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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.
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

Pedro Ramírez VázquezPedro Ramírez Vázquez

1945 · Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20101945
PlaceLausanne, Vaud, SwitzerlandMexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Place contextLausanne, Vaud, SwitzerlandRepresentative site: Miguel Hidalgo, Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico
Climate7°C · 14.0h daylight · 5 km/h wind16°C · 12.7h daylight · 5 km/h wind · via Museo de Arte Moderno
FocusUniversity learning center6 works in corpus
Architects
  • Kazuyo Sejima
  • Ryue Nishizawa
  • Pedro Ramirez Vazquez
Linked context

Bureaus

  • SANAA

Notable works

  • Museo de Arte Moderno
  • National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico)
  • Estadio Azteca
  • Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Typologies
  • university building
  • learning center
  • academic building
  • museum
  • landscape
  • sports venue
  • church
  • sacred space
  • building
  • house
Materials
  • concrete
  • glass
  • steel
  • stone
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Glass

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

  • 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.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible4 of 4 recorded works are publicly accessible
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