WHO Academy – Designing for the future of health training

Located at the heart of the Lyon Gerland bio-district, the World Health Organization Academy will be inaugurated in 2024. This unique facility designed by Ateliers 2/3/4/ is destined to improve international health training in terms of quality of services and preparation of health systems.

The Academy will have high-tech facilities for collaborative training design, educational research and innovation. It will also house a health emergency simulation centre that will use ‘high-fidelity’ technologies in order to enable healthcare workers hone their skills in realistic scenarios, including dealing with mass casualties or epidemics.

As part of the launch of France’s global health strategy (2023-2027) on Thursday 12 October 2023, the Academy’s worksite was visited by Catherine Colonna, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Sylvie Retailleau, Minister for Higher Education, Research and Innovation, and Aurélien Rousseau, Minister for Health and Prevention, accompanied by Olivier Dugrip, Rector of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Academic Region, and Gabriele Fioni, Deputy Rector for Higher Education, Research and Innovation.

The delegation was accompanied by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, David ATCHOARENA, Executive Director of the WHO Academy, Fabienne Buccio, Prefect of the Auvergne-Rhône Alpes Region, Catherine Staron, Vice-President of the Auvergne-Rhône Alpes Region, Bruno Bernard, President of Lyon Metropolis, Grégory Doucet, Mayor of Lyon, and Alain Mérieux, Founder and President of Institut Mérieux.

Anne Rouzée, Associate Architect of Ateliers 2/3/4/, Christophe Condamin, Philippe François, Stéphane Jacquet and Alexandre Noel from Sogelym Dixence, were pleased to meet all the guests and present the future building.

Client: Sogelym Dixence
Project management: Ateliers 2/3/4/(Architect – Landscape designer)
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Credit: Renaud Araud