Stephanie T. Niciszewska Mucha and Joseph J. Mucha Patient Welcome Center

Buffalo, New York

Firm

BKP Architects

Client

University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine

Area

10,000 sq.ft.

Total Cost

$1,600,000

Completion Date

03/2021

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As the first project in BKP’s phased School of Dental Medicine Master Plan, the Stephanie T. Niciszewska Mucha and Joseph J. Mucha Patient Welcome Center provides an inviting environment for patients, dental students, faculty, and community members who visit for treatment. Through its refreshed architecture and interiors, the Patient Welcome Center celebrates the school’s future while chronicling its history.

The Patient Welcome Center combines a new semicircular reception desk, waiting room with super-size graphics, and dental museum exhibits. Secure business administration and billing offices are situated behind the desk. Glass exhibit cases contain artifacts from the school’s history, including the commemorative orb carried during every graduation.

Warm wood juxtaposes against crisp white walls and the school’s signature blue accents. In order to retain and extend the existing black terrazzo floor, designers found the original contractor who used the same formula to patch and add new flooring indistinguishable from the original. Designed to wow visitors, the super-size graphic wall display in the waiting area features historical and recent photographs of the school’s students and faculty in action.

Additional Information

Associated Firm

ASI Sign Systems (Signage/Wayfinding); Pathfinder, now IMEG (HVAC/Plumbing/Fire Protection Engineering); Trophy Point (Cost Consulting); Watts Architecture & Engineering (Electrical/Environmental Engineering)