The rolex learning center a university study centre by japanese architects sanaa opens in lausanne switzerland next week.
Rolex learning center floor plan.
The rolex learning center is a highly energy efficient building which for its low energy consumption has received the coveted minergie label the standard used in switzerland for measuring.
The spaces which have very low height are abandoned without any proper function.
The building spans a single uninterrupted space of 20 000 m providing a seamless array of services libraries p.
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Classrooms center for teaching and learning offices.
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Charged with housing a complex programme for nearly 900 students of 120 nationalities providing facilities for study teaching research socialising entertainment and administration that are now open from 7am to midnight sanaa.
It has one of the largest collections of scientific literature in europe with over 500 000 volumes.
The rolex learning center was designed by internationally renowned japanese architecture firm sanaa.
Classrooms jittery joe s mlc security lost and found study space group study rooms and presentation practice rooms.
There are many different experiences of spaces which you can feel from both inside and outside but at the same time they didn t maintain well the space underneath the building.
Grounded at all four corners the building conforms to the regularity of epfl s bland campus masterplan.
The rolex learning center at the ecole polytechnique fédérale de lausanne in switzerland will open its doors on feb 22th.
Open to both students and the public it is designed to be a learning laboratory a library with 500 000 volumes and an international cultural hub.
The building designed by the acclaimed japanese firm sanaa features.
With this the 65m rolex learning centre was born financed by curvature contributions from rolex logitech bouygues construction credit suisse nestlé novartis and sicpa.
Sanaa s rolex learning center is scarcely orthogonal cellular or conventionally institutional looking anywhere on its 88 000 m2 site.