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112 City of Sunny Isles Beach New Facility Qualifications for Architectural Design Services <br /> <br /> <br /> Florida Polytechnic University, <br />Innovation, Science and Technology <br />(IST) Building <br /> Lakeland, Florida <br />Owner <br />Florida Polytechnic University <br />Design Architect / Client <br />Santiago Calatrava <br />Architect of Record <br />Alfonso Architects <br />General Contractor <br />Skanska <br />Completion Date <br />June 2014 <br />Construction Cost <br />$60 million <br />Total Area <br />160,000 sf <br />Awards <br />National Award Winner - $15 Million to <br />$75 Million Category, IDEAS2 Award, <br />American Institute of Steel Construction <br />(AISC), 2015 <br /> <br />Diamond Award, ACEC New York, <br />Engineering Excellence Awards, <br />Structural Systems, 2015 <br /> <br />Best Project, Higher Education / <br />Research, ENR Southeast, 2014 <br /> <br />Award of Merit, Out of Area, Roger H. <br />Corbetta Award program, The Concrete <br />Industry Board, 2014 <br /> <br />Project of the Year, American Society of <br />Civil Engineers Ridge Branch and the <br />Florida Engineering Society Ridge <br />Chapter, 2013 <br /> <br />Services <br />Structural Engineering <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Photograph courtesy Brad Malmsten for Thornton Tomasetti <br />Thornton Tomasetti provided structural design services for a 160,000- <br />square-foot academic building located on Florida Polytechnic University’s <br />new 170-acre campus. The Innovation, Science and Technology (IST) <br />Building provides spaces for interdisciplinary classrooms, laboratories, <br />offices, meeting rooms and a large amphitheater. The two-story teaching <br />facility features a prominent glass and steel cupola with an operable louver <br />system, and a continuous pergola defined by 84 arched aluminum “leaves” <br />that shade the upper level terraces and ground-level arcades around the <br />perimeter of the building. <br />The structure is supported on a shallow foundation system bearing on stone- <br />column reinforced soils. The concrete frames are comprised of a series of <br />exposed concrete articulated portal frames arranged in a radial fashion <br />following the oval footprint of the project. A cast-in-place concrete ring beam <br />supports the vaulted steel cupola and its louver system. <br />The initial concept for the the louvers required two 250-foot-long movable <br />arches to raise and lower the louvers. Working with the project team, the <br />engineers developed an alternative design in which individual hydraulic <br />pistons operate each of the 94 louvers. This allowed for a lighter, less- <br />expensive support structure and minimized the need for custom parts. <br />As one of the first buildings constructed on the site, the IST building helps <br />establish the design scheme for all future structures within phase one of the <br />campus master plan. Its distinctive profile and design is intended to attract <br />and inspire visitors, and to help achieve the university’s vision for developing <br />a new science and technology corridor in central Florida. <br />