The Anthropole building was designed by Mario Bevilacqua, Jacques Dumas and Jean-Luc Thibaud and built between 1984 and 1987. Initially home to the faculties of theology, humanities, and social and political sciences, it marked the final major project of Unil's first phase of construction.
The building's monumental design is characterized by a striking combination of concrete and colored aluminum panels.
Unil Anthropole - entrance
Unil Anthropole - facade
The architects took inspiration from the university dormitory Erdman Hall designed in 1965 by Louis Kahn and created a complex of juxtaposed diamonds increasing the natural light exposure.
Unil Anthropole
Unil Anthropole
Unil Anthropole
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