Robin Snell
Director
OAA, AAA, NFLAA, NSAA, RAIC, LEED AP, EDAC Certified
Location
Toronto
Sector
Healthcare
The opportunity to work and collaborate with large multidisciplinary teams of passionate, engaged, highly skilled and hardworking healthcare design specialists on a daily basis motivates and inspires me in my work at Parkin.
Biography
Robin is an experienced health care architect who has worked on a wide range of projects across Canada. He is passionate about healthcare and uses his leadership skills to guide projects to successful outcomes. Robin leads the Parkin evidence-based design team and is active in several healthcare design subcommittees. He is an EDAC and LEED accredited professional with recent healthcare projects in Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia.
Robin’s expertise is recognized on a national level, as he serves as the vice-chair of the Canadian Standards Association Technical Committee for Health Care Facilities. He is also an active member of CSA healthcare design subcommittees, including Z-8000 for Canadian healthcare facilities, wayfinding, area measurement, and infection prevention and control during construction.
Past speaking engagements
2021 Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society, 41st Annual Conference of CHES (the National Virtual Conference)
2021 Canadian Centre for Healthcare Facilities, Isolation Room Design Panel Discussion
2021 Stephen Verderber’s Studio Crits, University of Toronto’s Architectural Masters Class
2017 CSA – HCF Regulators Forum, Halifax, “Edmonton Zone 2030 Plan”
2017 POE Standardization & Evaluating Health Care, Facilities
2017 CHES, Niagara Falls, ON
2017 Canadian Centre for Healthcare Facilities, Calgary, “New CSA HCF Wayfinding Standard”
2017 The Buildings Show/IIDEX, Toronto, “New CSA HCF Wayfinding Standard”
2017 Evidence-Based Design vs. Human-Centred Design | Panel
Awards & recognition
2022 Gold Award, Touchstone Award (Parkin Architects with Dr. Saleh Kalantari, Cornell University) | Corner Brook Acute Care Hospital – Wayfinding Research Project
2021 P3 Awards, Project Development Silver Award | Corner Brook Acute Care Hospital, St. John’s, Newfoundland
2021 P3 Awards, Best Social Infrastructure Project (submitted by Plenary) | Corner Brook Acute Care Hospital, St. John’s, Newfoundland
2018 European Healthcare Design Awards, Highly Commended Award | Joseph and Rosalie Segal Family Health Centre, Canada
2016 Build, Most Innovative Mental Healthcare Facilities Design Firm – Canada & Best Canadian Mental Healthcare Project, (JV aTRR) | Southwest Centre for Forensic Mental Health Care
2015 Project Excellence Award – Environmental Restoration Award, London and District Construction Association | St. Joseph’s Health Care London’s Specialized Health Care and Forensic Mental Health Care
2015 Project Excellence Award – Institutional over $100 million, London and District Construction Association | St. Joseph’s Health Care London’s Specialized Health Care and Forensic Mental Health Care
2015 Behavioral Healthcare, Specialty Hospital/Medical Center, Award of Merit, (JV aTRR) | Southwest Centre for Forensic Mental Health Care
2015 Behavioral Healthcare, Specialty Hospital/Medical Center, Honorable Mention, (JV aTRR) | Parkwood Institute Mental Health Care Building
2015 London & District Construction Association – Project Excellence Award, (JV aTRR) | Southwest Centre for Forensic Mental Health Care
2015 London & District Construction Association – Project Excellence Award, (JV aTRR) | Parkwood Institute Mental Health Care Building
2014 International Mental Health Design Award, International Academy for Design and Health, (JV aTRR) | The Southwest Regional Forensic Mental Health Centre
2013 Institutional Building Achievement Award, Don Smith Commercial Building Awards, (JV aTRR) | The Southwest Regional Forensic Mental Health Centre