MLZD adds subterranean sports hall to school in a former monastery

Architecture office MLZD built the sports hall with a sculptural concrete wall below ground level to preserve views of a heritage-listed converted monastery in Wettingen, Switzerland.
Swiss firm MLZD designed the sunken sports facility for a site within the grounds of Wettingen Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded in 1227 that was converted into a school in 1976.The monastery buildings are listed as a heritage site of national significance and have a prominent location on a