URBAN DESIGN

CAMH

In 2001, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health developed a Master Program and Property Master Plan to redevelop the hospital’s current site, consolidating four existing mental health care and addiction facilities. KMA, in partnership with two local firms was awarded the winning entry for the resulting design competition. The project received a Toronto Urban Design Award and Phase 1 of the multi-year, $30 Million dollar project is scheduled for completion in Spring 2008.

The existing site covers an area of 27 acres. The long established residential and light industrial neighbourhood is, comprised of a mix of low rise Victorian and larger turn-of-the-century warehouses and industrial loft buildings.

Traditionally isolated from its surrounding neighbourhood, the current hospital site remains stigmatized. This project proposes to develop the single-use site into a new ‘urban village’, containing a wide variety of spaces and activities with shops, art galleries and restaurants along the Queen Street West frontage. The surrounding urban fabric of existing public streets is extended into the site, introducing a mix of both hospital and non-hospital related uses.

LOCATION:  Toronto, ON, Canada
STATUS:  In construction