Architecture Facilities
Architecture courses at Leeds Metropolitan are based in our award-winning building, Broadcasting Place in the City Campus, where students have access to an impressive range of workshop and studio-based facilities.
Studios
We have two dedicated studio spaces, with fantastic views of the city, one for undergraduate architecture students and one for postgraduate architecture students. Our studio facilities are based on the creative and practical nature of the courses, emphasising personal exploration and development, and recognising the value of peer learning.
The studios provide a flexible and vibrant working space where most of the teaching and learning on our courses takes place. Students are encouraged to see the studios as a professional workplace. They can work on individual projects as well as using the space to meet and work collaboratively on projects. Staff are located nearby, with offices just down the corridor.
The studio has a combination of:
- Studio tables
- Parallel motion drawing boards
- Flip-top drawing boards
- Ceiling projectors with full AV facilities
- PC and Apple Mac desktops with up-to-date specialist software
- Wi-Fi access
- Printers with the ability to print from sizes A4 to A0
- Sinks with hot and cold water for art work
- Screens and exhibition areas for displaying work
Workshops
On the ground floor of Broadcasting Place the multi-functional workshop has substantial equipment supporting the following processes and materials:
- Woodworking
- Metalworking
- Fabrication
- Plastic forming
- Vinyl moulding
- Glass reinforced plastics
- Welding
- Plasma cutting
- Model making
- Lazer cutting (with Epilog Laser Cutter. Helix)
- 3D printing
- Sculptural processes
Students are provided with heath and safety induction training prior to using the machinery. Learning Officer staff have offices within the workshop area where they are available to provide support and supervision as necessary to students.
