A CENTER FOR HEALING SHAPED BY BUILDING
INFORMATION MODELING
The Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine is a wellness
and healing environment that was shaped by using Building
Information Modeling (BIM). The interior renovation project
expands the Center’s services, which offers conventional medical
services combined with alternative complementary therapies,
and adds new centers for health and healing, life enhancement,
and fitness.
The original design concept of the Center, created by interior
design firm Jain Malkin, Inc., is based on sacred geometry which
is prevalent in the spirals of a nautilus shell used throughout
the existing space. This concept was expanded to include
the shapes, forms and colors of the underwater ocean and
ocean waves. The architect, interior design and MEP team
collaboratively used BIM which allowed extensive modeling to
ensure that the elaborate design features could be built within
the restrictive existing space. The BIM process proved to be
a successful integration of conventional planning and new
modeling tools to completely transform the space into a new
center for healing.
Program. gym, exam rooms, physician offices, public areas