About the Project
Five interconnected factory buildings were transformed into a new home for WSU’s Physical Therapy and Physician’s Assistant programs and associated WATC programs.
WDM’s design incorporated:
- Existing skylights for natural light
- Original wood flooring where possible
- Lecture-style and team-collaboration classrooms
- Meeting rooms
- Commons areas with lockers and vending
- Break rooms
- Both shared and private office space
To facilitate the best learning environment possible, a simulated hospital was designed with every detail, from mock gas hook-ups to mounted ophthalmoscope, otoscope, blood pressure cuff and sharps containers. “Hospital rooms” were designed with two-way mirrors and A/V connectivity for teachers to observe and direct student learning.
Simulated hospital area:
- Full-scale hospital rooms
- Birthing room
- Operating theater
- Multiple scrub-in sinks
- Exam rooms
- Physical therapy gyms
- A synthetic cadaver tank for dissection
- Wider doorways to accommodate gurneys
- Patient bathrooms to learn transfer technique
