Transversality, Co‐creation and Design

University hospital centers are large and complex organizations, which has historically led them to streamline their operations into structures that are sometimes completely separate from one another. The first project involved restructuring the maternity ward at Hautepierre Hospital, which, starting in 2004, introduced design into the hospital as a means of supporting and enhancing a medical and healthcare project. The second emblematic project is the creation of a shared space to promote the implementation of therapeutic education. As an opinion leader on health issues and by setting itself as an example, the University Hospital of Strasbourg could have a multiplier effect in its healthcare region. Innovative, transversal project management combined with design – when fully integrated into the strategic, tactical and operational plans of the hospital – provides the conditions necessary for its ecological and social transition.