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| EPFL Learning Center | |
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| Alternative names | Rolex Learning Center Bibliothèque de l'EPFL |
| General information | |
| Type | Library, workspaces, multi-purpose hall "Forum Rolex", café, food court, restaurant, offices, bookshop and parking |
| Location | Lausanne campus |
| Town or city | Écublens, Lausanne |
| Opened | 22 February 2010[1] |
| Inaugurated | 27 May 2010[1] |
| Cost | 110 million CHF[1] |
| Owner | École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 1 + basement |
| Floor area | 37,000 m2[1] |
| Grounds | 20,000 m2 (166.5 m × 121.5 m)[1] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA) |
| Known for | Innovative architecture: large one-room space, floor undulations and curved patios |
| Website | |
| rolexlearningcenter.epfl.ch | |
The Rolex Learning Center is a public library and the main research library of EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. Designed by the winners of 2010 Pritzker Prize, Japanese-duo SANAA, it was inaugurated on 22 February 2010.[2]