St. Paul's Hospital & Health Campus | U/C

[Glow Fun City]

Pretty impressive! Curious what will happen to the old site now…

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by Glow Fun City

Pretty impressive! Curious what will happen to the old site now…

Concord paid $1B for it. They'll want to sell a lot of condos to get that money back.

[jollyburger]

Drone footage of the hospital

I'm not a fan of all those coloured panels on the patient towers. I thought it would be more understated.

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https://ghl.ca/projects/new-st-pauls-hospital/

[urbanight93]

I agree the final material choices for the inpatient building are bewildering to say the least. After all the multiple design iterations and the number of renders, the material selection ended up so hodge podge with no rhyme or reason. The earthy tones in the render above at least maintained a consistent design language with the front facade whereas what we are seeing in the back introduces stark whites and blues… I’m at a loss at institutional architecture these days. I’m very worried about the future design of the Art Gallery.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by urbanight93

I agree the final material choices for the inpatient building are bewildering to say the least. After all the multiple design iterations and the number of renders, the material selection ended up so hodge podge with no rhyme or reason. The earthy tones in the render above at least maintained a consistent design language with the front facade whereas what we are seeing in the back introduces stark whites and blues… I’m at a loss at institutional architecture these days. I’m very worried about the future design of the Art Gallery.

They mentioned the weave pattern on the exterior but it wasn't as colourful.

The weave concept is the metaphor enabling the Facility to be
an anchor for the community, bringing together adjacent City
neighbourhoods while acknowledging Indigenous and Catholic cultures
as distinct, yet reconciling their presence and strength together.
Early in the Design, Indigenous weaving techniques started to inform
the exterior expression of the building. The building massing is very
large, yet it needed to be broken down into elements in order for it to sit
in its urban context and be appropriately scaled to be welcoming and
relatable at an individual/personal level.
Breaking down the large building mass is aided by the functional
separation of program components into a West Block and East Block
massing. A pedestrian-level scale is created in the form of a two-storey
dark gray band encircling the whole building enabling points of interest
such as the various entrances to “pop out” as highlighted destinations
articulated with accent colour, material, signage and lighting.
The body of the podium up to Level 5 is further defined depending on its
façade exposure. The East Block massing is further articulated by the
inpatient unit configuration above Level 5.
The eastern exposure of the Inpatient Towers (East Block) enables
Patient bedrooms to have individual views to the south, east and north.
The individual scale of the Patient is expressed in the façade where
metal panel colour and texture create a kind of quilt acknowledging the
individual while producing a comprehensible whole pattern. The exit
stairs serve as strongly expressed vertical elements on all four facades
binding together the quilt of the New St. Paul’s Hospital.

https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/1002-station-st-appendix-e.pdf

[city guy]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

They mentioned the weave pattern on the exterior but it wasn't as colourful.



https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/1002-station-st-appendix-e.pdf

building facades should NEVER, EVER be metaphors...this project is a visual and conceptual mess...there are token arched windows near the entry referencing, I dunno, some kind of old ecclesiastical precedent, right next to an engineered wood canopy resonant with Whistler...add this to the ADHD mess of wall cladding and it's an absolute Frankenstein of a building

[GMD]

Originally Posted by urbanight93

I agree the final material choices for the inpatient building are bewildering to say the least. After all the multiple design iterations and the number of renders, the material selection ended up so hodge podge with no rhyme or reason. The earthy tones in the render above at least maintained a consistent design language with the front facade whereas what we are seeing in the back introduces stark whites and blues… I’m at a loss at institutional architecture these days. I’m very worried about the future design of the Art Gallery.

Narrator's Voice:

"By 2026, the decline of Western Civilization was becoming hard to ignore. Compare this Vancouver hospital, completed in 2026, to the one that it was replacing, built over 100 years earlier. By 2026, even though few were willing to admit it at the time, the end was near..."

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Concord paid $1B for it. They'll want to sell a lot of condos to get that money back.

Good luck with that in today's market. On the other hand, they've stalled on the Molson site for so long I guess it is just a drop in the bucket.

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by whatnext

Good luck with that in today's market. On the other hand, they've stalled on the Molson site for so long I guess it is just a drop in the bucket.

It will be years before anything happens on the SPH site. Not everything is moving to the new hospital day 1.

[LeftCoaster]

Originally Posted by whatnext

Good luck with that in today's market. On the other hand, they've stalled on the Molson site for so long I guess it is just a drop in the bucket.

Any large development company has a multi-decade approach to building their landbank. I don't think Concord cares about today's market at all with respect to the St Paul's site.

[mcj]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Any large development company has a multi-decade approach to building their landbank. I don't think Concord cares about today's market at all with respect to the St Paul's site.

I could see them holding onto that for a decade at least after St Paul's transfers. I wonder what it'll get used for in between, will they demolish it and turn it into the city's largest community garden?

[jollyburger]

Construction update from January 30th

It seems like there will be a mass transfer of patients in one day.

Did you know? Patients will move to the new hospital in just one day! We’re working with an experienced health care relocation consultant to get us prepared.

https://www.thenewstpauls.ca/en/news/2026-look-ahead

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

It seems like there will be a mass transfer of patients in one day.

That sounds impressive.
I wonder how many ambulances they'll use?
I figure a lot of patients will be moved on gurneys or stretchers.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by officedweller

That sounds impressive.
I wonder how many ambulances they'll use?
I figure a lot of patients will be moved on gurneys or stretchers.

The DH article says it will happen over a weekend.

If all goes as planned, the hospital will open and begin taking in patients in Spring 2027. Most existing patients at the Burrard Street campus will be moved to the new facility over the span of a single weekend to reduce the disruption to them as much as possible. Even after the new hospital opens, for a period of time, there will be some simultaneous crews operating both facilities.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/new-st-pauls-hospital-building-construction-inside-photos

I'm guessing this company is the hospital relocation service. They handled a 70 patient move in Kamloops in 2022

https://hcr-moves.com/project/4611/#:~:t...w,a%20neonatal%20intensive%20care%20unit.

It sounds like they'll use ambulances and I guess those hospital transfer vehicles/HandyDart for more stable people. I assume there will be some kind of dedicated corridor with police to expedite their movements.

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by officedweller

That sounds impressive.
I wonder how many ambulances they'll use?
I figure a lot of patients will be moved on gurneys or stretchers.

All of them

There are lots of other services that can handle stretchers and transfers as well, they will all be involved I'm sure.

[urbanight93]

i heard from someone who works at SP that it will be done in a day (of course, that could be the goal to limit disruption) so we will see what happens when the time comes.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by urbanight93

i heard from someone who works at SP that it will be done in a day (of course, that could be the goal to limit disruption) so we will see what happens when the time comes.

It seems like they move everyone over a day and close wards as they go. And then there's some early morning cutoff time where every patient gets redirected to the new hospital. Which might explain why it extends to two days.

[jollyburger]

Inside the hospital:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DU_aXUaDPiT/

You can also see some of the patterns on the screens for the mechanical.

[officedweller]

For lack of a better thread...

March 19th Strand twitter:


Strand is pleased to announce that Prior Place, a transformative mixed-use community
in Vancouver’s emerging health and innovation district directly adjacent to the new St. Paul’s Hospital,
has commenced construction.
Bringing 321 purpose-built rental homes, over 15,000 sf of retail space, and an 18,000-sf public plaza,
this landmark project will create a vibrant new urban hub in one of Vancouver’s fastest-growing neighbourhoods.
We look forward to sharing more as Prior Place rises.
https://x.com/Stranddev/status/2034728603380765181


https://stranddev.com/portfolio/priorplace

[Alex Mackinnon]

That's a good spot for a grocery store. Aside from Benny's and the Snail there isn't much around there until you walk all the way to No Frills.