The École Cantonal d'Art de Lausanne (ECAL) was founded in 1821. It was initially housed inside the Espace Arlaud and now uses the premises of the former Iril factory closed in 2002. Iril was founded in 1951 for the production of nylon stockings and employed up to 1600 people in the 1970s. The industrial building has 23000 square meters of floor space and was transformed between 2004 and 2007 by Bernard Tschumi architects and Fehlmann Architectes.
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