New Medical School & Hospital Lobbies

Still another key element of Campus Modernization – the redesign and improvement of campus building entrances, walkways and exterior signage – is addressed ambitiously in the recommended plan. Current visitors, whether they are searching for locations in the Medical School or Hospital, are too often confused by the configuration of exterior walkways and entrances. As an integrated health sciences institution, used each day by hundreds of patients, visitors, physicians, faculty and staff, improved access to our facilities is critical. A clear differentiation between school and hospital entrances will ensure that students, employees and visitors alike will more easily find their way.

A new Medical School Lobby, shown at right in a rendering courtesy of Payette Associates, will be constructed, differentiating the entrance and creating a welcoming and spacious lobby with large amounts of natural light. To be built in the existing courtyard outside of the Faculty Conference Room, the new lobby will create useful space in a presently underutilized area and will remediate a current problem with water penetration to the Medical School’s A-Level.

Pictured at left, the most dramatic changes include the construction of a new Hospital Lobby at what is now the juncture between the existing South entrance of the hospital and the Benedict Building entrance. This new lobby will create an open, airy and easily accessible entrance to hospital facilities, especially convenient to the South Lot location of the future parking garage.

Comments or questions about Campus Modernization?
Send them to campus.mod@umassmed.edu .