CAMH - Phase 1D
Supporting Canada’s leading mental health campus
Project
CAMH - Phase 1D
Year
Ongoing
Project Background
Prioritizing dignity, legibility, and safety in a secure mental health facility at CAMH’s expanding downtown campus.
Phase 1D of the CAMH Queen Street West redevelopment introduces the Waverley House Secure Care and Recovery Building, a new facility designed to support forensic mental health care within a secure and highly specialized environment. As part of the ongoing transformation of Canada’s largest mental health teaching hospital, this phase required a signage and wayfinding strategy that could address both the operational complexity of secure care and the therapeutic needs of patients and families. Cygnus developed a wayfinding and signage system spanning interior, exterior, parking, and tunnel networks, with a focus on intuitive movement, trauma-sensitive navigation, and visual clarity. Priorities established early in the project emphasized human-scaled information, seamless integration with architectural and landscape elements, and a design language consistent with existing campus standards. The resulting system is built to guide confidently, reduce stress, and support a calm, navigable experience for all users within this critical component of the CAMH campus.
