Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine
KAISER PERMANENTE BERNARD J. TYSON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign
CATEGORY
Higher Education
LOCATION
Pasadena, United States
ENGINEERING
Erin McConahey
AREA
80000 ft²
MANUFACTURERS
EQUITONE, Terrazzo & Marble, BAUX, Caesarstone, Daltile, Rulon International, Acadia, Alucobond
YEAR
2020
LEAD ARCHITECTS
Mehrdad Yazdani
SENIOR DESIGNER
Craig Booth
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Michael Smith
EDUCATION PLANNING
Brad Lukanic
INTERIOR DESIGNER
Nadine Quirmbach
HEALTHCARE PLANNING
Carlos Amato
As one of the leading healthcare providers in the country, Kaiser Permanente has created a new School of Medicine to train the next generation of leaders in medicine.
Kaiser Permanente sought a school unfettered by the traditional pedagogy of academic medical centers but also detached from typical campus amenities.
This pushed the design team to reimagine the typology entirely. How does one envision, on a tight urban site, all the components needed for first-rate medical education?
The resulting design is an entire campus within a building. The 80,000 sqf building houses simulation, flex classrooms, cafeteria, lecture hall, computer center, small group learning, collaboration zones, and outdoor recreation areas to create “the school of medicine as a laboratory.”
Our team’s reevaluation of administrative and other areas freed up more than 50% of the building to be programmed as flexible, almost hospitality-like zones for students to study, work out, or even meditate.
This is a far cry from the 8-18% of ‘student life’ square footage in the precedent buildings reviewed during the design process.
This approach redefines medical education, preparing a new generation of physicians to influence positive change within the Kaiser Permanente system and in hospitals, homes, schools, workplaces, and communities at large.
