2013-05-24T06:00:38-04:00 http://archinect.com/news/article/66170115/behnisch-architekten-wins-architectural-competition-for-agora-cancer-centre-in-lausanne behnischpr 2013-01-24T19:33:00-05:00 >2013-01-29T09:07:49-05:00 <img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/mo/mo93c85uqb1d0wa5.jpg" width="514" height="295" border="0" title="" alt="" /><p> Behnisch Architekten's Stuttgart office has won the two-stage architectural competition established by the ISREC Foundation (Swiss Institute for experimental cancer research) to create a new home for the AGORA - Cancer Centre in Lausanne, Switzerland. The AGORA - Cancer Centre exists specifically to bring together scientists and practitioners under one roof as part of a community of expertise. The opportunity for enhancing communication within the new building was a major focus of the competition. The project represents an outstanding architectural and programmatic challenge wherein integrating the building&rsquo;s diverse requirements within an extremely heterogeneous and tight urban fabric places great demands on the design concept. The scheme of Behnisch Architekten was selected for its ability to address these concerns in a very holistic architectural yet functional way. Set for completion in 2016, the new Cancer Centre will accommodate 400 researchers and clinicians.</p> <p> <img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/2m/2mlge5yksdvgb3wn.jpg" title=""></p> <p> <strong>Design</strong><br> B...</p>