Care Hospital has been recognized for being “green”. Its numerous innovations entitle the hospital to “state-of-the-art” classification. Please see page 52 of Hospital News, March 2020 for further details. https://issuu.com/hospitalnews/docs/hn_march_2020?fr=sNWZlYjc5NDAz
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Parkin’s current profile published in Healthcare Design Magazine features Health Sciences Centre, Women’s Hospital. For a preview, click on: https://www.healthcaredesignmagazine.com/featured-firm/parkin-architects-limited/
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Colour plays a large role in architecture and design. While the affective influence of colour on psychology and physiology is complex, its use in different design typologies can have a substantial impact. It is difficult to create universal guidelines for colour use as age, culture and other factors shape how it can be perceived. However, colour can boost a sense of well-being for users of shared spaces, and promote healing in healthcare facilities. Meanwhile, understanding local cultural connections to patterns and colour can also inform contemporary design.
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Helping our clients to fully understand our designs is a priority. We continue to use drawings and three-dimensional models to convey our ideas, but Virtual Reality (VR) is used and tested by our staff to immerse our clients into a virtual world, so that they can fully experience the proposed spaces. Click on the following … Continued
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Coral Harbour, Nunavut – School and Community Visioning Sessions As successful proponents for the Coral Harbour K-12 School in Nunavut, Parkin Architects Limited (Parkin) and Accutech Engineering Inc. (Accutech) presented at visioning sessions with the Mayor, council, local educational authorities, staff, students and the community. Several visioning sessions were conducted throughout the third week of … Continued
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