The new academic complex on the Polytechnic campus of Arizona State University (ASU) was built to withstand the insistent, erosive forces of the desert around Mesa, Arizona.
'Being out on the eastern part of the valley, the site is very exposed and gets hit very hard with wind and rain,' says Beau Dromiack, design leader for RSP Architects, the architect of record for the project. 'It requires a durable architecture which we call 'desert tough.''
