We're rethinking health
Charité has been shaping modern healthcare in Germany and Europe since it was founded. ‘Charité 2030 – Rethinking Health’ is its vision for the future, enabling it to continue as an international driving force advancing and shaping the future of healthcare and research. Charité CEO Prof. Dr. Heyo Kroemer has joined forces with managers and staff to formulate strategic future-oriented goals for its activities and its architecture.
The three pillars
The three pillars of ‘Charité 2030’ as a vision for the future are as follows:
- Understanding people in all their facets
Charité views people holistically from their genes through to their individual surroundings. This broader understanding of health forms the basis for Charité devising personalised approaches to therapy and healing. - Exploring boundaries
Breaking down barriers and creating new opportunities is a key aspect of this vision for the future. The Covid-19 pandemic showed us what can be achieved by adopting collaborative and digital approaches, whether between various sectors and disciplines, between different treatment options, or between science and industry. - Science-based action
Courageous and innovative approaches to research should be promoted and established; these can be derived directly from the clinical questions that arise. Collaboration is crucial in this respect – both for research institutions and for start-ups.
- Overall development period
- 2020 – 2050+
Four profiles, one vision
Charité is devising unique profiles for each of its campuses in the course of implementing its ‘Charité 2030’ strategy. These overlapping specialisms form the basis for the ongoing pursuit of medical and architectural improvements. The fields of excellence currently in development are closely intertwined with new construction projects.
In most instances, initiating these future-oriented priorities requires a fundamental rethink about how the campus should be structured. Looking forward, ultra-modern IT infrastructure is just as important as ecological sustainability. Charité has stated its goals with absolute clarity: it seeks to reduce its 2028 CO₂ emissions by 20 percent over those of 2018. This amounts to more than 25,000 tonnes of CO₂ each year. The planning process has to reflect these aims and provide sustainable solutions to issues such as green IT and green mobility as well as architectural changes and requirements.
The existing buildings represents a particular challenge in this regard. A significant majority of Charité’s buildings were either constructed before the 1980s or were last renovated many years ago. Moreover, many of them are protected as listed buildings.
To ensure that the specialist fields of excellence are closely integrated with these new architectural projects, Charité is developing future-proof concepts for renewing all campuses which have inpatient accommodation. The new Charité is envisioned as a groundbreaking example of how a university hospital can face the challenges ahead. These architectural visions for the future have been formulated in dialogue-led, multi-stage processes.
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We’re rethinking health. Our holistic approach demands the right architectural infrastructure.
The structural elements that will play a vital role in realising the strategic and architectural visions for the new Charité include the Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité (DHZC) as the most ultra-modern cardiovascular clinic in Europe, the pioneering research institutions that comprise Der Simulierte Mensch (Si-M, standing for ‘simulated human’), the Berlin Center for Advanced Therapies (BeCAT) at Campus Virchow-Klinikum as well as the Translationszentrum der Zukunft (ATIZ) at Campus Charité Mitte.
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