The new Copeman Healthcare Centre at 1128 Hornby Street, centrally located near St. Paul’s Hospital in downtown Vancouver, has officially opened. Designed by Kirsten Reite Architecture (KRA), the new 20,000 sq ft private medical clinic reflects Copeman’s patient-centred collaborative healthcare model, strengthening their mandate to provide individual care to support health and wellness.

Their former centre consisted of a number of offices scattered over several floors. The new consolidated facility supercedes the previous arrangement, successfully addressing issues of wayfinding, flow inefficiencies and communication between staff.

“Along with Copeman Healthcare’s new upscale location we also wanted to enhance the collaboration between our inter-disciplinary team – collaboration is something that is extremely important for our staff and clients. KRA understood this importance and worked with us to meet our clinical and client experience needs. Their experience and expertise helped us make our vision a beautifully designed reality. The new office fully supports our culture of teamwork and collaboration,” says project manager of Copeman Healthcare Sarah Lall.

The project accommodates a wide range of state-of-the-art treatment and administrative spaces, including a physiotherapy + exercise medicine Centre, psychological health Centre, a brain health Centre and a stroke + brain injury Rehabilitation Facility.

Employing an evidence-based approach, KRA worked with Copeman Healthcare practitioners and staff to design solutions focused on health and healing to improve quality of care, attract more patients, recruit and retain staff, and enhance efficiency and productivity. As leaders in healthcare design, KRA brought their understanding of the importance of creating healthcare facilities that respects and balances the highly technical and service related requirements of lean design healthcare while creating a healing, relaxing and stress-reduced environment.