ARCHITECT

DILLER SCOFIDIO + RENFRO

PROJECT

ROY AND DIANA VAGELOS EDUCATION CENTER 2016

The Vagelos Education Center is a new, state-of-the-art medical and graduate education

building at Columbia University Medical Center.The building, designed by Diller Scofidio +

Renfro, in collaboration with Gensler as executive architect, is a 100,000-square-foot, 14-story

glass tower that incorporates technologically advanced classrooms, collaboration spaces, and

a modern simulation center to reflect how medicine is taught, learned, and practiced in the 21st

century. The design seeks to reshape the look and feel of the Medical Center, and to create

spaces that facilitate the development of skills essential for modern medical practice.

source: Diller Scofidio + Renfro