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The six campuses are:  
The six campuses are:  


* Fortuna Institute of Technology (FIT)  
*Fortuna Institute of Technology (FIT)
* Fortuna Department of Research and Higher Education (DRHE)
*Fortuna Department of Research and Higher Education (DRHE)
* Fortuna International Academy of Language and Culture (IALC)
*Fortuna International Academy of Language and Culture (IALC)
* Palaestrio Bellator Athletic Hall (''Fortuna Field'')
*Palaestrio Bellator Athletic Hall (''Fortuna Field'')
* Montini School of Business (''The Chamber'')
*Montini School of Business (''The Chamber'')
* Fortuna Law School (''Fortuna Hall'')
*Fortuna Law School (''Fortuna Hall'')


Despite being three distinct campuses, the Fortuna Institute of Technology, Department of Research and Higher Education, and International Academy of Language and Culture are all physically located across a 209 acre area southwest of Novo-Aro. This area is collectively called Fortuna Valley, or the Valley, and is known as the main campus of Fortuna Institute.  
Despite being three distinct campuses, the Fortuna Institute of Technology, Department of Research and Higher Education, and International Academy of Language and Culture are all physically located across a 209 acre area southwest of Novo-Aro. This area is collectively called Fortuna Valley, or the Valley, and is known as the main campus of Fortuna Institute.  
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nestled right on the Marcatarolo Canal is Fortuna Law School, known as Fortuna Hall.
nestled right on the Marcatarolo Canal is Fortuna Law School, known as Fortuna Hall.


===Fortune Valley===  
===Fortune Valley===
The courtyard view of Fortune Valley
===Fortuna Field===
The Palaestrio Bellator Athletic Hall covers 46,000 square miles between historical buildings such as Downes-Aldrich House and the Ciduon Va Railway Station. Being at the center of the old city of Eleuia, Fortuna Field was designed to preserve the history of the region while taking advantage of the ideal location.  An 18.53 acre plaza serves as a central meeting point and an event space for students, athletes, and other residents, -with its way leading towards the Railway Station. The plaza also contains the Fortuna Cultural Center and a youth entertainment park.


Nestled in the hills of north Novo-Aro, Fortune Valley is often considered the main campus as The Institute of Technology (IUT) program, The Department of Research and Higher Education (PRES), and The International House of Languages and Culture are all housed in Fortune Valley. The structure of the building within the block provides for a clear separation between the different areas of the IUT and PRES. The individual components are encompassed in a compact ring around a spacious landscaped courtyard, which portrays a representative and quiet building block edge to the outside of the cityscape. The courtyard with its tiered patio areas functions as an open "Forum" promoting communication between the individual institutions.
The uniform block structure at the main entrance is deliberately broken, as the autonomous block of the PRES significantly protrudes in plan and height. A gem-like exterior layer of adjustable vertical glass panels is used in the building ring-seemingly without touching it- thus contributing to its function and location opposite the existing University Construction Office.
The inside of a classroom in Fortune Valley
The ground floor and the first floor are reserved for the entrance hall, the dining hall, and the classrooms. In the standard floors are offices, conference rooms, and student apartments. The auditorium is embedded low in the center of the block creating space for a large terrace above, which is linked via seating steps through the courtyard. The rich greenery of the patio creates an oasis within the compact urban structure that makes the "''viridi et cogitantium loco meditationis''" a significant part of the urban university life.
===Fortuna Field===
An overview of the 18.53 acre sports plaza
'''The Palaestrio Belletor Athletic Hall''' -with 50,000 people capacity- is built on 46,000 square mile land, which is located in the zone reserved for sports activities through the master planning of Novo-Aro. The 53,000 sq mi. building is between historical buildings, such as Downes-Aldrich House and the Ciduon Va Railway Station. Being at the center of the old city of Eleuia, it is designed considering the particularities of a special context and its urban life. Firstly, a relationship was sought between the surrounding regions by implementing an urban plaza as a meeting point and an event space for inhabitants, -with its way leading towards the Railway Station. In addition, a pedestrian axis -surrounded by trees in both sides- is designed to start a relationship in between the zone which harbors the Fortuna Cultural Center and the one which harbors the youth entertainment park. The building has no boundaries, like fences or gates. Unlike typical sports halls that become a vacant place in times when there is not any sports activity taking place, The Palaestrio Belletor Athletic Hall is part of a living city with its plazas and walkways. It is possible to access the place through public transport, like metro, bus or train. The number of car parking is put to a minimum in order to enhance arrival through walking and public transport.
Secondly, rather than accomplishing an introverted typology, an extroverted design was considered. A transparent facade and terraces on certain levels were designed in order to render inhabitants develop visual relationships with the city in every direction. Diverse architectural elements, which are put layer by layer from the outside to the inside, such as tension rods, white horizontal sunshades, orange vertical sunshades, curtain wall, brut concrete columns, white foyer walls, green colored entrances, orange public toilet walls, increase the depth of view from the outside to the foyer walls behind.
The inside of one of the gymnasiums
Although the building is designed mainly for sports activities, such as basketball, volleyball, tennis, ice hockey, boxing, etc., it can harbor such cultural activities like concerts and congresses. It meets all the design criteria put out by Sarpedon Basketball League. Furthermore, it follows universal design principles; disabled and elderly people and families with children can easily access and circulate throughout the building. There are private lodges for the disabled. The tribunes are designed via the development of parabolic sections in order to develop an equal angle of vision for every audience. A significant landscape planning was developed, with a considerable amount of tree, for not only the area itself but also the surrounding approach routes.
Although the building is designed mainly for sports activities, such as basketball, volleyball, tennis, ice hockey, boxing, etc., it can harbor such cultural activities like concerts and congresses. It meets all the design criteria put out by Sarpedon Basketball League. Furthermore, it follows universal design principles; disabled and elderly people and families with children can easily access and circulate throughout the building. There are private lodges for the disabled. The tribunes are designed via the development of parabolic sections in order to develop an equal angle of vision for every audience. A significant landscape planning was developed, with a considerable amount of tree, for not only the area itself but also the surrounding approach routes.


===The Chamber===  
===The Chamber===
The main entrance to The Chamber
The Chamber is located in the south and is a centralized hub of activity, creating a diversity of transparent settings, planned spatially around a central three-story atrium space.The building’s architecture reflects contemporary trends and innovations in the workplace sector, now being increasingly adopted in business education. These foster collaboration through transparency, drive student knowledge through experiential learning and perpetuate innovation through designated meeting spaces, group work, spontaneous encounters and quiet individual reflection. An equal focus was spent on the careful design of the academic workplaces. This is increasingly becoming a focus of university communities because of the growing pressure on the need for research. In particular, this has led to a renewed interest in the notion of collegiality and the potential for unstructured intellectual exchange.
 
'''The Chamber''' is located in the south and is a centralized hub of activity, creating a diversity of transparent settings, planned spatially around a central three-story atrium space.The building’s architecture reflects contemporary trends and innovations in the workplace sector, now being increasingly adopted in business education. These foster collaboration through transparency, drive student knowledge through experiential learning and perpetuate innovation through designated meeting spaces, group work, spontaneous encounters and quiet individual reflection. An equal focus was spent on the careful design of the academic workplaces. This is increasingly becoming a focus of university communities because of the growing pressure on the need for research. In particular, this has led to a renewed interest in the notion of collegiality and the potential for unstructured intellectual exchange.


At Fortuna's business school, the result is a contemporary take on the traditional ‘club’. While the core need for collegiality remains, academics in today’s university environments can do without the typical social and cultural inhibitors associated with traditional clubs – exclusivity, a closed-door policy, isolation, and structure. Instead, the workplace at Fortuna's business school fosters unstructured transitional process – the same processes of collaboration, innovation, and connectivity that underpin the private sector. Rigorous education-specific space auditing combined with the solid consultation process resulted in a 10 percent saving in space from the original brief which was reinvested in a number of ways, such as: – the creation of a new collaborative and collegiate workplace model for academics; – new learning environments such as collaborative social spaces and breakout spaces; and – chilled beam climate control.  
At Fortuna's business school, the result is a contemporary take on the traditional ‘club’. While the core need for collegiality remains, academics in today’s university environments can do without the typical social and cultural inhibitors associated with traditional clubs – exclusivity, a closed-door policy, isolation, and structure. Instead, the workplace at Fortuna's business school fosters unstructured transitional process – the same processes of collaboration, innovation, and connectivity that underpin the private sector. Rigorous education-specific space auditing combined with the solid consultation process resulted in a 10 percent saving in space from the original brief which was reinvested in a number of ways, such as: – the creation of a new collaborative and collegiate workplace model for academics; – new learning environments such as collaborative social spaces and breakout spaces; and – chilled beam climate control.  


One of the dining halls
The facility provides a single location for various business faculties formerly housed in several buildings on and off the Fortuna Campus and includes formal and informal IT-enabled learning environments that support project-based learning and encourage collaboration. The provision of a cafe, service centers, study carrels and syndicate rooms enable seamless process to learning and extended hours of activity.
The facility provides a single location for various business faculties formerly housed in several buildings on and off the Fortuna Campus and includes formal and informal IT-enabled learning environments that support project-based learning and encourage collaboration. The provision of a cafe, service centers, study carrels and syndicate rooms enable seamless process to learning and extended hours of activity.


===Fortuna Hall===  
===Fortuna Hall===
The main building of Fortuna Hall.
 
The campus for the Fortuna Institute's most prestigious law school comprises of a 43,000 square foot complex dedicated to the education and the research. It's open in an economical and social environment in partnership with the a large roster of companies onboard a joint-venture program. Built in the Arbolo Gardens, the installation of the new buildings overhang of the existing parking area guarantees the durability of the woods. The present buildings are rehabilitated.  
The campus for the Fortuna Institute's most prestigious law school comprises of a 43,000 square foot complex dedicated to the education and the research. It's open in an economical and social environment in partnership with the a large roster of companies onboard a joint-venture program. Built in the Arbolo Gardens, the installation of the new buildings overhang of the existing parking area guarantees the durability of the woods. The present buildings are rehabilitated.  
One of the numerous lecture classrooms.


The work spaces are functional and answer to the comfort expected for the users and innovative services such as an e-learning platform, research laboratories, and even an incubator are available. But the specific feature of the campus is the ability to "offer more". The distension of the distribution spaces magnifies the space more. The areas of free movement become independent work spaces or places of exchanges. These spaces receive associations, companies, and institution when punctual events happen in the campus calendar. The opening of the campus to the city allow a more informal way of exchanges. The amphitheater and the restaurant are available for the resident of the city. The sports hub open is door to the associations of the borough. The park generates a place for a walk opened to everybody.
The work spaces are functional and answer to the comfort expected for the users and innovative services such as an e-learning platform, research laboratories, and even an incubator are available. But the specific feature of the campus is the ability to "offer more". The distension of the distribution spaces magnifies the space more. The areas of free movement become independent work spaces or places of exchanges. These spaces receive associations, companies, and institution when punctual events happen in the campus calendar. The opening of the campus to the city allow a more informal way of exchanges. The amphitheater and the restaurant are available for the resident of the city. The sports hub open is door to the associations of the borough. The park generates a place for a walk opened to everybody.