St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Inspiration-4 Advanced Research Center

262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105 United States

Building Area (sf): 660,000 SF

Completion: May 2021

Architect of Record:

The Crump Firm - Architects

Walt Reed, AIA, Project Director
ReJohn Lartigue, Project Architect
Kate Berryman, Interior Design

• Owner/Client:
• General Contractor: Flintco
• Electrical: Interior Designer: The Crump Firm - Architects
  Lab Planner: Jacobs Laboratory Planning Group
  Mechanical Engineer: Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.
  Electrical Engineer: Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.
  Plumbing Engineer: Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.
  Structural Engineer: JHT & Associates
  Civil Engineer: Kimley-Horn
  Landscape Architect: Kimley-Horn
  Geotechnical Engineer: Intertek PSI
  Building Envelope Consultant: Wilkins Engineering
  Vibration Consultant: ACENTECH
  Wind Engineering & Air Quality Consultant: CPP
  Smoke Evacuation Consultant: RWDI
  Construction Manager: Flintco
  Commissioning Agent: Entegrity Partners
  Laboratory Furniture: OC River
• Engineering:
  
• Other:
  
• Photography:
  1 - Firm I4 Advanced Research Center SJCRH Site Plan by Firm
  
  2 - Firm I4 Advanced Research Center SJCRH - West Exterior View by Luther Photography
  
  3 - Firm I4 Advanced Research Center SJCRH Roof Terrace Collaboration Area by Luther Photography
  
  4 - Firm I4 Advanced Research Center SJCRH Bistro Dining Area by Luther Photography
  
  5 - Firm I4 Advanced Research Center SJCRH Typical Lab by Luther Photography
  
  6 -Firm I4 Advanced Research Center SJCRH Sterilization Lab by Luther Photography
  
  7- Firm I4 Advanced Research Center SJCRH East Atrium by Luther Photography
  
  8 - Firm I4 Advanced Research Center SJCRH Lobby Atrium by Luther Photography
  
  9 - Firm I4 Advanced Research Center SJCRH Atrium by Luther Photography
  
  10 - Firm I4 Advanced Research Center SJCRH Exterior at Night by Luther Photography
  

The Inspiration-4 Advanced Research Center (I4ARC) at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will facilitate expanded and visionary research on the campus and will be a central component of the institution’s overall five-year operating and capital expansion project. Designed as an interactive hub of exploration and discovery, the Inspiration-4 Advanced Research Center will help St. Jude recruit leading scientists and clinicians from around the globe. Promoting research and discovery for catastrophic pediatric conditions, the nine-story research center incorporates 6 floors of open research labs, a bio-repository, and an adjacent 4-story lab support facility. The ground floor accommodates a conference center, a campus cafe, and office suites.

The I4ARC contains a wide variety of advanced cutting-edge research facilities, as well as a full range of spaces to support the researchers and their work. The exterior is designed contextually, to blend with the architecture and materials of the existing campus; the interior is designed to be a word-class center for pediatric cancer research. The building is designed as a series of narrow lab wings, arranged in a triangle around a central atrium and courtyard. This affords transparency and views for all of the labs and offices

RESEARCH FACILITIES
- 7 floors of flexible open labs, dedicated to research in Cellular/Microbiology, Structural Biology, Immunology, Developmental Neurobiology, and a Computational/Visualization Center.
- Procedure rooms and tissue culture lab spaces, and controlled environment rooms.
- A cryogenic biorepository for extreme low temperature tissue storage, with capabilities for robotic storage and retrieval systems.
- Sophisticated microscopy and imaging labs.

RESEARCH SUPPORT
- Imaging center, surgical and procedure areas, and radiological modality suite. Also included are transgenic core and cryogenic labs.
- Sterilization suites, glass wash facility, and specialized storage spaces with robotic material handling systems.
- A wide range of collaboration spaces, including open collaboration “bridges” spanning between the lab wings, across an atrium.
- Amenity spaces for the researchers including a café, a conference center, rooftop terrace, and outdoor courtyards.