The architectural design intends to give an easily-recognizable identity to the new complex, creating a very contemporary language deeply related to the institute’s DNA. It follows a sculpture-like shapes building, as a result of an ideal wedge in the act of breaking a block of stone just to prepare it for modeling.

The use of a local porphyry for the cladding of the opaque parts of the façades, as well as the use of dark-wood as vertical shading for the large windows, exactly define building’s belonging to a very specific cultural and material context.

From the distribution viewpoint the project is currently organized by thematic areas: in the basement there are parking, technical rooms and 4 production laboratories; the ground floor houses a large atrium and agora, in addition to the remaining production laboratories and teachers rooms; the first level, configured as a sort of covered square, hosts students spaces, including the library and the study areas, as well as spaces for the relationship with territory; at the upper levels there are multi-purpose laboratory classrooms and the three-year basic training laboratories.