Saint-Jérôme Hospital

Country Canada
City Saint-Jérôme
Customer CISSS des Laurentides
Surface area 14,750 m²
Year 2022
Certification LEED Gold

The Mental Health Care Pavilion of the Hôpital régional de Saint-Jérôme was designed to de-institutionalize the typical psychiatric care experience for patients, healthcare staff, and visitors alike.

The designers introduced the following programming: common areas, a courtyard, a 100-seat amphitheatre, and exterior public spaces surrounding the hospital building.

The new 5-storey pavilion consists of 3 psychiatric hospitalization units, an intensive care unit, and a legal psychiatry unit with a 97-bed capacity. In addition, the pavilion includes an external psychiatry clinic for children and adolescents, meeting rooms, an auditorium, and facilities dedicated to community organizations.

The pavilion’s optimal and sensitive positioning on a restrictive site is effective in establishing links with the existing hospital.

“Our design favours warm materials, like wood, and luminous volumes on each floor of the pavilion to enhance the well-being of patients and health care providers. Many studies demonstrate the potential of materiality and luminosity to assist with healing, so the design is greatly informed by the results of such research."

– Mélanie Dupuis, Partner-In-Charge and Production Manager

The desire to offer a comfortable, human, and secure environment for both clientele and health care personnel was conveyed through a volumetry deployed around open spaces. Program facilities complementary to the health care setting simulate residential-type living spaces and offer access to exterior spaces and views of the city, casting a generous amount of natural light on the project.

The choice to integrate a building envelope with vented walls ensures abundant luminosity throughout the spaces, while also facilitating a seamless interweaving with the residential fabric of Saint-Jérôme.