Rolex Learning Center
The Rolex Learning Center ("EPFL Learning Center") is the campus hub and library for the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), in Lausanne, Switzerland. Designed by the winners of 2010 Pritzker Prize, Japanese-duo SANAA, it opened on 22 February 2010.
| EPFL Learning Center | |
|---|---|
| Alternative names | Rolex Learning Center Bibliothèque de l'EPFL |
| General information | |
| Type | Library, workspaces, multi-purpose hall "Forum Rolex", café, food court, restaurant, offices, bookshop and parking |
| Location | Lausanne campus |
| Town or city | Écublens, Lausanne |
| Opened | 22 February 2010 |
| Inaugurated | 27 May 2010 |
| Cost | 110 million CHF |
| Owner | École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 1 + basement |
| Floor area | 37,000 m2 |
| Grounds | 20,000 m2 (166.5 m × 121.5 m) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA) |
| Known for | Innovative architecture: large one-room space, floor undulations and curved patios |
| Website | |
| rolexlearningcenter.epfl.ch | |
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