SwissTech Convention Center

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

SwissTech Convention Center
General information
AddressRoute Louis-Favre 2
Town or city1024 Ecublens
CountrySwitzerland
Coordinates46.5234621°N 6.564013°E / 46.5234621; 6.564013
Elevation397 m
Inaugurated3 April 2014
Cost€110 million
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
Website
Official website

Building

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]

Events
Space pioneers Buzz Aldrin and Alexei Leonov at the Swiss Tech Convention Centre in 2015.

Regular

Other

See also

References
  1. (in French) "L’EPFL recadrée par le Contrôle fédéral des finances", Radio télévision suisse, 27-29 April 2015 (page visited on 11 July 2017).
  2. (in French) Nicolas Dufour, "Le Contrôle fédéral des finances accable l’EPFL pour ses bâtiments spectaculaires", Le Temps, 30 August 2016 (page visited on 11 July 2017).
  3. "The SwissTech Convention Center, a lab for conferences of the future", press release, 3 April 2014 (page visited on 3 October 2014).
  4. "Olympics: IOC prepares to award next two Games to Paris and Los Angeles", The Guardian, 11 July 2017 (page visited on 11 July 2017).
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