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General information
AddressRoute Louis-Favre 2
Town or city1024 Ecublens
CountrySwitzerland
Elevation397 m
Inaugurated3 April 2014
Cost€110
Height
ArchitecturalModern
Top floorAuditorium A, B & C
Technical details
Floor count3
Floor area10'000 m2
Design and construction
Architecture firmRichter Dahl Rocha & Associés
Awards and prizes2016 Winner of the Best Swiss Convention Center - Swiss MICE
Other information
Seating capacityFrom 300 to 3'000
Number of rooms18

The SwissTech Convention Center is a conference centre sited on the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.

Building

Designed by the architectural firm Richter Dahl Rocha & Associés of Lausanne, the building was financed by two Credit Suisse real estate funds. Financial support from the Swiss electricity supply company Romande Energie 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 EPFL and the inventor of this technology.[1]

Events

Notes and references

  1. ^ The SwissTech Convention Center, a lab for conferences of the future, News release 03.04.14 (page visited on 3 October 2014).

See also