In 2018, the firms Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes and Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux Architectes were commissioned to complete the final phase of the new Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), designed during the first phase by CannonDesign and NEUF architect(e)s. Aiming for LEED Silver certification, this new facility integrates the most advanced technologies in the world and creates a care and research environment that puts people at the heart of every activity.

Located in the heart of a busy downtown Montreal quadrangle, the CHUM hospital complex is integrated into a dense urban environment, near the Ville-Marie expressway, a metro station, and Montreal’s cosmopolitan and historic districts.

▼项目概览，overview © Olivier Gariépy

以人为本 The human being first

CHUM最终阶段的设计旨在为患者及其家属创造一个用户友好型的环境，使诊断、治疗、复诊和探病的过程都变得更加人性化，同时也致力于为医护人员打造更具关怀性的工作环境。

This last phase of the CHUM aimed to create an environment capable of welcoming and accompanying users, supporting them through diagnoses, treatments, follow-ups, and visits to their loved ones, in short, a caring environment for patients as well as for the staff who work there every day.

The quality of the spaces has a direct impact on the quality of life of the users, on their feeling of safety and confidence, as well as on the staff and their work experience. Consultations with the various professionals involved led to the development of workspaces and rest areas with plenty of windows, task-adapted lighting and views towards the exterior, says Ms. Parent.“ Architecture plays an essential role in the planning and functionality of the spaces and routes, which, among other things, reduces the level of stress related to orientation in a hospital of this size. ”