saved.archi

your architecture companion

Compare

Compare works, bureaus, or a mixed set

Read a small selection side by side through images, place context, climate, typology, materials, carbon signals, accessibility, and related books.

WorksBureausMixedReset selection

Projects

1 selected · 1 other item held elsewhere in the compare set

Bureaus

1 selected · 1 other item held elsewhere in the compare set

Visual compare

The selected works stay in sync by slot, while the pins map where they sit inside the mixed set.

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

Hero image

Rolex Learning Center

2010 · Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

Rolex Learning Center exterior view

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

Map pins

Site spread

Pins are normalized from the recorded work coordinates so you can read the set spatially.

Rolex Learning Center

Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland · City-level coordinates only

OpenStreetMap

Comparison

Field
Rolex Learning CenterRolex Learning Center

2010 · Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

Paulo Mendes da Rocha ArquitetosPaulo Mendes da Rocha Arquitetos

1957-2021 · Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20101957-2021
PlaceLausanne, Vaud, SwitzerlandSao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Place contextLausanne, Vaud, SwitzerlandRepresentative site: Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Climate10°C · 14.0h daylight · 24 km/h wind20°C · 11.4h daylight · 11 km/h wind · via Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo
FocusUniversity learning center2 works in corpus
Architects
  • Kazuyo Sejima
  • Ryue Nishizawa
  • Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Linked context

Bureaus

  • SANAA

Notable works

  • Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo
  • Patriarca Square
Typologies
  • university building
  • learning center
  • academic building
  • museum
  • adaptive reuse
  • cultural building
  • public space
  • urban intervention
  • civic infrastructure
Materials
  • concrete
  • glass
  • steel
  • brick
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Glass

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Brick
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.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible2 of 2 recorded works are publicly accessible
Related books

No linked books yet.