The Pavilion at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is a state-of-the-art inpatient facility and a new institutional and architectural icon for Penn Medicine on its extensive academic medical campus in West Philadelphia. Designed by PennFIRST, an integrated project delivery team, and adjacent to some of the world’s most advanced research laboratories and specialized treatment facilities, the building enables collaboration and research centered on patient care. The Pavilion is a blueprint for the ‘hospital of the future’, with a focus on patient experience and comfort while providing the most advanced medical care in the world.

Join us on a tour of the 1.5m square foot facility, and learn how an integrated design approach led to maximized efficiency, advanced technology, and elevated experience. 

Learning Objectives

1. Learn how an on-stage/off-stage planning model leads to greater efficiency and comfort.
2. See how integrated building system technology enhances user control and experience.
3. Learn strategies for engaging users in the design process.
4. Explore benefits that integrated project delivery brings to complex project types.

Credits

1.5 AIA LUs

Speakers

• Stephen Greulich
• Derek Tasch

*Tour Departs the Center for Architecture + Design at 11:10 a.m. on 11/11/22.