Mt. Aloysius College
Center for Health Science & Technology

  • Cresson, Pennsylvania
  • Completed July 2018
  • 47,000 Square Feet
  • Design-Bid-Build
  • $11.4M Project Value

STUDY

To support a growing health sciences program and a nursing program ranked sixth in Pennsylvania, IKM worked with Mt. Aloysius College to ascertain projected space needs for the School of Health Sciences. The project determined existing space assets and utilization, provided a conditions assessment and ranked instructional spaces relative to their functional and pedagogical alignment with existing programs.

Based on forecasted demand, the project additionally provided recommendations on renovations to existing chemistry, life science and health science instructional spaces in addition to determining recommendations for new life science laboratory, medical imaging, and nursing simulation spaces and related support functions. The outcome of the project strongly positions Mt. Aloysius to remain competitive with peer institutions in a growing field of study.

RENOVATION

IKM was selected in a competitive proposal process to renovate and expand the existing Health Science Building, Pierce Hall. This project created the Learning Center for Health Science and Technology.

The expansion included lecture space as well as critically needed additional lab space, classroom, office, and, perhaps most importantly, communal learning space. The existing Pierce Hall facility was 32,000 square feet, built in 1997 to accommodate the growing need for health science professionals in the area. The demand and the changing areas of health science study had outpaced the space.

The college sought an open floor plan to foster collaborative work, learning, and research among faculty and students while allowing the school to strengthen its signature traits of mentorship and hands-on learning. Plans for new and renovated science facilities were designed to help achieve educational goals including integrated science education, adaptable and flexible learning environments, and integration with current Mt. Aloysius programs. The goal was for students, faculty, and staff to experience the connections within health science disciplines and between science, other academic fields, and “real life” outside of the classroom.

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