St Jude Chilis Care Center
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Project: Chili’s Care Center
Owner: St. Jude Children’s Research Center
Architect: The Smith Group
Contractor: Skanska USA Building
Location: Memphis, TN
Completion: 2008
Description: New Patient Tower
Scope:
- Plastic Laminate Casework
- Millwork
- Wood Panels
- Solid Surface
Summary: Construction began in 2004 and was completed in November 2007. The Chili’s Care Center combines 21st century imaging and treatment technology with the hospital’s almost half-century approach to medicine. Historically, St. Jude has placed patients and scientists in proximity to fast-track the translation of new knowledge into improved and more effective care. This bench-to-bedside model is reflected in the Chili’s Care Center, where patient rooms and procedure areas are located in the same building as research labs. That configuration helps speed medical outcomes, positioning St. Jude as a leading institution that is changing boundaries in the world of research and patient care.
The six-story, 340,000-square-foot building houses the hospital's Radiological Sciences department; new, larger research laboratories for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pathology and Virology; an 18-bed Bone Marrow Transplant inpatient unit with expanded patient and parent suites; and academic offices for faculty and staff.
In keeping with the child-friendly theme of the hospital’s Patient Care Center, designers of the Chili’s Care Center were mindful of the colors they chose. Special artwork adorns the walls so it can easily be replaced to change the look at any time. Important to the project, patients provided original artwork to hang alongside unique works from St. Jude photographers and local artists.
Keeping the dream of Danny Thomas, the Chili’s Care Center is a true representation of the future of St. Jude and its dedication to finding cures and saving children.
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