A new 15,000-square-foot administrative office and main entrance has been consolidated to the west side of the facility. This wing will accommodate 40 staff. Included in the design are meeting rooms, a staff kitchen and a 40-seat training room that can be separated into smaller meeting rooms. All rooms are located off a central spine connecting staff directly to the manufacturing areas to the east of the building.

The new staff area has been located at the centre of the building, allowing easy access to the manufacturing and warehouse spaces. This area includes a locker room for 300 staff, a new lunch room accommodating seating for up to 150, washrooms, an airlock, gowning space, and a security room. The new lunchroom is at the heart of the staff zone where the old shipping area once existed and is defined by a tall space with overhead glass doors allowing natural daylight to fill this tall space acting as an internal courtyard along the central pedestrian circulation spine.

The staff-related program areas have been designed as low pods to contrast the impact of the tall, open-ceilinged warehouse space. Clad with coloured tiles and rounded corners, the pods provide a visual impact while reducing wear in high-traffic areas. All walls and ceilings above the pods are painted black.

All skin care formulations are mixed within the compounding room in stainless steel kettles. SvN helped coordinate a complex network of services that feed into the kettles which include steam, water and compressed air. A new dust collecting system has also been added.

The bottle filling and tubing area has been divided into an outer ring of GMP spaces and a non-GMP packaging room. The finished product is fed into either bottle filling or tubing lines, packaged and then stored in the shipping warehouse.

The QC lab is used to prepare samples and conduct testing on manufactured goods before packaging and shipping. Small-scale processes such as weighing powder materials, blending, and heating will occur within the room. The alcove located within the QC lab area will contain cold storage for samples. A new fume extraction system with associated arms has also been designed to support lab functions.

SvN worked closely with the QC Lab Manager to develop the overall design, including coordinating all equipment within the space. SvN also designed the metal casework.

Treaty Lands
Toronto Purchase Treaty 13 (1805)

Indigenous Rights Holders
Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation

Historical Occupation
Anishinaabe, Attiwonderonk, Haudenosaunee, Huron Wendat

*Treaty, territory and historical occupation information has been included for educational purposes, and is meant to show respect for these caregivers. This information is not intended to be a finite view, nor is it intended to represent legal rights or definitive boundaries. To learn more about these matters, please contact the nations in question.