A friend told me about this project: The Rolex Learning Center in Lausanne Switzerland, which is currently under construction.
The project held a contest which involved several world-renowned architects. Zaha Hadid, Herzog and de Meuron, Jean Nouvel, Abalos and Herreros, OMA, etc. Just to name some.
The Architects selected were SANAA, Kazuyo Sejima and Nishizawa Rue.
I am not an expert in design criticism but I dare to say that almost all the designs proposals that participate on the competition, involved a big massive structure that would compete with the beautiful and clean landscape of the city. In contrast the selected architects proposed a design that I daresay blends with the landscape. The feeling I gave it is a piece of paper that has fallen into the landscape and that has been folded and transformed to create different spaces. Fluidity, continuity and simplicity are qualities hard to achieve.
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