Part of:

• Fonds: John C. Parkin fonds, 1929-1987
•    Series: Architectural projects, 1945-1986
•      Project: University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario (1974-1984), 1971-1984

People:

• John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)

Title:

University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario (1974-1984)

Date:

1971-1984

Level of archival description:
Project

Extent and medium:

• 2253 drawings (including 2182 reprographic copies)
  322 photographic materials
  4.974 l.m. of textual records
  1 work of art

Scope and content:
This project series documents the design and construction of the University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building in Ottawa, Ontario from 1974-1984. The office identified the project number as 7402.
The Ottawa Heath Sciences Complex, a vast hospital network encompassing institutions across the city, hired Parkin Architects Planners in 1971 to design and construct University of Ottawa buildings within the network. These campus buildings were located in the Alta Vista neighbourhood and referred to as the Health Sciences Centre. This project consists of one building in that complex, the Health Sciences Building. The distinction between these names should be noted when viewing the materials. The Health Sciences Building was built as a teaching hospital and the main hub of clinical learning at the University of Ottawa’s School of Medicine. The building was conceived as a response to a lack of research spaces in Ottawa hospitals at that time. The building was proposed to be 230,000 net assigned square feet, with 75,000 net assigned square feet designated as research space.

The project is recorded through textual records, construction photographs, drawings and artwork dating from 1971-1984. The textual records show correspondence with the clients, consultants and contractors, construction change orders and instructions, site and construction reports, meeting minutes, specifications, financial records, detail and product research and planning, and schedules. There are also a large number of detail drawings disbursed throughout the textual records. Box AP018.S1.1974.PR02.001 contains an index to the textual records, which was created by the office.

Reference number:

AP018.S1.1974.PR02

Arrangement:
Materials in this project series have been compiled from different accessions and/or arranged by material type.

Conditions governing reproduction:

• AR1997:0021: Jennifer A.C. Parkin holds copyright. Permission must be sought from copyright holder before reproductions can be made.

Location:

Ottawa Ontario Canada

Related units of description:

• In this fonds, there are additional files that contain material for this project: AP018.S1.1982.PR07.004; AP018.S1.1974.PR25.011; AP018.S1.1980.PR09.SS1.003. File AP018.S1.1974.PR02.020 in this project series contains materials for other projects in this fonds: AP018.S1.1974.PR25, Royal Ottawa Regional Rehabilitation Centre, Ottawa Health Sciences Centre, Ottawa, Ontario. Records for related projects are also included in this fonds, see: AP018.S1.1971.PR09, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Centre, Ottawa, Ontario; AP018.S1.1972.PR11, Ottawa Health Sciences Centre, Parking Garage PS2, Ottawa, Ontario; AP018.S1.1974.PR25, Royal Ottawa Regional Rehabilitation Centre, Ottawa Health Sciences Centre, Ottawa, Ontario; AP018.S1.1978.PR06, Ottawa Health Sciences Centre, Conceptual Site Planning Easterly and Westerly Auxiliary Lands, Ottawa, Ontario; AP018.S1.1984.PR06, Royal Ottawa Regional Rehabilitation Centre, Flammable Storage Room Alterations, Ottawa, Ontario.

Contains:

• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.001, Box of conference reports and client correspondence, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1971-1982
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.002, Box of correspondence with client and consultants, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1974-1982
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.003, Box of correspondence with contractors and consultants, and inspections and tests, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1971-1983
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.004, Box of correspondence with contractors, inspections and tests, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1979-1982
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.005, Box of certificates of payment, change orders and meeting minutes, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1980-1982
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.006, Project documentation, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1972-1980
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.007, Box of financial records and supplementary instructions, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1977-1982
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.008, Project documentation, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1977-1982
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.009, Project documentation, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1977-1982
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.010, Project documentation, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1974-1982
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.011, Project documentation, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1977-1982
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.012, Project documentation, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1979-1981
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.013, Box of schedules, specifications and supplementary instructions, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1979-1982
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.014, Project documentation, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1979-1982
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.015, Project documentation, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1974-1982
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.016, Project documentation, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1974-1984
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.017, Box of specifications, agendas and construction correspondence, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1979-1981
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.018, Site concept, floor plans and elevations, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1974, 1979
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.019, Plans, electrical line diagram and wall details, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1974
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.020, Site plan image, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, circa 1974
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.021, Preliminary construction drawings, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1979-1981
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.022, Floor plans, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, circa 1974
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.023, Preliminary construction drawings, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1974-1979
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.024, Preliminary construction drawings for reflected ceiling plans, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1979
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.025, Heat and vent plan, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1981
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.026, Site plan, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, circa 1974
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.027, Floor plans, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1982
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.028, Construction floor plans, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1979-1981
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.029, Floor plans, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1982
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.030, Floor plans, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, circa 1974
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.031, Level three reflected ceiling plan, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1979
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.032, Painting by Dawson, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 1979
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.033, Faculty of medicine coat of arms, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, circa 1974
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.034, Presentation sketches, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, circa 1974
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.035, Preliminary drawing of floor plans, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, circa 1974
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.036, Presentation board of site plan model, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontari, circa 1974
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.037, Presentation boards of site concept and floor plans, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, circa 1974
• AP018.S1.1974.PR02.038, Presentation boards of site and floor plans, elevation and section, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, Ontario, circa 1974