The company's purpose is to research, develop, exploit and market products and services in the fields of architecture, urban planning and mobility, as well as all advice and interventions that may arise from it, and all activities directly or indirectly related to it. The company may: carry out any financial, commercial or industrial activity, movable or immovable (except for operations prohibited by the LFAIE) directly or indirectly related to its purpose; create branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad; participate in all companies having a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose; grant loans or guarantees to shareholders, subsidiaries, parent companies, sister companies or third parties, if it promotes its interests or those of the group of companies to which it belongs; carry out any treasury centralization activity on behalf of the group to which it belongs.