The Nephrology department at Seven Oaks General Hospital wished to expand and enhance its research activities by establishing a centre focused on kidney health and personal medicine called the Chronic Disease Research Centre. ft3’s services included the functional analysis of the space and planning, coordinating, and procuring new furniture and equipment. One significant design challenge required working within the constraints of the existing auditorium's high ceiling volume (approximately 20 feet above the finished floor) and providing a space that accommodates private and shared collaborative teaming areas.

The Solstice Spa at Elkhorn Resort intends to expand their present spa facilities to allow for up to 30,000 visitors per year, tripling their present volume. To facilitate this, they will add approximately 2,200 m2 in outdoor and interior relaxation spaces. We are thrilled to be the team involved to design their new Nordic spa that includes hot and temperate pools, a cold plunge, saunas, and plenty of outdoor fireplaces and seating to help rejuvenate the body, mind and soul.

In support of the WRHA Clinical Consolidation and to meet the needs of anticipated, increased level of patient visits, ft3 was awarded the contract to lead the new emergency department project for one of Manitoba's largest healthcare facilities.

A wonderful part of the West Broadway, Wolseley, West End neighbourhood. It exemplifies the grassroots / community spirit that has long been a characteristic of this part of the city now with an even stronger presence as it joins forces with SERC.

Already a part of an aging-in-place campus, the major expansion of the Rest Haven Personal Care Home from 60 residents to 142 which is linked to Woodhaven Manor seniors housing (also designed by ft3 in two phases in the 1990s) supports community, family and friends in a safe, residential model.

The Healing Forest is a living memorial to Indigenous children lost to or affected by the residential school system. Its roots are within the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Calls to Action and is part of a network of Healing Forests to be developed across Canada.

The path represents order in an often complicated, overwhelming and hectic place. Carefully considered design brings calmness to a space and in this case helps point the focus on a patient-centric world.

ft3 is privileged to have been involved in this integrated inpatient unit for acute stroke care and rehabilitation, a first of its kind in Manitoba. The framework for designing the new unit evolved from a value-focused thinking approach derived from an expert team of interdisciplinary staff who identified what was considered important for impatient stroke rehabilitation.

The dramatic angular winged canopy captures the powerful gesture of the majestic thunderbird. This wing-span cleverly accentuates the main entry, guiding all visitors to enter within. The symbolic black, white, red and yellow colours of God’s Lake First Nation are utilized in materials such as the roofing material and the thunderbird flooring inlay.