School and sports campus – Belp, Switzerland
 
The project is located in Belp, a village nestled within an Alpine valley near Berne. It is structured around a stadium conceived as a public space where people come together, like a village square. It reproduces the morphology of the large traditional farm, arranged around a courtyard. The free space in the middle constitutes the centre of activity precisely because it has no strict programme or function. It is this “deprogramming” that enables it to operate as a public space, whether full or empty. It reconciles the formality of architecture and the informality of life. It embeds sport and public life at the heart of the learning process.