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Phase One Begins for WSU’s Wichita Biomedical Campus

Renderings show a first look at the Wichita Biomedical Campus. Photo via: Helix Architecture + Design and CO Architects

Posted January 22, 2024

Wichita State University has unveiled renderings for its downtown biomedical campus, marking phase one of the collaborative project.

The renderings depict an 8-story building of approximately 350,000 square feet. The center also features a 3-story pavilion, classrooms, labs, student success center, lounges and study spaces, offices and meeting spaces. The 3-story pavilion, located along William Street, can host three 80-person classrooms and convert into an event space.

Renderings for the facility were provided by Kansas City-based Helix Architecture + Design and Los Angeles-based CO Architects. 

Photo via: Helix Architecture + Design and CO Architects

Photo via: Helix Architecture + Design and CO Architects

Construction is set to begin in spring 2024 and is expected to be complete by the end of 2026. This first phase of the building is located on a parking lot at the southeast corner of Broadway and William Street. Subsequent phases will occur at the Wichita Transit Center, 214 S. Topeka. The transit center is working to relocate to the neighborhood of Delano.

In August, the City of Wichita voted to approve plans for the building. The new center would combine WSU’s College of Health Professions, WSU Tech’s Health Professions program and Wichita campuses of KU School of Medicine and KU School of Pharmacy into one location.

This marks the first phase of the joint health sciences project between the two institutions.

“This biomedical center is going to revolutionize the way we educate health care professionals,” WSU president Rick Muma said in a 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 center’s floors will be divided between WSU and KU students. Wichita State and WSU Tech will share the first four stories while KU will use the top three stories and the fifth floor operating as a shared simulation floor.

The center will house 3,000 students and 200 faculty and staff.