The rolex learning center was designed by internationally renowned japanese architecture firm sanaa.
Rolex learning center floor plan.
The centre is located on the campus of science and technology university epfl ecole polytechnique fédérale de lausanne and will be open to both students and the public.
The building spans a single uninterrupted space of 20 000 m providing a seamless array of services libraries p.
Sanaa s rolex learning center is scarcely orthogonal cellular or conventionally institutional looking anywhere on its 88 000 m2 site.
Grounded at all four corners the building conforms to the regularity of epfl s bland campus masterplan.
Classrooms jittery joe s mlc security lost and found study space group study rooms and presentation practice rooms.
Rolex learning centre by sanaa case study.
Open to both students and the public it is designed to be a learning laboratory a library with 500 000 volumes and an international cultural hub.
It has one of the largest collections of scientific literature in europe with over 500 000 volumes.
Charged with housing a complex programme for nearly 900 students of 120 nationalities providing facilities for study teaching research socialising entertainment and administration that are now open from 7am to midnight sanaa.
The rolex learning center is above all a library and learning space devoted to the cultivation of knowledge through an array of different methods.
The spaces which have very low height are abandoned without any proper function.
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The building designed by the acclaimed japanese firm sanaa features.
There are many different experiences of spaces which you can feel from both inside and outside but at the same time they didn t maintain well the space underneath the building.
Information desks including technology checkout at 3rd floor east desk mac wing digital media lab reading room north tower.
With this the 65m rolex learning centre was born financed by curvature contributions from rolex logitech bouygues construction credit suisse nestlé novartis and sicpa.
The rolex learning center at the ecole polytechnique fédérale de lausanne in switzerland will open its doors on feb 22th.