School of Art, Design and Architecture facilities and resources
You will have great facilities and resources at your fingertips to help you realise your creative potential
You will be taught in the iconic Roland Levinsky Building designed by the leading international architectural firm Henning Larsen Architects.
You will be part of a vibrant, multidisciplinary learning community, studying alongside students from other architecture and built environment courses.
You'll benefit from a range of specialist facilities and resources that will provide you with a unique learning environment during your studies with us. This includes access to a designated design studio space, seven days a week, so you can work individually or in groups whenever you want.
You will also have the opportunity to use a range of specialist laboratories (materials, digital fabrication, immersive visualisation), workshops (woodwork, metalwork and plaster-casting) and a 360 degree immersive vision theatre.
Within our school, there are Mac and PC suites for use specifically by our students with industry standard software installed (such as Revit, AutoCAD, DesignBuilder, IES, THERM). Our software is reviewed and updated every year to keep the latest up to date software available.
Throughout your course, you will use and have access to specialist built equipment to develop your practical skills. Examples of the equipment available include thermographic cameras, thermal comfort units, sound meters, light meters, spectrometers, conductance and capacitance damp meters, salts detectors and air quality sensors.
To attend construction site visits during your course, you will be provided with full Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): safety boots, high vis jacket, gloves, safety glasses and hard helmet.
Open 24 hours, the university library also has extensive learning facilities and resources for our students, including the Building Services Research and Information Association (BSRIA) database, Construction Information Service (CIS), RICS isurv, as well as many research journals and specialist books.
