Lakeland Community College, Health Technologies Center

A New Campus Hub. The new LEED-Gold Health Technology Center at Lakeland Community College (LCC) is a state-of-the-art workforce training facility designed to meet regional needs in the healthcare professions.

The original 52,000 square foot building was completely transformed with the addition of a three-story atrium which serves as a new campus hub. The 80,000 square foot addition features laboratories, classrooms and social spaces to create an integrated and interactive learning environment.

The Hive
A unique feature at the Health Technologies building is an advanced laboratory, simulation and innovation space known as the Hive. Separated by a tiered seating area, the Hive occupies two major areas of the building. The main programmatic space has open meeting rooms, a full wood shop, and electronics makerspace. Hive also includes reconfigurable classrooms, social areas and a pop-up shop area for items created in the makerspace. The completed project weaves new and existing structures to create a new iconic building entry to the campus.

Awards

  • American School & University – Louis I. Kahn Citation Award 2019

Lakeland Community College Health Technologies Building

Our architecture, engineering, and landscape architecture design team worked closely with the Lakeland Community College faculty and administration to develop an iconic building at the main entry to the Lakeland campus.

The project consists of a 75,000 SF addition and the complete renovation of the 52,000 SF Health Technologies Building. The project program consists of teaching laboratories, classrooms, office space, and public spaces. A large, three-story atrium acts as a new campus hub that binds the original building and new addition to the main campus buildings. AECOM is coordinating with both the CM and College to develop a phased delivery of the renovation for the existing building. Due to the fact that the building was fully occupied during the renovation, a five-step process was designed to allow for the building to remain functional while the work is being completed.

The project received a LEED gold rating and incorporated many forward thinking energy saving technologies. The building also houses the “HIVE,” a 10,000 SF Innovation/Makerspace that will be open to both the college and public.