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To connect science and culture at EPFL, the university’s campus will boast a novel "backbone" that stretches the length of Cosandey Square. This roof was designed by Kengo Kuma & Associates conjunction with Holzer Kobler Architekturen. Kengo Kuma won the open competition launched by EPFL in early 2012 that included entries from 12 leading international architects specializing in pavilion design. He has designed numerous museum projects in Japan and China, including a museum for the Fonds regional d’art contemporain (Frac) in Marseille, France. The idea was to design a set of three pavilions on Cosandey Square. One building will be a space for the presentation of EPFL’s work. Another is to be dedicated to the development of futuristic scenography for art museums, and the third will house the Montreux Jazz Lab, a new kind of multimedia space.
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