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Facility Focus MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE EDUCATION
City Colleges of Chicago
Malcolm X College and School of Health Sciences
THE NEW Malcolm X College and School of Health Sciences, located in Chicago’s Medical District, pro- vides 545,000 square feet of state-of-the-art learning and support spaces for hands-on training of allied health professionals. The campus is comprised of a series of inter- connected buildings designed to interact with the surrounding neighborhood. The facility design leverages transparency to provides a variety of touch-down spaces for idea sharing, collaboration, group study, and model academic behavior.
The classrooms, teaching labs, rec- reation facilities, conference center, and support spaces are all organized around a student union, library, and roof garden. The facility is crowned by an eight-story
tower, which represents a virtual hospi- tal and includes classrooms, skill, and high-fidelity simulation labs; all spaces are designed with advanced technology and equipment to emulate modern healthcare facilities. The simulation spaces support multi-step scenarios that prepare learners for real-life events.
The college-to-careers educational model links highly specialized curriculums with the needs of local employers to create a direct bridge between students and jobs in fields such as nursing, radiology, para- medics, pharmacy, dentistry, and more. The facility also operates a dental clinic to outreach to the community.
Moody Nolan served as architect-of- record for the building and 1,200-car park-
ing structure. HERA laboratory planners provided medical and simulation equip- ment and AV/Data capture programming, planning, and implementation for 67 allied health spaces housing 125 different simula- tion event spaces. Additionally, HERA pro- vided full design and equipment planning services for the core laboratory spaces.
The building is surrounded by a high- performance envelope to reduce its carbon footprint. An intensive green roof and patio space, which utilizes solar reflecting perme- able pavers, reduces the overall heating and cooling load of the building. A water reclama- tion irrigation system harvests and stores rain water for watering site plantings while also mitigating storm water run-off. The project hasachievedLEEDGoldcertification. CPM
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