Health Sciences Building + Garage for Wake Tech

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Wake Technical Community College

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Raleigh, North Carolina

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107,000 SF

This rendering shows the exterior of the Wake Tech Health Sciences Building, featuring a modern three-story structure with dark gray brick cladding and distinctive terracotta-colored panels. The building has a clean, geometric design with large windows and glass entryways at ground level. The landscaping includes terraced gardens with native plants, ornamental grasses, and purple flowering shrubs surrounding stone staircases with metal handrails that lead to the main entrance. People in medical scrubs and casual clothing are shown walking along pathways and entering the building. The design incorporates sustainable landscaping elements with drought-resistant plantings. The scene is set against a bright blue sky with wispy clouds, and adjacent buildings can be partially seen, suggesting this is part of a larger campus complex.

This rendering showcases an elevated pedestrian connection between two buildings of the Wake Tech Health Sciences complex. A glass-enclosed skybridge with alternating dark panels spans between a terracotta-clad building on the left and the dark gray brick building previously shown. Below the skybridge is a landscaped courtyard featuring a flowering cherry tree, native grasses, and tiered gardens with purple blooms. Wide concrete stairs with metal handrails lead up to the building entrance, where students can be seen entering and exiting. The architecture maintains the same modern aesthetic with its combination of gray brick, terracotta panels, and white structural elements. The design creates a cohesive campus feel while providing accessible outdoor gathering spaces integrated with sustainable landscaping beneath the blue sky.

This rendering depicts an interior courtyard of the Wake Tech Health Sciences Building, showcasing how the building wraps around to create a protected outdoor gathering space. The architecture maintains the consistent design language with dark gray brick facades and terracotta accent panels. Several mature trees provide shade over seating areas where students can be seen socializing and studying. The ground floor features extensive glazing that allows views into interior spaces, while upper floors have solar shading devices over windows. The courtyard combines hardscaped areas with benches and tables alongside thoughtfully designed landscaping with flowering plants, ornamental grasses, and lavender. This green space creates a calm microclimate between building wings while offering students an outdoor extension of their learning environment under clear blue skies.

This rendering depicts a modern, multi-story academic building for Wake Tech's Health Sciences program in daylight. The structure features a distinctive blend of materials including brick, terracotta panels, and glass, with an angular contemporary design. The building showcases large windows along a prominent glass-fronted entrance area marked with the

This rendering depicts a modern, light-filled interior space of the Wake Tech Health Sciences Building. The design features a blend of materials including wood slat ceilings, white acoustic tile, polished terrazzo flooring, and large glass windows that bring in natural light. The open layout includes a comfortable seating area with blue sofas and a round coffee table, a staircase with wooden accents, a

This interior rendering shows a modern educational building common area with warm wood accents and a contemporary design. The space features a minimalist aesthetic with a wooden slatted ceiling, concrete staircase with black metal railings, and natural light from large windows. In the foreground, two students converse at a round table with white chairs, while purple sectional sofas create casual seating areas throughout the space. Other students and staff members can be seen walking or sitting in various parts of the lounge. The design combines concrete, wood paneling, and glass elements to create an inviting collaborative environment that balances modern institutional architecture with comfortable gathering spaces.

This rendering shows a collaborative meeting area in the Wake Tech Health Sciences Building featuring a distinctive architectural element with angled walls and a triangular ceiling detail highlighted by integrated linear lighting. A professor or administrator in a tan suit is presenting at a whiteboard that reads

This rendering depicts a minimalist corridor in the Wake Tech Health Sciences Building with a clean, contemporary design. The hallway features terrazzo-style flooring, white walls with strategic blue accent panels, and a simple white ceiling with recessed linear lighting. On the left, a person with glasses sits on a wooden bench built into a navy blue wall alcove, bathed in natural light. Further down the corridor, two people stand conversing near a wooden door. Large windows on the right allow natural light to flood the space and offer views of trees outside. The design emphasizes a bright, open atmosphere with a restrained color palette of white, blue, and wood tones, creating a calm, professional environment suitable for an educational healthcare facility.

This rendering depicts a corridor and waiting area next to the

This rendering shows an innovative teaching space within the Wake Tech Health Sciences Building designed for anatomy education. The room features a full-size anatomical skeleton model that a student is examining, while an instructor in a white lab coat explains concepts beside an interactive digital anatomy table displaying internal organs on a black touchscreen surface. A whiteboard behind them has

This rendering shows a modern reception or welcome area in the Wake Tech Health Sciences Building. The space features a distinctive angular white healthcare reception desk anchored by wood paneling at its base, equipped with Apple computers for staff. A person in blue scrubs or healthcare attire is working at the desk. The ceiling incorporates an elegant wooden slat design with integrated lighting over the reception area, transitioning to standard ceiling tiles in adjacent spaces. Light blue walls create a calming atmosphere. Various individuals are visible in the space: a person reviewing papers near a wooden door on the left, others walking in the hallway behind the desk, and someone at a station on the right side. The overall design balances professional healthcare aesthetics with warm, contemporary architectural elements. This is a simulation space to replicate real clinical environments.

This rendering showcases a simulation hospital room in the Wake Tech Health Sciences Building, designed to provide students with realistic clinical training experiences. The space accurately replicates a modern hospital room with a medical-grade bed, wall-mounted vital signs monitor, headwall with medical gas outlets, and typical clinical furnishings. An instructor in a white coat and blue scrubs appears to be guiding students through a simulated patient scenario, with one student playing the role of a patient seated on the bed with a blood pressure cuff, while two other students observe the demonstration. The room includes standard healthcare elements like a handwashing sink, storage cabinets, waste receptacles, and large windows providing natural light. The color palette features calming blue-green accent walls with warm wood tones, creating a realistic yet serene environment for health sciences students to practice clinical skills before working with actual patients.

The BSA and Brasfield & Gorrie design-build team is partnering with Wake Technical Community College to deliver a 106,000 SF transformative health sciences education building on the Perry Health Sciences Campus.

Designed to support future-ready healthcare education, the building will house programs in:

Imaging (Radiography, Sonography, CT, Mammography, MRI)
Electroneurodiagnostics Technology (EDT)
Respiratory Therapy
Anatomy & Physiology and Microbiology Labs
A Simulation Hospital including Emergency Treatment, Operating Room, Acuity-Adaptable Nursing Bed Unit, and Immersive Reality Labs
Faculty offices and general-purpose classrooms

The project includes approximately 8 acres of site improvements consisting of the first portion of a new campus drive for the district, a 415-car parking deck, and a small service area for the building and deck.

The design of the facility emphasizes visibility, intuitive wayfinding, and seamless movement. Environments are state-of-the-art, highly technological, and flexible—supporting collaboration, student wellness, safety, and long-term adaptability.

Key features of the project includes:

8 acres of site improvements, including a new campus drive to support the Wake3 District
106,000 SF health sciences building
415-Car, 9,000 SF parking structure
A service area for both the building and deck
Technology-rich, student-focused environments
Resilient, flexible, and high-performing design
Wellness-driven spaces that support collaboration and safety

Upon completion, faculty offices and nurse aid labs are to be renovated in a second phase of the project from vacated areas of their existing health sciences building.

Take a virtual tour of the future space here.

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Disciplines

Architecture, Interior Design

Project Contact

Emmie Tyson

Health Sciences Building + Garage for Wake Tech

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