Innovation Hall is located on the corner of W. Michigan and N. Blackford Street, west of the Informatics & Communications Technology Complex.
History
Innovation Hall, also known as the Multidisciplinary Research and Classroom Building, was constructed in 2020 and designed by BDMD. The 100,000-square-foot building was designed to address the growing needs of the School of Science, School of Engineering and Technology, and the School of Informatics and Computing. The project cost a total of $44 million. The building included a state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research and lab space, a cleanroom environment, a maker space, and modernized classrooms and collaborative learning spaces.
The makerspace suite included a collaboration studio, and electronics fabrication and testing lab, a wet lab, a wood shop, and a machine shop. The space is designed to provide students and faculty with resources to support learning with innovative techniques and technologies.
Architecture
The three-story structure is clad in limestone and metal panel materials reminiscent of the Campus Center. A two-story glass curtain wall on the north side of the facility will creates an open student study area facing Michigan Street, and three stairwells at the three main entries also bring natural light indoors.
Documentation
In 2023, students engaged in the New Humanities Lab at the Arts and Humanities Institute of Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) undertook a project researching and documenting IUPUI's architecture. This effort was inspired by a 2009 project by Museum Studies students at IUPUI.