Introduction

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Architects: Dominique Perrault Architecture

Location: EPFL, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Designed Build Project With: Steiner SA

Area: 223000.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Vincent Fillon

Client: Swiss Confederation represented by the Council of Polytechnic Schools, delegation for the operations: EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Artistic Direction And Design : Gaëlle Lauriot-Prévost

Local Architect: Architram

Consultants: PREFACE SARL (facades), Betica SA (mechanical electrical), Daniel Willi SA (structure), DSILENCE SA (acoustics), Duchein SA (sanitary system)
Site Area: 167,000 sq. ft.

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IntroductionThe ME building, dedicated to the mechanical engineering department, was built by the Zweifel + Stricker + Associates team in the early 70s, during the first phase of development of the campus. Its spatial organization bears testament to the tenets of the original master plan: the separation of cars and pedestrians into two different flows, as per Modern Movement in architecture principles, means that access to the building happens on multiple levels. The building has a three-dimensional grid (23?-7? length by 12?-9? height) which divides its space in a controll...