The building is organized around four programmatic clusters. A three-story bar perpendicular to a high-bay, industrial lab gives form to the building's L-shaped plan. A double-height lobby connects the two volumes and provides views into the Computer Integrated Manufacturing Lab and to the job placement and counseling center.

The Center is designed to accommodate technological changes by utilizing an accessible corridor distribution system. Labs and classrooms in the bar are served from the corridor side by utilities, power, data, and telecommunications lines on a modular basis. A linear brushed aluminum lighting soffit permits easy access to the modular service elements from either side of the corridor. Lecture rooms contain rear screen projectors and all classrooms have computer and data connections at each student station. A television studio and distance-learning center transmit programs to the campus and the local community.

Lounge areas are located in triangular projections that punctuate the northern elevation and alcoves in the southern facade. This arrangement provides views of the campus gorge and allows light to penetrate the classrooms across the corridor. A linear modular window system draws natural light into the building. On the southern side of the technical arts cluster, perforated metal sunshades provide solar protection to the windows. Kal-wall allows natural light into the high bay industrial labs and minimizes direct sunlight and solar heat gain.