Nama institusi

School of The Art Institute of Chicago

Jumlah mahasiswa

3098

Alamat kontak untuk informasi internasional

37 South Wabash Avenue
CHICAGO 60603

Telepon

+1 312 629 6100

Nama tempat/fakultas

Department of Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects

Alamat

Sullivan Center Room 1257 12th floor
36 South Wabash Avenue
CHICAGO
Illinois
60603

Uraian Tempat

The facilities that are available in the department includes an advanced output center with ABS plastic rapid prototyper, laser cutter, and large format printers; complete wood and plastic shop with heavy machine tools and a CNC router; separate highly ventilated mold-making room with paint hood, wax and fume hood, and vacu-former; graduate and undergraduate studios with desks, pin up areas, and complete built-in digital audio visual support; the GFRY display studio funded by Motorola Corporation; several critique and exhibition spaces; a materials library; 2D/slide scanner and projectors; digital copy stand; small model tools; and lecture room. Students can also access a wide range of fabrication technologies from across the School, including metal, ceramics, electronics, and kinetics shops. The department and school support the Laptop Initiative, which puts in every student's hands a powerful laptop computer with school-owned software capable of advanced video editing, 3D modeling and rendering, and other necessary tasks. Designed Objects students enjoy access to a full range of production tools and devices at the School. In the new AIADO Design Shop, students can work with both analog fabrication/modeling equipment and digitally controlled (CNC) tools. DesOb Core Design Studios and Lab courses are specifically structured to provide students with instruction on all of these technologies.

Nomor telepon

+1 312 629 6650

Apakah di lokasi ini tersedia akomodasi?

Ya

Informasi mengenai akomodasi

Chicago offers a wide variety of housing choices to serve the diverse needs of students at SAIC. Many students often spend their first few years at the School living in one of their two residence facilities, the Chicago Building and the 162 North State Street Residences. Over 80% of their first year students choose to live in the residence hall as they begin their experience at SAIC. There is a tremendous amount of energy in a community of over 700 artists, and the new students find that the best way to get to know each other and explore the opportunities at SAIC. Living in the residence hall gives students a chance to interact with other students in an informal setting. The Residence Life staff also plans many activities and programs to foster a sense of community and to help them get to know each other, the city, and SAIC. Some of these programs include faculty/student dinners, informal critiques, gallery walks, shows in their residence hall gallery space, trips to jazz shows and much more. The rooms are designed to feel like downtown loft apartments, with high ceilings, track lighting, and large Chicago Style windows that offer expansive views of downtown Chicago. All rooms are equipped to meet their technology needs with a data center for each student in the room. The data center includes a cable connection, a high-speed internet port, and a phone line with voicemail. Additionally, each room has a kitchenette with a full size refrigerator, a two-burner stovetop, microwave, and ample storage space. Finally, each room includes a private bathroom, and each student has a private closet for belongings. The rooms are provided with Private kitchenette (9-cubic-foot refrigerator, built-in microwave, 2-burner stove, cabinet space, and sink), Private bathroom, Cable Box with Remote, Drafting table, Desk chairs, Individual voice mail, phone lines, and internet connection, Heating and cooling unit, Window blinds, Closet space with closet organizer.