College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
University of Arizona | Tucson, Arizona
The University of Arizona is world-renowned for its work in environmental science,
design, and policy. As a campus leader in these efforts, the College of Architecture
and Landscape Architecture (CALA) develops design and planning professionals
with a sensibility honed in the edge conditions of an arid climate on a major
international border. The College also produces scholars focused on the
environmental and cultural conditions of place. In the practice of appropriate
design and scholarly methodologies, CALA students and faculty respond to the
local context of the Sonoran Desert and its communities while developing a
process of analysis and creation that is portable to other locales.
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Ceramics Shop
The Ceramics Lab is equipped with a large electric kiln, electric wheel, hand-building tables,
a Bailey mixer/pug mill, extruder, 30-ton ram production press and other equipment. |
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Digital Fabrication Lab
The Digital Lab is a dust-free facility containing one 3-D printer and two laser cutters. The Digital Lab contains its
own computer workstation that supports Mastercam, Maya, Rhino, AutoCad, Solid Works, and FormZ applications. |
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Metal Shop
The Metal Lab includes equipment for casting, a 50-ton press, 30-ton iron worker, 4-foot rolls, 20-inch band saw,
drill presses, horizontal band saw, disc sander, belt sander, cold saw, chop saw, sand blaster, 6’ and 4’ brake, and
plasma arc, TIG welder, MIG welders, arc welder, spot welder, gas forge and oxyacetylene welding. Hand-forming
tools include Di-Acro bender. |
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Rapid Prototyping Lab |
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Wood Shop (east)
The Wood Lab is a 3,500 sq. ft. facility containing a large assortment of tools for fabrication,
including equipment for bending, laminating, turning, and vacuum bag forming. Machinery includes
a large radial arm saw, compound miter, panel saw, table saw, band saws, 20” planer, spindle, pneumatic
and wide-belt sanders, jointer, shaper, two drill presses, lathe, and complete sets of hand electric and
pneumatic power tools and hand tools. |
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Wood Shop (west) |
Pictured below are two models by CALA students who took advantage
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VR Annex as a resource for their academic endeavors. |
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Model by A.J. Mach, New Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity House |
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Model by Billy Webster, Long Beach Transportation Center |
Pictured below are images of the UA Solar Project. The University of Arizona
Solar Decathlon Team (UASDT) was chosen with nineteen other university
teams from around the globe to compete in the Solar Decathlon Competition
in Washington, DC in the Fall of 2009. Since these photos were taken, the
structure has been dismantled and transported to the east coast. |
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UA Solar Project Exterior, Sept 1, 2009 |
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UA Solar Project Exterior, Sept 1, 2009 |
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UA Solar Project Interior, East Side, Sept 1, 2009 |
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UA Solar Project Interior, West Side, Sept 1, 2009 |
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UA Solar Project Exterior, Rain Cover, Sept 8, 2009 |
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UA Solar Project Interior, East Side, Sept 21, 2009 |
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UA Solar Project Interior, West Side, Sept 21, 2009 |
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UA Solar Project Interior, Scaffold Area, Sept 21, 2009 |
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UA Solar Project Interior, Rear View, Sept 21, 2009 |
Click on any image above to view VR capture |
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