It was founded in 1948 by a group of teachers from Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo.

[citation needed] The current school building was designed by João Batista Vilanova Artigas.

It contains a central atrium representing the power of collaboration, with a main ramp up through the building, and skylights.

[citation needed] Vilanova Artigas was a faculty member of the school, and also helped create the original school's curriculum, a Bauhaus-style program giving equal footing to technical skills, history, and design.

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