Cornell built a super-high-tech school in New York City that could revolutionize building design - take a look

Nestled between Manhattan and Queens on New York's Roosevelt Island, a new approach to building design has come to life.

Cornell Tech, a two-million-square foot campus aimed at serving students studying computer science, business, and entrepreneurship, is open for the 2016-2017 academic year.

The buildings will remain in construction until approximately 2043, at which point some 2,000 students and hundreds of faculty and staff will live in energy-efficient buildings designed to heat and cool their inhabitants naturally.

Here's what the school is like up close.