Facilities and Resources
The Technology and Learning Complex provides studios, computer labs, crit spaces and a gallery. The existing College of Architecture and Design building houses design studios, a 325-seat auditorium, lecture and seminar rooms, an audio/visual resource center and slide library, and faculty and administrative offices.
The Gregor S. and Elizabeth B. Affleck House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1941, was donated to the College in 1978. Located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, this building provides the setting for post-professional degree reflective practice studios.
Among the notable resources housed in the Lawrence Technological University library is the 3,000 volume private and professional library of the late Albert Kahn, leading industrial and commercial architect.
ARCHITECTURE COMPUTING RESOURCE CENTER
The College of Architecture and Design maintains the Architecture Computing Resource Center located in the lobby of the University Technology and Learning Complex to support student computing. The ACRC manages and provides students with hardware resources such as scanners and computers. Color inkjet and color laser printing are available up to 11 x 17 while color inkjet and monochrome plotters accommodate sheets up to 36" wide and up to 2400 x 1200 dpi. The ACRC also monitors and provides supplemental software available either on laptops or lab computers. A 10 station PC lab and a 10 station MAC lab are also managed by the ACRC in T217 and T219.
ARCHITECTURE RESOURCE CENTER
The Architecture Resource Center provides access to the college’s slide and digital slide library and numerous reference texts and periodicals. The center houses a variety of equipment for student or staff use including LCD projectors, digital cameras, TVs, VCRs, overhead projectors, slide projectors, and opaque projectors.
VR DOME
Students can realize their designs with the virtual reality Vision Dome. This 12’ diameter semispherical projection system allows 180 degrees of viewing to allow better understanding and communication of designs by virtually standing inside them.
WOODSHOP
The woodshop provides access to traditional woodworking equipment as well as modern computer integrated machines to aid in constructing small scale models of buildings to full size furniture. Students can experience the technological advantage of computer integration through the use of the Trotec Laser Saw/Engraver which allows designs produced in AutoCAD or other software to be cut out or engraved with greater precision and speed than possible by hand.
LAPTOP PROGRAM
Currently, all undergraduate students at LTU receive a laptop computer each semester with software configured to meet the needs of majors in the college. Students are able to connect to the Internet through wireless technology available in many areas of the campus or through high speed Ethernet connection in specific areas.