Creighton University, Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Health Sciences Building
Phoenix, Arizona
Design Team
Benjamin Kroll, AIA, LEED AP; Mike Houston; Joe Lang, AIA; Brian Halsey, AIA, LEED AP; Scott Lundberg, AIA; Eric Winkler, AIA
The Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Health Sciences Campus in Phoenix, Arizona, has established new principles of interdisciplinary, experiential, and active learning pedagogies. The campus provides dynamic, flexible, technology-rich learning environments for over 900 medical, nursing, and allied health students. The design of this building reinforces a holistic approach to education, sustainable and WELL building strategies, and distinctive collaborative pedagogy.
The site selection, access to public transportation, and response to the urban condition supported the building’s response to its city and carbon reduction. Slight shifts in the building’s mass and fenestration express the program within, and the building’s glazing reflects its urban and mountainous atmosphere.
The design of the building’s human movement centers on well-being spaces that allowed for access to natural ventilation, outdoor study environments, vertical connections, and diverse technology; these enhance the learning environment and emphasize collaborative pedagogy. The facility’s medical simulation environments, standardized patient suites, classrooms, research and laboratory environments, “vertical learning commons” of interconnecting stairways, atriums, and gathering spaces create collaborative environments with framed views.
Additional Information
Associated Firm
Butler Design Group Inc.
Capacity
2,500
Cost per Sq Ft
$415.00
Citation
Post-Secondary Citation
Featured in
2022 Architectural Portfolio
Interior category
Healthcare Facilities/Teaching Hospitals
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