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58 | DECEMBER 2019 PAH Foundation Lodge RENDERINGS COURTESY DEREK CRAWFORD ARCHITECT INC. PAH Foundation Lodge by ROBIN BRUNET T he need for expanded health-care services in B.C. is critical, so it's no surprise that when the Peace Arch Hospital Foundation got the opportunity to extend the Peace Arch Hospital's res- idential care services, the project soon evolved to include hospice and mental health services – all under one roof. And therein lay the main challenge of developing the new PAH Foundation Lodge, located at the Peace Arch Hospital site. Art Reitmayer, princi- pal at Field & Marten Associates (the project managers for the new facility), explains, "These three groups have three very different needs, and great care had to be taken to ensure that a single facility would meet those needs, right down to the fixtures and materi- als chosen for the interiors." The Foundation began discuss- ing the feasibility of a new residential care facility with a smaller hospice component in 2012 (initially, a stand- alone hospice was envisioned, but the two components were amalgamated after land beside the hospital was ear- marked as a suitable site). Reitmayer says, "Then in 2015 the plans changed again when Fraser Health Authority informed us it needed new mental health beds." What was initially a lodge for 185 residential and 15 hospice beds became a lodge with 15 hospice beds, 112 residence beds, and 73 spaces for older residents with mental health conditions. The Foundation retained Derek Crawford Architect Inc. to develop these three components and ensure the lodge would fit in with the sur- rounding residential neighbourhood. Principal Derek Crawford says, "Programming drove the conceptual design, but there was a lot of room for architectural expression." Normally, health-care facilities tend to be a variation of a rectangular form, but the site for the new lodge was square, "and this led us to create a four- storey structure consisting of a central core with four 'spokes', like a cross," says Crawford. "In addition to bet- ter segregating the three types of care spaces, this allowed for courtyards – including a dedicated courtyard for the hospice – in two spaces between the spokes; a heavy timber porte cochere drop-off entry in the third space; and parkade entry in the fourth space." The interior design (which was aided by Mary Chernoff, principal at In-House Design Services Ltd.) was organized according to different neighbourhoods with shared dining, lounges, and activity spaces. "These smaller, self-contained spaces reinforced the residential scale of the complex," says Crawford. Public areas of the main floor were organized around an internal street running from the main entry. The street program included a large multi- purpose room for functions accessible to a large exterior patio; administration offices; sacred space; and a hair salon. Staff rooms, laundry, kitchen, and stor- age along with mechanical/electrical were located in the basement. To help the lodge blend with the neighbourhood, large balconies were established overlooking the streets bor- dering the facility, "and we used a series of vertical panels of cedar-like mate- rial along with brick and Hardie siding, much the way townhouses would be clad," says Crawford. Extensive glazing added to the facility's visual appeal, and flat urban roofs with generous over- hangs added depth and articulation to the facade while reducing solar gain. Lark Group broke ground on the site in the summer of 2017. "The design was still being fine-tuned as the build- ing took shape," says Suleiman Bosheh, project manager, Field & Marten Associates. "It was a tight site, and Lark had to mitigate sound disturbance as well as make other adjustments, but the construction process went smoothly." Sustainability was important to the lodge's success; hence, low-E glass and high-quality LEED certified mate- rials including Nichiha fibre cement board were used for the exterior. PMG Landscape Architects made use of native/non-native shrubs and drought tolerant plants to reduce irrigation needs, and canopy trees in the parking area to reduce the urban heat island effect. Inside, heat recovery technology was installed to recover energy from the exhausted air and transfer it to the incoming air. DDC controls were cho- sen for more efficient energy use; and a high-efficiency mechanical system combining CFC reduction was installed. As the new PAH Foundation Lodge nears completion, Reitmayer says, "Although the basic concept of the proj- ect evolved drastically and so many parties had a voice as to what the pro- gramming would be, the finished product is a wonderful addition to the Foundation's health-care services." A LOCATION 15521 Russell Avenue, White Rock, B.C. OWNER/DEVELOPER Peace Arch Hospital Foundation PROJECT MANAGER Field & Marten Associates ARCHITECT Derek Crawford Architect Inc. GENERAL CONTRACTOR Lark Group STRUCTURAL CONSULTANT Bogdonov Pao Associates Ltd. MECHANICAL CONSULTANT Williams Engineering ELECTRICAL CONSULTANT Colwin Electrical Group LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT PMG Landscape Architects TOTAL SIZE 140,000 square feet TOTAL COST $40 million Colwin Electrical Group: Providing Energy for Life Colwin would like to congratulate the entire Design/Build Team on the completion of PAH - Foundation Lodge! 2829 Murray Street, Port Moody, BC V3H 1X3 | email@colwin.net | T: 604-461-2181 FM37207.indd 1 11/5/19 12:25

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