EPFL conference centre: exterior view from west
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A conference centre that will be Europe’s most modern in 2012 will soon see the light of day on the northern edge of the Swiss Federal Polytechnic Institute (EPFL). The university hopes to attract world-class scientific meetings to the centre, which will house a main auditorium of up to 3,000 seats along with five lesser meeting rooms of up to 250 seats each.
Work on the complex should start in the summer. It will include parking and access to the rest of the EPFL campus. The centre itself includes housing for 500 students and a commercial zone, including medical facilities.
EPFL conference centre from above
The project is a partnership between a local real estate company, HRS Real Estate, which will own the premises, and EPFL, which will manage the site. Costs of the project are estimated at CHF190 million. The centre is expected to be up and running in 2012.
Links to other sites: EPFL, HRS Real Estate, Le Temps, Richter, Rocha Dahl & Associés
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News story, GenevaLunch, 19 January 2010.
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Tags: conference centre, Education, EPFL, HRS Real Estate, Lausanne, polytechnic institute, Richter Rocha Dahl architects, Switzerland, university
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