

santiago calatrava’s florida polytechnic university opens

image © joel morales photography

santiago calatrava‘s ‘innovation, science & technology building’ for florida polytechnic university,USA is set to open its doors to students, five years after the spanish architect was chosen to masterplan the school‘s expanded campus. costing $60 million USD to complete, the 160,000 square foot project houses a range of classrooms, auditoriums and research labs alongside faculty offices and academic administration resources.



the design is characterized by its repeated skeletal form

image © joel morales photography

santiago calatrava developed the florida polytechnic university with a repeated skeletal form, with a latticed envelope stretched across a series of arched ribs. the vast scheme is crowned with a rising operable roof that can be adapted in order to regulate the desired amount of direct light required in response to the sun’s daily movement. the building’s formal arrangement comprises four pedestrian bridges connecting the two-storey structure with the surrounding development.



a latticed envelope is stretched across a series of arched ribs

image © andy glogower



the vast scheme is crowned with a rising operable roof

image by aerial innovations / courtesy of florida polytechnic university



the canopy can be adapted in order to regulate the desired amount of direct light required

image by aerial innovations / courtesy of florida polytechnic university



the building’s formal arrangement comprises four pedestrian bridges connecting the two-storey structure

image by aerial innovations / courtesy of florida polytechnic university



a rendering showing the ‘innovation, science & technology building’ in the context of the new campus

image © santiago calatrava



the 160,000 square foot project houses a range of classrooms, auditoriums and research labs

image © santiago calatrava