
Midlands Technical College
Columbia, SC
Completion Date
2001
Health Science Building
Project Award
2004 Merit Award
AIA Greater Columbia
Occupying the final parcel of development on Midland Tech's Airport campus, the Health Science Building forms a new edge to the south and creates a gateway via an entrance courtyard facing major student parking areas on the perimeter. Its state-of-the-art teaching classrooms and labs are organized into three major blocks based on function, and are connected via a center "spine" which provides student interaction space, interior daylighting, and a clear & efficient building circulation strategy.
Major program elements include physics labs, microbiology labs, nursing simulation labs, and various specialty health science educational spaces, as well as a 90 seat auditorium. The exterior features materials and colors of the surrounding campus buildings, with the three major program components expressed as separate masses.
Represents experience of Doug Quackenbush, Principal-in-Charge, and Barb Haller, Project Architect, while at The Boudreaux Group.