Created as the visual expression of scientific research, the new SWIRLL building on the campus of the University of Alabama Huntsville, is a very cool space.
Severe Weather Institute Radar and Lightning Laboratories = the acronym SWIRLL. Architects Frank Nola and Robert Van Peursem were given this name for the new building before they began the challenge of designing a structure that could accommodate the labs and equipment used by professors and students in their atmospheric and meteorological scientific research.
An inverted cone of glass is the most prominent exterior physical feature of the building. The building does indeed look like its name. A swirl of glass surrounds a three-story interior spiral staircase. The architects suggested that the flooring for the base of the spiral be laid to create a compass rose complete with the Greek names given to the winds by Aristotle.
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