We design buildings for teamwork so that medical students learn and prepare to practice together. While interaction occurs in classrooms and informal study spaces, the shared use of simulation areas and teaching labs provide the most potential for interdisciplinary education. Our space planning and programming methodology is designed to support this integration at multiple scales. At the scale of individual rooms, both Tufts University’s gross anatomy labs and the University of Hartford’s simulation and standardized patient care spaces are designed for use by multiple programs. Integration informs our approach to design not only because clients seek multi-use spaces but because the healthcare profession requires graduates who understand the broader continuum of care.
Lynn R. Goldman, MD, MS, MPH, Professor, GWU, 2015Milken Institute SPH is also a living model of a healthy workplace and actively promotes public health in ways large and small. An open, skylit central stair that visually connects all the building's floors invites visitors, staff and students to walk instead of taking the elevators, which are placed discreetly out of view.
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George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health 67 kBtu/SF
Innovative organization provides faculty and students with a rich diversity of individual and collaborative environments. A dynamic open stair ascends all eight stories and floor openings drive daylight and views into the central atrium. The building provides a centralized home for the University’s multidisciplinary public health endeavors and serves as a critical forum where experts address today’s most pressing global health issues. LEED Platinum Certified. Awards: AIA COTE Top Ten Green Projects 2017, AIA Honor Award for Interior Architecture 2017, AIA New York COTE Honor Award 2016, BSA Honor Award 2016, BSA Sustainable Design Award 2016, SCUP/AIA-CAE Merit Award 2015, AIA New England Merit Award 2015, IIDA New England Best Education Design 2015, AIA Washington DC Award 2014
University of Hartford, Hursey Center for Advanced Engineering and Health Professions 43 kBtu/SF
The New Academic Building includes a suite of specialized facilities consisting of immersive simulation, bedside skills, outpatient exam and home health. The building serves a broad spectrum of health sciences programs, including nursing, occupational health, physical therapy, respiratory care and general health sciences.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Scaife Hall Master Plan and Medical Education Building
Scaife Hall is part of a complex of health education buildings at the University of Pittsburgh and features shared study, social and library space for all health science programs. Awards: AIA Pittsburgh Merit Award 2018
University of Alabama, School of Nursing Addition/Renovation
The new addition houses classrooms, offices and research space, along with increased skills lab space and a new Nursing Competency Suite for detailed training and testing.
Tufts University School of Medicine, Michael Jaharis Jr. Anatomy Laboratory
The new anatomy lab accommodates 40 dissection tables that support more than 200 medical and dental school students. Spread across multiple floors, the project also offers flexible teaching spaces for both wet and dry instruction, with optimized advances in imaging and visualization technologies.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Biomedical Science Tower III
Laboratory and support space for research programs including the Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, the Center for Human Genetics and Integrative Biology and the Bioengineering Department. This new facility serves as the university research community’s new front door on a prominent street in downtown Pittsburgh. Awards: R&D Magazine Lab of the Year Special Mention 2007, BSA Honor Award 2007, AIA/New England Merit Award 2007, AIA/Pittsburgh Honor Award 2007
Temple University, Health Sciences Campus Transformation Framework Plan
The framework plan guides future development of Temple University’s Health Sciences which encompasses a broad range of professional schools dedicated to training the next generation of healthcare providers and advancing health science research. Awards: SCUP/AIA-CAE Excellence in Planning for an Existing Campus 2016, BSA Citation for Campus Planning 2015
