Brawer Hauptman & Larkin is a Philadelphia based architectural firm specializing in healthcare, higher ed (colleges and universities), and religious architecture, especially churches, synagogues, and Jewish institutions such as JCCs and community centers. Our healthcare projects include small in-hospital renovations to larger free-standing care centers. We also specialize in adaptive reuse and historic preservation.
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Student Success Center
Hassman Academic Center
Rowland Hall
PCOM - Vybe Urgent Care
Lancaster Health Center
Cambria Health Center
PCOM’s former Student Activity Center was tired and outdated. The planned renovation would not only modernize and rename the facility, but would also re-envision how students would use the facility and what they wanted to see in this campus amenity. BH+L conducted a student poll that clearly showed the types of activities and spaces that were preferred. The resulting initial design as described in these walkthrough videos, encompasses three stories, a lower level and the roof, includes lounges, meeting rooms, individual and group study areas, workout rooms, basketball courts, food service, retail space, and rooftop entertainment spaces.
The completed project with a slightly reduced scope captures the spirit of the design and the programming proposed in the study.
PCOM also engaged BH+L to design several area in the Hassman Academic Center, including the cafe, and in Rowland Hall, the College's main classroom building.
In cooperation with Vybe Urgent Care, PCOM opened an on-campus facility that serves as a teaching practice. BH+L also designed two off-campus PCOM neighborhood health centers in North and West Philadelphia.