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ArtLab science and culture venue launches in Lausanne

Lausanne Tourism & Convention Bureau announces the official opening of the ArtLab at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), one of the two Swiss institutes of technology.

Designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, ArtLab’s vast 250 metre slate roof stretches across three distinct spaces, which are dedicated to encouraging a closer connection between science and culture. With an area of 3,360m2, the completion cost for this unique venue totalled 35.5million Swiss Francs (approximately €33m).

The primary event space is housed in the Montreux Jazz Café, which offers cocktail capacity for 120 people, or 73 seated indoors and 40 on the terrace. The high-tech café showcases the Montreux Jazz Festival archives, which is listed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register. The terminals within the café’s booths allow visitors to search and listen to the music database, which includes some 5,000 concerts by artists such as Aretha Franklin, David Bowie, Lenny Kravitz, Paloma Faith and
Lady Gaga.

The Experimental Exhibition Space sits at the centre of the ArtLab building and will host various displays throughout the year. The third element of ArtLab is the DataSquare, designed to share knowledge and interact with the general public by showcasing EPFL’s flagship big data research projects.

Olivier Mathieu

Olivier Mathieu, Congress and Meetings Manager at Lausanne Tourism & Convention Bureau, says: “EPFL and its partners have created an incredibly vibrant space, which will appeal to event organisers looking for something different to inspire delegates by offering an innovative dimension to educational activities, team workshops and social occasions. The Bureau has been so inspired by what the ArtLab has to offer that we are holding our next event in this fantastic new venue.”

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A long-time meetings industry addict, Gorazd is the Founder and owner of marketing and event agency Toleranca Marketing. He has many years of experience in planning, preparing and carrying out large international meetings and exhibitions. As the founder of the "Power to the Meetings" methodology, he still firmly believes in the power of live events and human to human communication. He is also the author of numerous articles and editor-in-chief of the meetings industry magazine Kongres Magazine.