Project Description
Nazarbayev University School of
Medicine (NUSOM) is a new school
scheduled to be opened in 2015.
The strategic academic partner for
NUSOM is the top ranked University
of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
NUSOM will develop a unique model of
medical education where the graduates will have the opportunity to build
their careers as scholars in medical
research, education, and patient care.
The school includes both medical and
nursing education and is unique in its
inter-professional training and research
collaborations. In the 4-year graduate
medical block based curriculum, the
students will be introduced to clinical experiences from their first year.
The site selected for the Nazarbayev
University School of Medicine is
near NU’s main campus and in close
proximity to the hospitals of National
Medical Holding, also part of NU,
which will serve as clinical rotation
sites for the students.
The facility’s unique design was
inspired by the essential ideal of a
community of learning, discovery,
and healing. It will provide an environment where the future healthcare
professionals will participate in an
interdisciplinary, team-based approach
to education, allowing for a well-balanced, focused and diverse learning
outcome.
The building is based on the metaphor
of two healing hands coming together
to create one community, the community of NUSOM. This metaphor quickly
developed in specific strategies for
efficient building flows, effective and
efficient functionality within the curriculum-based vertical stacking as well as creating a sense of transparency, and
interior / exterior connectivity