{"id":35285,"date":"2016-12-05T12:54:25","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T11:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/the-roy-and-diana-vagelos-education-center\/"},"modified":"2016-12-05T13:03:32","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T12:03:32","slug":"the-roy-and-diana-vagelos-education-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/the-roy-and-diana-vagelos-education-center\/","title":{"rendered":"The Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center unites students across all four schools of Columbia University\u2019s Medical College (Physicians & Surgeons, Nursing, Dental Medicine, and the Mailman School of Public Health), as well as the biomedical departments of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The project reshapes the look and feel of the Medical Center, and provides spaces that facilitate the development of skills essential for modern medical practice.<\/p>\n

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photo by Iwan Baan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The principle design strategy is the \u201cStudy Cascade,\u201d a network of study and social spaces distributed along a stairway that extends the full height of the glazed tower. At each level, the stairway\u2019s landings expand into alcove spaces of various sizes, configurations, and ambiences \u2013 small and focused, large and social, enclosed and private, open and communal.<\/p>\n

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photo by Iwan Baan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Designed to be conducive to collaborative, team-based learning and teaching, the alcoves open onto south-facing outdoor terraces, and also connect to the north side of the tower that houses the stack of flexible academic classrooms and administrative spaces.<\/p>\n