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Exterior view of the Rolex Learning Center at EPFL, showing the broad curving roof and glazed openings across the sloped floor plate.

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Rolex Learning Center

2010 · Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

Rolex Learning Center exterior view

Exterior view of the Rolex Learning Center at EPFL in Lausanne.

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Rolex Learning Center

Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland · City-level coordinates only

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Rolex Learning CenterRolex Learning Center

2010 · Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

Herbert BakerHerbert Baker

1892 · London, England, United Kingdom

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20101892
PlaceLausanne, Vaud, SwitzerlandLondon, England, United Kingdom
Place contextLausanne, Vaud, SwitzerlandRepresentative site: Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Climate13°C · 13.9h daylight · 26 km/h wind17°C · 11.1h daylight · 16 km/h wind · via Houses of Parliament, Cape Town
FocusUniversity learning center43 works in corpus
Architects
  • Kazuyo Sejima
  • Ryue Nishizawa
  • Herbert Baker
Linked context

Bureaus

  • SANAA

Notable works

  • Houses of Parliament, Cape Town
  • St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town
  • State House, Nairobi
  • St Boniface Church, Germiston
Typologies
  • university building
  • learning center
  • academic building
  • housing
  • house
  • office
  • civic building
  • church
  • sacred space
  • cathedral
  • chapel
Materials
  • concrete
  • glass
  • steel
  • timber
  • brick
  • stone
Carbon signals

Concrete, Steel, and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Glass

Brick and Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Brick
  • Stone
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible14 of 14 recorded works are publicly accessible
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