The vision for the Faculty of Bioengineering and appertaining Teaching Lab in Lausanne was to innovate the rather introvert learning environments of the past and create a study environment that opens up to, communicate with and connects the university to its surroundings.
Henning Larsen Architects’ team came in second together with the Swiss company Losinger. The competing architecture companies included Jean Nouvel and Dominique Perrault of which the latter won first prize.