Facilities

Facilities for the program are provided in the Environmental Design Building and at the Center for Innovation and Creativity (CINC) facility.

Environmental Design Building

The administrative and faculty offices, conference rooms, lecture rooms and exhibit spaces are located on the first and basement floors of the building.

Studio space is located on the first floor and the third floor of the ENVD building and provided for all students during the academic semesters. Studio space is open to students 24 hours a day and students are expected to work within the studio space to complete their models or other design projects.

The Digital Media Center, an ENVD Academic Support Center, houses a photographic studio for portfolio, digital imaging computer workstations, a printing and production lab with state of the art large format printers for professional style presentation boards and 3-D printers, a digital image library of over 100,000 images and provides professional photography and videography services. The Center also serves as an audiovisual equipment check out center for ENVD faculty and students to check out digital cameras, laptop computers, digital projectors, laser pointers, hand tools and much more. ENVD faculty, staff and students use these resources to produce images and materials for course assignments, research papers, research collaborations and other publications. The center also serves the program's needs for marketing and communications through the management of digital and printed communications including website, social media, brochures, posters and e-communications.

Creative Lab Center

The Creative Lab Center (CLC) provides students access to specialized fabrication facilities in the university's Center for Innovation and Creativity, which is located on the CU-Boulder East Campus. The digital design and fabrication resources at the CLC are supported by a state-of-the-art wood lab, metal lab, laser cutting machines, two 3-Axis CNC routers and a high end CPU lab.

These labs enhance the ENVD curriculum by providing students with the technological resources for design visualization, scale modeling and full scale prototyping, turning ideas into tangible objects.

A mandatory "Basic Safety Orientation" is required for all students before access to the facilities will be granted. This course is an introduction to the program’s safety policies as well as the proper use of personal safety equipment and safe practices on the fabrication equipment.