- 87,000-Square-Foot Hybrid-Use Building
- 4-Story, Vertically Integrated Learning Environment
- 10,000 Square Feet of Medical Simulation Spaces
- 300–600-Person Flexible Multi-Use Conferencing Center
- Enterprise-Focused Data Center

Like many comprehensive pediatric hospitals across the United States, Nationwide Children’s Hospital lacked space to train its workforce and secure an ever-increasing amount of data — key elements to support evolution and growth. Co-locating training and conference facilities with discreetly housed data storage has become a key strategy to address these challenges, bringing diverse teams together in a centralized location, while balancing transparency, security, and real estate costs.
The design team devised a unique single structure that would address both of Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s challenges, leveraging cross-disciplinary research and innovative planning to create this first-of-its-kind, data-enabled learning hub at the nexus of the campus. A medical simulation lab and conference center anchor the building’s lower floors, connecting to a central campus plaza and inviting people inside. The data center, strategically situated on the upper floors, is securely concealed behind the unifying fritted facade that creates a cohesive presence to the entire building.
The reimagined building, positioned in proximity to Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s numerous research and healthcare facilities, transforms a would-be insular structure into a connected, multidisciplinary learning hub. The balance of porosity and privacy underscores the dynamism of design, simultaneously activating a central campus plaza downstairs while obscuring the data center above.









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Interior Design published an exclusive feature celebrating 60 years of Gensler’s impact on the business of design. The issue spotlights global projects across practices and interviews with leaders, including co-CEOs Jordan Goldstein and Elizabeth Brink and co-chairs Andy Cohen and Diane Hoskins.
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Healthcare Snapshots spotlighted how Gensler designed the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Data Center + Conference + Medical Simulation Facility — a “hybrid-use building” that combines a public learning and conference space with a leading-edge data center.
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Healthcare Design interviewed Global Healthcare Leader Randy Guillot about the dynamic structure of Nationwide Children’s Hospital Data Center + Conference + Medical Simulation Facility in Columbus.

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