Arizona State University
175,000 SF
CMAR
Prime Architect in association with CO Architects
Est. Fall 2028
Project Director
Project Manager
DFDG Architecture in association with CO Architects is leading the design of a facility built to bring that vision to life — a place where the future of healthcare is not just taught, but actively reimagined. The 175,000-square-foot, five-story facility will bring together the John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering and the School of Technology for Public Health under one roof, creating a place where medicine, engineering, technology, and data science intersect in real time. The new ASU Health Observatory and programs in the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation and the College of Health Solutions are also planned to be part of the new facility.
The building is designed to support the way future healthcare professionals will learn, collaborate, and solve problems. Flexible classrooms, virtual reality learning environments, and healthcare simulation labs create spaces where students can move between theory, technology, and hands on training in real time. Mock operating and emergency rooms, innovation spaces, study areas, faculty offices, and student focused amenities are woven throughout the facility to support collaboration, connection, and day-to-day campus life. Every part of the program is intended to support a more connected and technology driven model of healthcare education.
What makes this project different is not just the program, but the purpose behind it. ASU Health is focused on improving health outcomes across Arizona by creating stronger connections between education, research, technology, and community care. The facility is being designed as a hub for collaboration where students, educators, researchers, and healthcare partners can work across disciplines to rethink how healthcare is delivered and experienced.
This extraordinary new facility is scheduled to open in time for the 2028 fall semester.
The ASU Health Headquarters is a new 175,000 SF facility being developed on ASU’s Downtown Phoenix campus. It will bring together several of ASU’s health-focused programs , blending medicine, engineering, data science, and community health , under one roof, including the John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering, the School of Technology for Public Health, the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, and the ASU Health Observatory, all within a connected, technology-driven model of healthcare education.
ASU Health Headquarters strengthens DFDG Architecture’s healthcare and higher education portfolio in Downtown Phoenix, AZ. The facility is designed with a mix of flexible classrooms, virtual reality learning environments, and healthcare simulation labs, including mock operating and emergency rooms. Students will have access to innovation spaces, study areas, faculty offices, and a range of student-focused amenities throughout the building. The goal is to make it easy to move between theory, hands-on training, and technology-based learning in real time.
DFDG Architecture is serving as prime architect for the project, working in association with CO Architects. The project is being delivered using the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) method.
ASU Health Headquarters is expected to open for the Fall 2028 semester. Design and construction are progressing on an active schedule to ensure the building is ready for students, faculty, and healthcare partners when it opens.
The design team used project-specific planning strategies to support ASU Health Headquarters’s operations, users, and long-term performance. ASU Health’s mission is to strengthen connections between education, research, technology, and community care in order to improve health outcomes across the state. The Headquarters is intended to serve as a collaborative hub where students, educators, researchers, and healthcare partners can work across disciplines.
Rather than separating clinical education from technology and research, facility puts those disciplines side by side. The building is designed around how future healthcare professionals will actually work — across fields, with technology, and in collaboration with community partners. Features like VR labs, simulation suites, and multi-discipline program space reflect a deliberate shift away from siloed, lecture-based learning.