Aiglon Performing Arts College

Location: Villars, Switzerland
Scope: Assembly & Arts Building
Completion Date: Concept
Client: Aiglon College
Architect: Studio Seilern Architects
Structural Engineers: Eckersley O’Callaghan
Mechanical Engineer: Sorane SA
Theatre Consultant: dUCKS scéno
Local Architect: Tekhne
Acoustician: Kahle Acoustics

The academic life of Aiglon College in Villars, Switzerland is vibrant, demanding and progressive, guided by the core belief that ‘a school must unrelentingly seek to foster the balanced development of mind, body, and spirit.’ Through this philosophy, the school encourages students to be ‘actors, not spectators.  They lead, they serve, they transform.’

Aiglon College has embarked on a path of redevelopment and campus reconfiguration, that aims to reorganise its current buildings into a more legible and logical arrangement, as well as add additional key buildings to complement an already vibrant campus.  The new Assembly and Arts Building represents a cornerstone of this campus renewal strategy. Positioned at the heart of the campus, it has the potential of becoming more than just a new college building, but rather a campus hub for the arts, not only for the arts community of Aiglon, but the whole school community.