Rolex Learning Center in Lausanne, Switzerland - Highest Performance

摘要

As a consequence of the Bolo-gna reform the competition be-tween third-ievel educational institutions for the best places on the international ranking lists has grown keener. The Ecole Polytechnique Federate de Lausanne (EPFL) in the French-speaking region of Switzerland has reacted to this situation with a symbol of openness, a flagship in the form of the newly built Rolex Learning Center. SANAA architects from Tokyo have created a radically experimental buildingthat serves new kinds of interaction in research and science.rnPhilosophy In the EPFL grounds in the west of Lausanne, which were first occupied by this institution in 1968, today around 11 000 people study, research and work in a markedly cooperative environment. The outdated labyrinthine original buildings no longer suited the new philosophy of the EPFL that required a contemporary campus.