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Rolex Learning Center

SANAA, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2010

Scale: 1:500
Materials: acrylic
Type: volumetric
Detail: 3/7
Student: Dominic Weber, FS25

A 1:500 study model of SANAA's Rolex Learning Center rendered entirely in clear acrylic, capturing the building's hallmark shallow-domed, continuously undulating slab with its characteristic oval apertures (courtyards/patios) punched through the shell. The translucent material and backlit presentation foreground the building's phenomenological quality of light transmission through its thin, flowing form. The model prioritizes overall topographic massing and void placement over structural or facade resolution.

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