Mixed-use Medical Facility
During this senior-level studio course, students designed a mixed-use medical facility. The areas required in the project included an urgent care facility, a retail pharmacy, a café, a healing garden, and a specialty practice medical office of their choice. Topics presented in the course included through lecture, discussion, and project application included:
Building codes for healthcare environments
Materials application based on space use
Incorporating brand identity into the design of the interiors
Wayfinding with iconography and visual landmarks
Researching and applying evidence-based space design for healing environments
Application of color and environmental psychology for healthcare environments
Space planning and material use applications to health, safety, and sanitation issues.
Moon Mountain Oncology Center
Wellspring Medical Group
Horizons Oncology Center
Note: Students’ names are redacted to protect their privacy.