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SwissTech Convention Center | |
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General information | |
Address | Route Louis-Favre 2 |
Town or city | 1024 Ecublens |
Country | Switzerland |
Coordinates | 46°31′24″N 6°33′50″E / 46.5234621°N 6.564013°E |
Elevation | 397 m |
Inaugurated | 3 April 2014 |
Cost | €110 million |
Height | |
Architectural | Modern |
Top floor | Auditorium A, B & C |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 3 |
Floor area | 10'000 m2 |
Design and construction | |
Architecture firm | Richter Dahl Rocha & Associés |
Awards and prizes | 2016 Winner of the Best Swiss Convention Center - Swiss MICE |
Other information | |
Seating capacity | From 300 to 3,000 |
Number of rooms | 18 |
Website | |
Official website |
The SwissTech Convention Center is a conference centre on the campus of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.
The building was designed by the architectural firm Richter Dahl Rocha & Associés of Lausanne. It was financed by two Credit Suisse real estate funds for 120 million Swiss francs. [1] The Credit Suisse owns the building, while the EPFL pays an annual rent of 6 million Swiss francs. [1] This public-private partnership was criticised by the Swiss Federal Audit Office as "the conditions are unfavourable to the EPFL and favourable to the investor". [2]
Financial support from the Swiss electricity supply company Romande énergie allowed the west facade of the building to be covered with panels made of organic dye-sensitized solar cell, also called "Grätzel cells" after Michael Grätzel, a physical chemistry professor at the EPFL and the inventor of this technology. [3]