By Frances Phillips
Senior Content Marketing Manager
Published by: Shaw Contract
Design Firm: Avid Architecture
Norwood Medical Centre’s biophilic design brings the Alberta, Canada, mountainscape to its urban Edmonton location. The project designers specified Shaw Contract Diffuse carpet tile on Ecologix® for this location to provide underfoot comfort and acoustical benefits for pharmacists and staff, which complements the space function of promoting human health.
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Biophilia leads medical centre’s design
A community of doctors aspired to develop a new walk-in medical facility and pharmacy while bringing a sense of the Alberta, Canada, landscape to its urban Edmonton location. Avid Architecture Inc. fulfilled this vision through a biophilic design conceived as an angular, rocky outcropping intersected by walls of glass. Tones and forms of the facade are reminiscent of the surrounding natural valley and winter snow, and open skies.
The building addresses the City of Edmonton’s pedestrian streetfront requirements for reviving neglected areas. This involved increasing visibility and updating the streetscape
experience while still accommodating the program’s need for privacy in some spaces.
Durability of materials and operational longevity were two other central goals for this busy
medical facility.
The new Norwood Medical Centre pharmacy design is an ideal work environment for the physically and emotionally demanding roles of pharmacists. An abundance of space around the island ensures technicians are able to move between drop-off and pick- up stations with ease. Shelving and drawer space allow pharmacy supplies to be well organized; ample lighting provides the right amount of glow to prevent headaches and eye irritation.
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