Flex Space

Flex Space Lounge

"every donation and transplantation reflects a family that has been forever changed, and a community that has come together to make each life-saving gift possible"

- Prasad Garimella

currently there are 1,685 men, women + children on the national transplant waiting list in ontario as of january 2019. there have been 144 donors both living + deceased, as well as 275 transplants have been preformed. all of these statistics have been collected from january 1 - march 31 2019.

i s s u e

our mission is to enhance, celebrate and save lives through organ + blood donation while increasing community awareness about the importance of this altruistic gesture.

m i s s i o n

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375 university ave, toronto, on

8 min walk (650 m) from toronto general, mount sinai + sickkids

direct access to path system + multiple other public transportation options located downtown

four-level parking garage + 220 parking spaces + 24/7 manned security

complimentary shuttle service direct from hospital to facility

site plan

university centre building

constructed in 1952

ninth floor

20,312 sqft

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l o c a t i o n

r e s e a r c h

healthcare patient care room design impacts the wellbeing of patients who are going through organ transplantation both mentally and physically. the objective of this research was to obtain new information directly from organ donors and recipients on their perspective of the patient care rooms they lived in during their surgery + recovery time.

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a m e n i t i e s

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c o n c e p t

m e n d i n g

fix | restore | retouch

to make better; improve.

to progress toward recovery; to grow back together.

healing can only be done through the mending of the body and mind. grasping at the ideas of stitching and rebuilding, mending came into the light as the perfect balance between the two.

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the gesture connects one side of the building to the next almost creating a stitch, representing the healing that is done in this facility both mentally and physically. the pulling of each side creates a sense of community within the centre of the space where individuals can connect.