First EPFL buildings to be listed as historic monuments

The first buildings constructed between 1969 and 1984 on the site of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) are to be listed as historic monuments. The aim is to preserve this iconic example of 20th-century architecture while ensuring it can continue to evolve. This architectural complex, with a floor area of 158,800 square metres, was designed by the Zurich-based architect Jakob Zweifel, of the firm Zweifel+Strickler+Associates. He devised a modular grid-like structure with…