The Deutsches Herzzentrum (DHZC) is a forward-looking, sustainable heart institute, with ultra-modern medical technology and an environmentally friendly design.
75.000 m²
floor space
€ 200,626,000
TOTAL GROSS BSE COSTS
PROJECT TYPE
new-build, hospital, high-rise
ARCHITECTS
wörner traxler richter
Timeframe
ongoing since 04/2022
From 1 January 2023, the heart treatment centres of the Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin (DHZB) and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin came together to form the Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité (DHZC). The new-built DHZC is integrated in the Virchow Clinics campus.
The DHZC has a total of eight clinics and institutes, around 2,500 employees and around 470 beds. This makes it one of the largest heart centres in Germany for the treatment of all kinds of cardiovascular diseases in patients of all ages. SÜSS has taken over general planning, general technical planning for work phases 1-9 and BIM planning. SÜSS is also planning to the standards of the DGNB Platinum certification.
The new DHZC will take shape as a compact high-rise building. With ultramodern operating theatres, heart catheter laboratories and hybrid operating rooms, it will set benchmarks across Europe. The new-build, to be completed in 2028, will also house central emergency rooms and the central sterile supply department.
In planning the new heart centre, it was important to recognise the links between human health, the environment and climate protection. This is thus not just a project involving cutting-edge heart medicine, but also sustainability drives.
Among other things, the DHZC is being built in agreement with the requirements of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen (DGNB). This, the German Sustainable Building Council, evaluates buildings using a number of criteria, including ecological, economic, sociocultural and functional aspects, alongside technologies, processes and locations.
From the point of view of a consulting engineer, it is important to emphasise that planning takes place using Building Information Modelling (BIM). BIM is a method of networked collaboration, bundling all relevant data in a single model. This model is a three-dimensional, digital twin of the later building, at an extremely high level of detail.
