This stunning structure is the Florida Polytechnic University designed by “starchitect” Santiago Calatrava, and had been on my “to see” list for a while now. Here are my photos from my visit.
Jaw-dropping, futuristic, minimal, organic, uplifting, and oddly comforting, its soaring frond-like arches feel like an airy spatial embrace. Perhaps a small influence from M.C. Escher’s “Architecture?” Calatrava is known for this beautiful modern architecture style, simplistic in lines yet complex in construction.
Inside, polished concrete floors and white curvilinear walls are both practical and beautiful, and the encircling “moat” surrounding the building is stocked with aquatic life, landscapes with palm trees, and lush lawns.
The lounge up the stairs from the main entrance’s furniture gives LeCorbusier LC2 feels, surely an intentional nod.
It’s a rare talent that can envision concrete and steel elevated into such an incredible lightness of being. No wonder Santiago Calatrava’s designs set my heart a-flutter.
