H E A LT H F U T U R E S C E N T E R A R I Z O N A S TAT E U N I V E R S I T Y
CO N T E N TS I N T RO D U CT I O N SITE
D E S E RT A RC H I T ECT U R E PROGRAM
INTRODUCTION The 150,000-sf Health Futures Center (HFC) is the first building to represent the 20-year partnership between Arizona State University and Mayo Clinic. HFC serves as an anchor for the new 24-acre campus, a magnet for development, and expands ASU’s impact as a research-focused institution in transdisciplinary medical technology acceleration and innovation, entrepreneurship and education. It supports interdepartmental research and collaborative programs of ASU and Mayo Clinic, establishing a nexus of research, teaching, and meeting space to improve health outcomes in Arizona. The building combines programs of ASU’s College of Health Solutions, College of Nursing & Health Innovation, and the Fulton Schools of Engineering, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, with patient care and research programs of Mayo Clinic. HFC features wet and dry research laboratories, medical simulation, a MedTech accelerator, workspace and meeting spaces, and a conference center.
SITE As the first building planned for Arizona State University’s new Health Science Innovation Campus in Phoenix, the Health Futures Center represents an iconic design and a strong sense of place. The design team master planned the 24-acre campus and then programmed and designed the three-story facility. Positioned on the western edge of the site, the HFC provides a direct terminus to the view corridor of the adjacent Mayo Clinic Phoenix campus. The building emerges from a flat creosote landscape and alluvial floodplain with bursage and scattered Palo Verde trees. From HFC, views include the McDowell Mountains to the east and central Phoenix to the south. Future development will link the building to the Mayo Clinic via a direct pathway, and a u-shaped arrangement of research and development buildings will complete the campus.
D E S E RT A RC H I T ECT U R E
With a challenging north-south orientation in a harsh desert climate, the building required a passive-design strategy to mitigate solar gain. Along the east and west facades, glazing is angled to face north, minimizing direct exposure and heat gain while allowing for daylight to reach the interior. The exterior angular geometries highlight window placements and creates a visual, trapezoidal rhythm of faceted form and shadow along the facades.
To test facade performance during design, the team developed a custombuilt parametric tool which was leveraged to provide real-time geometric feedback on various configurations of the primary surfaces and basic structural framework. The computer model projected a 35 percent or greater reduction in solar heat gain from the self-shading faceted facade design.
PROGRAM The program is a unique blend of wet and dry research laboratories, medical simulation, a MedTech accelerator, workspace and meeting spaces, and a conference center. The design of the building maximizes interdepartmental shared space to encourage an environment of collaboration and innovation. Divided into two volumes separated by an entry courtyard, the public-facing northern wing houses the conference center. The space includes meeting rooms, two learning studios, and a doubleheight, 300-seat auditorium with an in-the-round configuration. The research, academic, workplace and flagship MedTech Accelerator program spaces are located in the southern volume and distributed across three floors. The breadth of the interdisciplinary program is on display in the soaring atrium that showcases the first floor laboratories, collaboration spaces, a café and movement lab/yoga studio. The second floor houses the MedTech Accelerator — an incubator space with modular labs created for biotech, biomedical engineering and medical devices companies. The modular labs are adjacent to shared amenities to encourage the companies to partner, create and facilitate research discoveries. The third floor bridges over the courtyard and features simulation labs and flexible workspaces for faculty, PIs and researchers designed to adapt over time.
P R O G R A M D E TA I L S
INSTRUCTIONAL SPACES
WORKPLACE
• 130-Person Learning Studio • 25-Person Classroom (6) • Teaching Kitchen • Support Spaces (2)
• Faculty Office (51) • Office Staff (3) • Office Shared (5) • Open Workstations (116) • Open Workstations - Staff Hoteling (6) • Open Workstations - Administration Support • Education Tech Support Suite • Faulty Workroom • Reception / Waiting Room • Communal Kitchen • War Room • Medium Conference (3) • Small Conference (2) • 4-Person Enclave
SIMULATION / CLINICAL SKILLS • Skills Laboratories (2) • Home Health Laboratory • 12-Person Debrief • Simulation Patient Rooms • Acute / ICU (3) • OR / Anesthesia • LDR / OB-GYN • Peds / NICU • Control Room (3) • Med Room (2) • 10-Person Debrief (6) • Support Space (2) • Standardized Patient / OSCE • SP Exam Room (4) • Monitoring Room • SP Training Room • Reception / Waiting Area • Support Space (2)
CONFERENCE • 300-Person Meeting Room • Storage • Pre-function / Staging • Catering Kitchen
INNOVATION
COMMUNITY LIFE
• Accelerator Intermediate Laboratory (2) • Accelerator Concept Laboratory (8) • Student Innovation Laboratory (2) • Accelerator Shared Laboratory • Accelerator Computation • Accelerator Collaboration (2) • Accelerator Workstations (24) • Accelerator Offices (10)
• Café • Café Support • Vending • Entry Lobby • Open Lounge (3) • Small Group Study (4) • Showers / Lockers (2) • Family Room
RESEARCH
BUILDING SUPPORT
• Large Flexible Laboratory • Medium Flexible Laboratory (2) • Small Flexible Laboratory (4) • Open Wet Laboratory (12) • Flexible Laboratory Support (4) • Bioinformatics / Biostats Dry Laboratories (4) • Tissue Culture BSL-2 (2) • Microscopy (2) • Analysis / Instrumentation • Chem / Cylinder Storage • Cold Room Ready Laboratory Support • Intake / Lobby / Waiting Area • Group Intervention Room • Interview Consult Room (3) • Child Interview / Consultation Room (2) • Observation Room (2) • Cardio & Strength Area
• Server / Data Closet (3) • Security Station • Engineering Break Room / Lockers • Custodial Closet (3) • AV Central Control Room • Campus MDF / BET Room • IDF (3) • Central Storage • Central Recycling • Central Copy / Mailroom • Building Maintenance Shop • Loading / Receiving Area
LEVEL 1 1 Lobby 2 Arrival Court 3 Learning Studio 4 Conference Center
5 Classrooms 6 Prefunction 7 Support 8 Open Laboratories
9 Café 10 Movement Lab 11 Flexible Laboratories 12 Clinical Studies
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Conference Center
LEVEL 2 1 Flexible Laboratories 2 Collaboration Rooms 3 Workstations
4 Classrooms 5 Innovation Studios 6 Open Collaboration
7 Mechanical
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Laboratory
LEVEL 3
1 Simulated Patient Rooms 4 Health Assessment Lab 2 Clinical Skills Lab 5 Workstations 3 Standardized Patient Suite 6 Closed Office
7 Bio-Informatics Lab
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Simulated Patient Room
Simulation Debrief Room
P R OJ E CT T E A M Client Arizona State University
Client asu.com
Executive Architect DFDG Architecture
Executive Architect dfdg.com
Design Architect CO Architects
Design Architect coarchitects.com
Contractor DPR Construction
Contractor dpr.com
MPE Engineer Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
MPE Engineer aeieng.com
Structural Engineer Advanced Structural Engineers
Structural Engineer advancedstructuralengineering.com
Civil Engineer Wood/Patel & Associates
Civil Engineer woodpatel.com
Landscape Architect Floor Associates
Landscape Architect floorassociates.com
AV/Acoustical/Data Jeremiah Associates, LLC
AV/Acoustical/Data 480.722.0100
Traffic CivTech, Inc.
Traffic civtech.com
Estimating Rider Levett Bucknall
Estimating rlb.com
Geotech Engineer Speedie & Associates
Geotech Engineer speedie.net