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Kuwait University Health Sciences Campus and Research Center
KUWAIT UNIVERSITY | KUWAIT
The Kuwait University Health Science Campus (HSC) is an integral part of the Sabah Al-Salem University City. HSC includes five medical colleges, research laboratories, the school of dental medicine within the teaching hospital and clinics, medical support facilities and staff housing.
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SIZE
10,764,000 sf (1,000,000 sm)
DESIGN SERVICES
Master Planning, Architecture, Lab Planning, Interior Design
Perkins Eastman was awarded the 1 million sm master plan project and architectural / urban design services for the by Kuwait University Health Sciences Campus in Kuwait City. The campus includes the 250,000 sm of College buildings for Medicine, Dentistry, Allied Health, Pharmacy and Public Health studies. Additionally the campus will consists of programs for a 65,000 sm Research Center and a 180,000 sm on-campus Teaching Hospital. When built, it will cater to a student population of 6,114 students.
The project aims to address multiple design challenges such as building in continental climates, pedestrianized campus experiences and a creating a humane scale of architecture for students to interact. The greater ambition is to provide a robust academic framework of multi-disciplinary institutes that are centered around the ethos of open dissemination of knowledge. The design aims to provide a visionary campus programming, creating a future for Health Sciences studies in the region.
