Positioned in the heart of the university campus of EPFL and UNIL, the new building for RTS (Swiss Radio and Television) functions as a hinge not just between the two institutions, but between fields of education and research, between classical radio
At the end of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Puck breaks the fourth wall to remind the audience that what it has just seen is but a piece of fiction. The installation that this year has won the International FAD Award breaks the floor of a
The Pôle Museal, an urban regeneration plan that in scale and ambition has no precedent in Switzerland, mainly aims to transform the city of Lausanne into a world-class cultural-innovation hub and revive a degraded space next to the train tracks. Int
To break with the rigid scheme of white-walled rooms repeated around a central core, the project introduces kinks and bends. Rows of black marble columns pass through the building, engaging in dialogue with a small and joyful round volume...
The new parliament of the Canton of Vaud melds into a complex historical context, replacing the old building destroyed by fire in 2002 and refurbishing the existing structures.
Located by the Rolex Learning Center built by SANAA on the campus of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), ‘Under One Roof’ is a project that gathers three programs: an art and science pavilion, a technology and information gallery, an
Olympic House has officially opened in Lausanne, Switzerland, in a public park that is home to the 18th-century Château de Vidy, on the shore of Lake Geneva. Seeking the highest level of integration with the natural and historical setting, the Danish
The new art district of Lausanne is an urban regeneration plan that includes the construction of venues for the city’s most important museum institutions and the regeneration of a run-down area by the train station. The new cultural facilities are or
The new building for RTS (Radio Télévision Suisse) is positioned in the heart of the double campus of EPFL and UNIL and functions as a ‘hinge,’ not just between the two campuses, but between fields of education and research, between classical broadca
The new Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts of Lausanne is located next to the train station of the Swiss city. The project transforms the old locomotive depot and its surroundings to reactivate the area with a combination of public space and cultural progr
The new university building combines two functions, teaching and research, and separates both programs in different volumetric areas within a single piece covered with a glass casing that reflects the environment, offering a kaleidoscopic image... [+
The Élysée Museum – of photography – and the MUDAC – of design –, blend into the topography, extending the city’s system of gardens. They are buried for conservation reasons, and a large ramp descends to the main access... [+]
The new mechanics hall of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne follows the 7.2 x 3.9 geometric scheme that has defined the campus since it was built in the 1970s. The result of an international competition, the project organizes its 19,000 sq
Composed of a main building and two complementary ones, the project intends to define a new public space within a currently disused railway area, becoming an inhabited wall that serves as a neutral backdrop for urban life. The wall of the original bu
Promoted by the Canton of Vaud, the City of Lausanne, and the CFF (Swiss Federal Railways), the new Pôle Museal is an urban regeneration plan, of scope unprecedented in Switzerland, set out to transform the city into a dynamic center of cultural inno
The campus of the École Polytechnique Fédérale of Lausanne is on Lake Leman’s shores, with views of the Alps. The spirit of the EPFL is based on the collaboration among universities, so eliminating the boundaries between them was one of the principle
The project for Radio Télévision Suisse is an open scheme that blends the new building into the existing EPFL campus and seamlessly extends the public space, particularly in relation to the Rolex Center by the Japanese office SANAA. All the programs,
At the new EPFL pavilions a half-kilometer long sheltered path with an animated facade proposes an enjoyable stroll that links the esplanade to the student housing, offering activities, exhibitions and events for users. The roof is a reproduction of
Devised as a theoretical experiment, and stemming from the idea of architecture as a process, the project proposes a system of emitters-receptors of sound waves that connect the whole campus, changing in form to adapt to the type of event...
A single building, with a strong identity on campus, brings together the program of three pavilions in four floors that function independently. The cultural pavilion, placed underground, is accessed through exhibition ramps that illuminate the interi
The pavilions are shaped like three islands surrounded by a communal space under an inhabitable and passable roof with views towards Lake Leman, using a play of envelopes that are open or closed depending on the program and the climate...
The vertical distribution of the three pavilions creates an outdoor space on top of the Montreux Jazz Lab pavilion, consisting of a series of platforms with plants that can be used as stages for concerts and other activities that enliven the campus..
The building extends the esplanade on the north end through a passable roof that connects with Cosandey square, offering a vantage point towards the Alps on the south end. The three pavilions are found beneath the elevated walkway in the center...
Among young Spanish practices, the studio set up in Barcelona in 2004 by Fabrizio Barozzi and Alberto Veiga is one of those that have most gone international, and the recently finished Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts in Lausanne, Switzerland, is the lar
Frente a competidores de la talla de Caruso St. John, Sergison Bates, Kengo Kuma, Bernard Tschumi o Eduardo Souto de Moura, el joven estudio barcelonés de Fabrizio Barozzi y Alberto Veiga ha ganado el concurso internacional para el Museo de Bellas Ar
Un jurado internacional presidido por Norman Foster ha seleccionado, de entre las 33 propuestas a concurso, la presentada por el estudio barcelonés Bonell y Gil para construir el nuevo Parlamento del cantón de Vaud, en la ciudad suiza de Lausana. El
