Located on the University of Lausanne campus, the compact form unites four public and private institutions to create a new center of competence for researching and teaching sports science. Its quiet exterior belies a bustling beehive of exchange inside. This new building provides diverse spaces for collective use, promoting formal and informal collaborations between the organizations while being open and inviting to the university.

Whenever possible, each building component does double duty. The sculptural inner core is simultaneously structural and experiential. It also conceals all the services and physical testing labs while forming a landscape of terraces. Visual transparency and daylight animate these spaces for informal work and exchange.