Miami University Health Sciences Center
Cost $96,000,000
Size 170,000 SF
HEAPY provided the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design criteria services for Miami University’s new health sciences facility. The project brought together several existing academic units related to health fields and the health industry. This new $96 million facility combined health-related programs and equipment to foster efficient use of resources and encourage multidisciplinary collaboration.
The new facility provides space for formal learning, health science, informal learning, workplace, health sciences, and building support. These spaces now consist of:
- Classrooms
- Labs
- Research
- Clinics
- Wellness
- Counseling
- Simulation
- Therapy
- Meeting Spaces
- Lounges
The Health Sciences facility is comprised of three wings, connected by a “wellness ribbon,” or corridor, connecting three academic programs and three clinics both figuratively and collaboratively.
The south wing houses Miami’s TriHealth employee and student health centers, the student counseling service, and the speech and hearing clinic.
The middle wing houses faculty and staff offices, inter-professional lounges, and research labs for speech pathology and audiology faculty.
The north wing houses three academic programs: speech pathology and audiology, the Oxford cohort for the BSN nursing program, and the new Master of Medical Science (MMSc)/Physician Associate studies program.
