Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine
Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine is one of only four Naturopathic Medicine schools in North America training its doctors in methods of alternative healthcare different from those of traditional allopathic treatments. Part of the school’s training program includes a working clinic now located in Scottsdale. To more effectively train their students and provide their staff and patients a state of the art facility that includes environmental medicine, the school made the decision to relocate the clinic to the school campus. Orcutt | Winslow helped SCNM develop a program for the clinic through extensive user group interviews. Additionally, the project team spoke with the school users on the existing campus to established the school’s long term needs. These interviews allowed us to develop a comprehensive campus plan and a specific plan for the clinic. This was necessary to ensure that the school integrated well into the existing campus, was constructible without disrupting the on-going educational program and allowed for future expansion of the overall campus to support continued growth of its enrollment. From this campus master plan, Orcutt | Winslow developed floor plans, perspective views, cost estimates and schedule for the medical clinic as a basis for their capital campaign. The college is now in the process of raising financial support for the medical clinic.