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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

Zaha Hadid ArchitectsZaha Hadid Architects

Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

Typeworkbureau
Year / years2010Unrecorded
PlaceLausanne, Vaud, SwitzerlandAntwerp, Flanders, Belgium
Place contextLausanne, Vaud, SwitzerlandRepresentative site: City of Westminster, City of Westminster, United Kingdom
Climate10°C · 14.0h daylight · 19 km/h wind8°C · 14.3h daylight · 16 km/h wind · via Serpentine Galleries
FocusUniversity learning center27 works in corpus
Architects
  • Kazuyo Sejima
  • Ryue Nishizawa
  • Zaha Hadid
Linked context

Bureaus

  • SANAA

Notable works

  • Serpentine Galleries
  • Vitra Fire Station
  • Contemporary Arts Center
  • BMW Central Building
Typologies
  • university building
  • learning center
  • academic building
  • landscape
  • fire station
  • deconstructivism
  • industrial building
  • museum
  • building
  • performance venue
  • education
Materials
  • concrete
  • glass
  • steel
  • concrete
  • fabric
  • glass
  • steel
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Glass

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Fabric
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.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible12 of 12 recorded works are publicly accessible
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