This morning Cornell University unveiled more detailed renderings of their NYC Tech campus on Roosevelt Island.  The latest plans for the graduate campus include a five story eco-friendly academic center designed by Pritzker Prize winner Thom Mayne and a campus layout by Skidmore Owings & Merrill. The roomy organization of this campus hub brings to mind the vast, expansive interiors of Silicon Valley, putting a priority on shared communal space over isolated classrooms.

The building will be entirely energy self-sufficient, utilizing solar panels, geothermal wells, and water turbines, according to Cornell. Cornell NYC Tech has already started to accept applications for the spring 2013 school year, despite a 2017 expected completion date for its first construction phase. In the mean time Google has offered up the school’s first students some spacious accommodation in their Chelsea NYC headquarters, which will be used as a temporary campus home.