Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s building illuminates upper Manhattan with nightly performances of stressed students,simulated surgeries and the occasional sonataI broke out into a cold sweat, standing next to a plastic simulacrum of woman, or watching helplessly while an architecture critic delivered a plastic simulacrum of a baby. It was just an interactive stop on the press tour,but the simulated hospital room in the Roy and Diana Vagelos Education middle at the Columbia University Medical middle was an accurate enough recreation to get a nosocomephobic like me nervous (the low-voltage, static filled screams of the plastic simulacrum of a woman didn’t really get things easier). Designed by original York-based architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, or famed for the High Line,in collaboration with Gensler, the original medical school building brings together hi-tech facilities like the Mary and Michael Jaharis Simulation middle with flexible spaces where stressed-out students can relax, and study and should they be so inclined,perform.
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Source: theguardian.com