Medical education reimagined

Harvard Medical School

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The Medical Education Center is the primary facility for classroom and lab training at Harvard Medical School. To accommodate the newly-designed "Pathways” curriculum and provide flexible, case-based collaborative learning studios, it was necessary to completely renovate the four existing skills suites. Comprising a total of 16,000 SF, each suite consists of a large learning studio, a damp lab, a small classroom, and adjacent tutorial rooms.
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Harvard Medical School is transforming their teaching approach by combining dynamic in-class experiences with clinical and patient immersion. We were challenged to implement a new vision for learning and student engagement with our design. They needed substantial flexibility to take advantage of myriad opportunities across Harvard University and around the world.

Rob Quigley, AIA, ARC Principal

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The learning studios distinguish four societies of medical students, each identified by a unique color scheme. The large learning studios allow teaching and faculty-student information exchange to occur anywhere in the expansive, open rooms.

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2.5 months

Fast-track construction timeline to implement HMS’ new curriculum and learning methodologies

classroom set up with flexible furniture
students with flexible furniture sitting in a circle in classroom

Photography: Peter Vanderwarker Photography

Project
Tosteson Medical Education Center Classroom Renovations at Harvard Medical School
Location
Boston, MA
Size
16,000 SF

Medical education reimagined

Harvard Medical School

Vanderwarker pdv_2418.jpg
Project
Tosteson Medical Education Center Classroom Renovations at Harvard Medical School
Location
Boston, MA
Size
16,000 SF
The Medical Education Center is the primary facility for classroom and lab training at Harvard Medical School. To accommodate the newly-designed "Pathways” curriculum and provide flexible, case-based collaborative learning studios, it was necessary to completely renovate the four existing skills suites. Comprising a total of 16,000 SF, each suite consists of a large learning studio, a damp lab, a small classroom, and adjacent tutorial rooms.
Presentation Mode

Harvard Medical School is transforming their teaching approach by combining dynamic in-class experiences with clinical and patient immersion. We were challenged to implement a new vision for learning and student engagement with our design. They needed substantial flexibility to take advantage of myriad opportunities across Harvard University and around the world.

Rob Quigley, AIA, ARC Principal

Vanderwarker pdv_2535A.jpg

The learning studios distinguish four societies of medical students, each identified by a unique color scheme. The large learning studios allow teaching and faculty-student information exchange to occur anywhere in the expansive, open rooms.

Vanderwarker pdv_2665.jpg

2.5 months

Fast-track construction timeline to implement HMS’ new curriculum and learning methodologies

classroom set up with flexible furniture
students with flexible furniture sitting in a circle in classroom

Photography: Peter Vanderwarker Photography

Medical education reimagined / Harvard Medical School
Vanderwarker pdv_2665.jpg
Vanderwarker pdv_2418.jpg
classroom set up with flexible furniture
Vanderwarker pdv_2418.jpg
students with flexible furniture sitting in a circle in classroom
Vanderwarker pdv_2418.jpg
Vanderwarker pdv_2418.jpg
Vanderwarker pdv_2535A.jpg
Vanderwarker pdv_2418.jpg