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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

Kenzo Tange AssociatesKenzo Tange Associates

1946 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20101946
PlaceLausanne, Vaud, SwitzerlandTokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Place contextLausanne, Vaud, SwitzerlandRepresentative site: Minneapolis, Minneapolis, United States
Climate16°C · 13.8h daylight · 9 km/h wind2°C · 13.8h daylight · 13 km/h wind · via Minneapolis Institute of Art
FocusUniversity learning center28 works in corpus
Architects
  • Kazuyo Sejima
  • Ryue Nishizawa
  • Kenzo Tange
Linked context

Bureaus

  • SANAA

Notable works

  • Minneapolis Institute of Art
  • Assumption of Mary Cathedral, Hiroshima
  • Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka
  • Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Typologies
  • university building
  • learning center
  • academic building
  • museum
  • church
  • sacred space
  • cathedral
  • memorial
  • hospitality
  • landscape
  • sports venue
Materials
  • concrete
  • glass
  • steel
  • concrete
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Glass

Concrete look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
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.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible13 of 13 recorded works are publicly accessible
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