Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus

The BNMC is currently undergoing an update to its 2003 Master Plan and Implementation Strategy. Chan Krieger Sieniewicz is leading this process. Please continue to check back for more information, or join our email list to receive updates.

Below is information regarding the original BNMC master planning process.

Background

In 2001, the BNMC developed a unique partnership in which the University at Buffalo, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Olmsted Center for the Visually Impaired, Kaleida Health, Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, Buffalo Medical Group Foundation and Buffalo Hearing & Speech Center began working in collaboration with the surrounding neighborhoods and local government to cultivate a world-class medical campus in downtown Buffalo.

A critical first step in achieving this goal is the development of a Master Plan & Implementation Strategy to provide a framework for future growth at the medical campus. Working with Chan Krieger and Associates (CKA) – a world-renown urban design and architecture firm from Cambridge, Massachusetts – the BNMC presented the Master Plan & Implementation Strategy in November 2002 to a diverse audience of over 350 people representing community, public sector and private business interests.

In June 2001, the BNMC hired Chan Krieger and Associates (CKA) to develop a collaborative Master Plan. CKA has worked with other medical campuses such as John Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore, Longwood Medical and Academic Center (Harvard) in Boston, and the Louisville Medical Center.

In September 2001, CKA completed the BNMC Scoping Study, which is a precursor to the Master Plan. The purpose of the Scoping Study was to determine the need for, the institutional commitment to, the planning and design elements of, and the principles which should govern the development of a comprehensive, long-range Master Plan for the BNMC.