Renovation of a vocational school in Lausanne with façade glass from Glas Trösch
The EPCL vocational school in Lausanne (Ecole professionnelle commerciale de Lausanne) exemplifies how the renovation of a building can turn it into a work of art. The educational complex, consisting of the school building and a sports hall, dates back to the early 1970s and was given a new glass façade as part of an energy-efficient refurbishment project, a façade full of surprises: round “piezo” metal discs were integrated in the façade glass that, like the membranes of a loudspeaker, make the entire building sound like running water.