The RecWell Center at Quinnipiac University has become a central campus hub where students can become their best selves. The project was designed through a collaboration between designLAB Architects and S3 Design. Through a mix of programming, the new facility aims to promote holistic health and well-being by combining clinical, mental, and nutritional health with recreational fitness, all in one cohesive facility.

Externally, the new building connects to the existing Athletics and Recreation Center, a prominent location on the edge of the main campus quad, and creates a contemplative courtyard between the new and existing buildings. Internally, the existing elevated track and fieldhouse will connect to the new facility to increase shared program offerings between athletics and recreation.

The Social Education Hub element is a versatile program that ranges from gathering spaces to a demonstration kitchen and breakout spaces that act as a connecting space to the Recreation, Counseling, and Health Services suites, providing a buffer from the activity of the recreation program.

To promote an environment for holistic health, natural materials, including wood finishes, local stone, and green living walls, are used extensively. Further, an exposed heavy timber-frame structure is complemented with glass curtainwall and roof apertures that connect inside and outside, giving views to the campus, the sky, and the natural landscape of the adjacent Sleeping Giant State Park.