Tenderstream members compete to create world-leading life sciences hub

Tenderstream members Grimshaw, AHHM, and Wilkinson Eyre are on the shortlist of five teams through the next phase of the competition to design The Fleming Centre at St Mary’s Hospital, London. The centre will be at the heart of the global Fleming Initiative, a collaborative approach led by the Trust and Imperial College London - with HRH Prince of Wales as its Patron - to tackle anti-microbial resistance. A global network of centres is planned in strategic locations around the globe, aiming to catalyse worldwide action. 

The practices selected to proceed to the next phase of the competition are as follows: 

AHMM
Allies and Morrison
Grimshaw
Stanton Williams
Wilkinson Eyre and White Arkitekter

Occupying a site that currently contains former industrial warehouses later incorporated into the hospital for office use, the Fleming Centre will be the first new building to open at St Mary’s as part of plans for the redevelopment of the whole hospital campus. It will become a key part of the Trust’s Paddington Life Sciences development, which in turn is an integral component of the Imperial WestTech Corridor, a globally significant concentration of technology and innovation stretching across west London acting as a catalyst for investment, employment and inclusive growth.

Professor Tim Orchard, chief executive of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, stated: “We are excited by the prospect of plans for the Fleming Centre that incorporate creative ways to honour the legacy of Sir Alexander Fleming. We will be engaging with staff, patients and local communities to ensure that the Fleming Centre brings real impact, locally and globally, as a visionary space for collaboration, groundbreaking science and engagement to drive change.” 

The shortlisted teams will now enter the next phase, with a final decision expected to be announced in January 2025. The centre is due to in 2028, helping to mark the centenary of the discovery of penicillin at the hospital by Sir Alexander Fleming. 

Lucy Nordberg
Tenderstream Head of Research

This tender was first published by Tenderstream on 09.07.2024 here

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