Colorado State University Health and Medical Center 02_STORY Design Team
Firm Profile
Architects | Bennet Wagner Grody Architects & Cannon Design (Merged in 2017)
In 2017, Cannon Design merged with Bennet Wagner Grody Architects to expand their firm expertise. The group focuses on their design approach, ”Living Center Design”, to create a user forward design. Cannon Design mostly focuses on hospitals and medical centers and occasionally crosses over with university based projects. Previous projects include the UC San Diego Health Center, Uber Advanced Technology Group Center, and Children’s Hospital of Colorado & Colorado Springs Memorial Hospital.
Construction Firm | Adolfson & Peterson Construction Glass Staircase | TREX Commercial Products Engineers | Not Available
Stats Location | Fort Collins, Colorado Size | 113,300 SF & 47,700 SF for future development Year Started & Completed | February 2015 & August 2017
Initial Reflection With the beginings of our research, The Colorado State University Health and Medical Center is a Wellness Center that not only serves and sufficiently meets the needs of the CSU Students, but supports the greater Northern Colorado Community. The building employs new “high-tech” techniques to integrate changeable audio and visual simulation in the first floor reflection space. The designer’s utilized systems thinking by leaving the fourth floor unfinished and therefore available for the center to grow into the space as needed in the future. The project was able to respond to the two recieved large donors and create a space that is open for the communities use.
Project Background The Health and Medical Center was not only built for the Colorado State University campus, but also the Northern Colorado Community. The school was aiming to congregate their scattered and aged 1964 mid-century buildings under one roof through the new four-story medical center. With the support of Cololumbine Health Systems and University of Colorado Health, a new facility with medical, counseling, and public healthcare services became possible with a design emphasis on collaboration and teambased care with high-tech reflection spaces. The Kendall Reagan Nutrition Center has expanded into the building since the completion date. UC San Diego Health Center
Children’s Hospital of Colorado
Colorado State University Health and Medical Center. Cannon Design. https://www.cannondesign.com/our-work/ work/colorado-state-university-health-medical-center/ https://www.trexcommercial.com/projects/colorado-state-university-health-medical-center/ https://source.colostate.edu/new-medical-center-planned-gateway-campus/ https://www.a-p.com/projects/colorado-state-university-health-and-medical-center
ARCH 341 | Fall 2020 | White | Robbie Reitz & Jillian Steinhilber
