The Dalhousie Collaborative Health Education Building (CHEB) 4th and 5th floors are designed to be a tightly integrated set of high-quality research and learning spaces that foster creativity and interdisciplinary collaboration. By thinking of health research and education as a collective enterprise, the project aligns a diverse array of specialized spaces into a cohesive whole: a suite for public-facing research in aging & frailty, culturally safe space for research in Black Health, specialized simulation training suites for health field students, and space for confidential health data research.

Through close engagement with each user group, Fathom has been able to create the high-quality laboratories and research spaces Dalhousie expects for its leading-edge health research. At the same time, close engagement has allowed Fathom to design spaces that meet each user group’s distinct cultural character and research requirements.

Collaborative workspaces designed for cross-pollination between disciplines are woven throughout the project’s 23,000 ft2 of specialized suites, creating opportunities for creative collisions and interdisciplinary innovation.

Status

Ongoing

Our Role

Architecture, interior design

Client

Dalhousie University

Location

Halifax, Nova Scotia