19 January 2024
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Images of the new biomedical campus planned for downtown Wichita have been released.
The renderings provide a glimpse of what the new campus will look like once construction is complete in downtown Wichita. The Wichita Biomedical Campus will be constructed between Topeka and Broadway south of William in downtown Wichita, which is currently a parking lot and the Wichita Transit Center, which will be moving to Delano.
Images courtesy of Helix Architecture + Design/CO Architects/WSU
The Wichita Biomedical Campus is a partnership between Wichita State University and the University of Kansas. Once completed, the building will combine WSU’s College of Health Professions and Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, WSU Tech’s health care program, and Wichita campuses of KU School of Medicine and KU School of Pharmacy in one facility.
“This biomedical center is going to revolutionize the way we educate health care professionals,” WSU President Rick Muma said in a news release. “With advanced technologies, like AI simulations and state-of-the-art labs, students from Wichita State, WSU Tech and the University of Kansas will learn, research and grow into their professions in a way that makes them more adept caregivers and innovators in the ever-evolving field of health care.”
The campus, designed by Helix Architecture + Design and CO Architects, will be an eight-story, 350,000-square-foot building featuring a three-story pavilion, classrooms, labs, student success center, lounges and study spaces, offices, and meeting spaces.
Wichita State and KU will share the first four stories, and the fifth floor will be a shared simulation floor, with KU occupying the top three floors for their classrooms, workspace, and offices. The three-story section along William Street will hold three 80-person classrooms that convert into an event space, and the Evelyn Hendren Cassat Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic will occupy the third floor with a separate street entrance.
Construction of the $300 million facility is scheduled to begin in the spring, with completion expected by the end of 2026.