The client’s primary goal: to provide a patient-friendly setting, separate from the main hospital complex, for Pre-Admission Testing, Imaging, Women’s services and Ambulatory Surgery. The client was also committed to investing in a 50-year “Legacy” building with efficient systems and durable, timeless materials used in the style of the traditional regional vernacular.

The site was a mature woodlot with over 80 outstanding specimens that were to be preserved, and it also served as a storm water retention area for the surrounding neighborhood.  

The completed project received preservation awards from the local Historic Preservation Society; one for successful conservation of the site’s assets, and the other for the building’s contribution to enhancing the historic character of the district.