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Courtesy Stanford School of Medicine

Stanford University Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge, Palo Alto, CA

The new front door of the School of Medicine on the campus of Stanford University is a revolutionary education, training, and simulation center that blend classroom and lecture-based learning with immersive simulation-based training while creating a new home for the School of Medicine’s administrative functions and providing the students with a retreat. Aspiring doctors practice life-saving skills in realistic simulations, participate in clinical evaluations with standardized patients, attend collaborative classroom sessions, and access recorded classroom content from their computer or mobile device after each session. Working closely with NBBJ and the Stanford School of Medicine team, Shen Milsom & Wilke designed the multimedia environments to support medical simulation, classroom instruction, and conference center functions. The SM&W team also focused on providing a structured, high-performance universal IT infrastructure, the interior and exterior physical security systems, the medical equipment used within the facility, and the acoustical impacts of the architectural design. The Immersive Learning Center creates a simulated hospital environment in which students maneuver through a variety of complex clinical scenarios.

Courtesy FXFOWLE

Museum of the Built Environment, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The Museum of the Built Environment is part of the King Abdullah Financial District, a new 55 million-square-foot mixed-use community in Riyadh. The museum will explore the role that social, economic and environmental issues have played in the development of Saudi Arabia and the region.

Working closely with FXFOWLE, Shen Milsom & Wilke is providing acoustic input for this stunning glass building. Among other purposes, the museum is a primary transportation hub for the area, housing a monorail station. Along with convenience and comfort, the station introduces potential noise and vibration issues.

Most of the building is dedicated to museum functions, such as permanent and temporary galleries.  We are designing the multimedia systems for a 150-seat auditorium and instructional/meeting spaces.

Read more in Architectural Record and in World Architecture News

Courtesy STUDIOS Architecture

USO Family Center, Fort Belvoir, VA

Members of the US Armed Forces, wounded in the line of duty, often have a long road to healing. The USO Family Center at Fort Belvoir, a US Army installation, meets the non-medical needs of these individuals and their families. The space includes a large kitchen, children's play spaces, recreational areas, and learning and business centers.

Shen Milsom & Wilke designed wireless access for the entire space and a security system that protects while making sure families and volunteers are not encumbered by complex access requirements. Videoconference, recording and streaming capabilities in almost every room facilitate communication with other family members, platoon contacts, trainers, mentors and friends.  Acoustical design ensures a comfortable space and adequate privacy in this home away from home for wounded warriors.

Read more about the Wounded Warriors program here: http://www.uso.org/Programs/Wounded-Warrior/Family-Centers/Stepping-Up--To-Help-America-s-Wounded-Warriors-and-Their-Families.aspx
and here:
http://usoonpatrol.org/archives/2010/12/06/stepping-up-to-help-americas-w

Kaiserslautern Medical Center, Kaiserslautern, Germany

Kaiserslautern, a US Army installation which will replace the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, provides many types of joint support for Air Force and Army troops, but the world-class medical center is the hub of the tertiary care for the European region. All soldiers pass through the center, whether they’re wounded, being deployed, or getting their discharge physical.

Working in BIM, Shen Milsom & Wilke helped HOK determine proportions and proper placement for medical equipment. This information is used to glean programming and development of specialty rooms, which will include top-notch surgical centers.

In many ways, Kaiserslautern Medical Center is an atypical hospital. Normally 60 percent of a hospital facility is given to the bed tower; the rest of the space is for diagnostics, outpatient, and other services. In this case there are 200 beds; the rest is outpatient services. The goal of the center is to keep American soldiers healthy and on duty.