EPFL QUARTIER NORD SwissTech Convention Center Retail and Student Housing / RDR Architectes

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EPFL QUARTIER NORD SwissTech Convention Center Retail and Student Housing  / RDR Architectes - Exterior Photography
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Text description provided by the architects. On the eastern edge of the site, student housing and commercial and service areas provide a clear border on the public plaza. Extending to the south to include the Metro station, shops and restaurants are sheltered by a covered gallery with the hotel and student lodgings above. The large scale of the building is mediated through a series of articulations and variations in height of the different volumes that make up the complex. Only the central bodies of the building are carried up to level eight at the top. The outer facades clad in serigraphed glass and aluminium louvers maintain a clear dialogue with the convention center, the coloured window jambs anticipate the exuberance of the inner courtyard. 

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Cite: "EPFL QUARTIER NORD SwissTech Convention Center Retail and Student Housing / RDR Architectes" 26 Jun 2014. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/519434/epfl-quartier-nord-swisstech-convention-center-retail-and-student-housing-richter-dahl-rocha-and-associes> ISSN 0719-8884

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