The student deepens material understanding and craftsmanship by working directly with timber, joints, and finishes, adding tactile knowledge to digital expertise in the Wood Workshop Lab.
Specifications:
Offers bench space plus a comprehensive range of hand and power tools for sawing, shaping, joining, and finishing wooden components used in models, full-scale details, or exhibition pieces.
In addition to the W-LAB, the Department maintains the ARC laboratories, which include the Architecture Workshop (C-LAB) and the Digital Fabrication Workshop (F-LAB). These university facilities house digital prototyping equipment and wood-working tools that individual students or groups can access to produce models and prototypes upon request. Equipment includes an A0 open laser cutting machine, a CNC milling machine, three 3D printers, and a wide range of hand and power tools for wood processing. The use of these technologies is integrated into several courses and workshops across the architecture and interior programs.
All laboratories are supervised and maintained by an experienced support team. Staff includes four lab operators and five student assistants under the general supervision of a Lab-Manager, while an Academic Lab Coordinator ensures that teaching and research projects are fully supported by the available hardware, software, and personnel.
