Fabrication Facilities and Labs | Hillier College of Architecture and Design

HCAD has the following fabrication facilities:

In addition to these facilities, the College also houses various labs such as the Game Lab, Physical Computing Lab, and Animation Lab which are equipped with 3D scanners, sensors, motion capture equipment, film and video equipment, and video game and legacy consoles. There is also a Materials Library that holds materials procured to facilitate the integration of materials research and application in studio and related courses.

Safety Manual as well as instructions and manuals for machines and tools can be found in the shops and on the Kepler system as digital files.

Welcome to the Fabrication Facilities at HCAD! To get started with using the tools and equipment, all students, faculty and staff need to complete a Safety Orientation. Orientations are held multiple times per week, last about 45 minutes, and cover much of the information users need to know to operate safely within the HCAD fabrication facilities. The Safety Orientation is not a comprehensive tool training, however, and users will still need additional training to learn specific more advanced tools.

The schedule for available Safety Orientations is shown on the calendar below. The calendar updates frequently so make sure to check back close to the time you are planning to attend as the options may have changed. If you have scheduled a closed Safety Orientation with specifically your class or student group it will not appear on this calendar.

Safety Orientations are held in the Laser Lab, room 760 of Weston Hall.

Once you have completed the Safety Orientation, you are welcome to use the available fabrication facilities, including the Model Shop and Laser Lab, when they are open. You will be asked to sign in and show your NJIT ID to confirm your training. To find the times when these facilities are open, check the Model Shop and Laser Lab tabs on this website.

If you are an instructor interested in scheduling a Safety Orientation for your class, please email the fabrication manager Zoe Ross at zoe.ross@njit.edu.

PLEASE NOTE: You will need to be logged into your NJIT email in order to view the details of this calendar, otherwise, all events will show as “busy.” If you are not logged in and see “busy” for an event, this does not mean you cannot attend, and the space is still open during this time.

Welcome to the Model Shop! The Model Shop is a woodworking facility with a wide range of power tools and equipment located in Weston Hall, room 761. All students, faculty and staff who have completed a Safety Orientation are invited to use the Model Shop whenever it is open. Users will need to show their NJIT ID when they arrive to confirm their completion of a Safety Orientation.

The schedule for open hours is shown on the calendar below. The calendar updates frequently so make sure to check back close to the time you are planning to attend as the options may have changed. If you have scheduled a closed workshop in the Model Shop for specifically your class or student group it will not appear on this calendar.

Instructors have the option of booking “priority time” in the Model Shop for students in their class. Priority bookings give students in the class priority for assistance from staff as well as for specific tool use. If you are an instructor interested in scheduling priority time, please email the fabrication manager Zoe Ross at zoe.ross@njit.edu.

Welcome to the Laser Lab! The Laser Lab is a laser cutting facility located in Weston Hall, room 760. All students, faculty and staff who have completed a Safety Orientation are invited to use the Laser Lab whenever it is open. Users will need to show their NJIT ID when they arrive to confirm their completion of a Safety Orientation.

The schedule for open hours is shown on the calendar below. The calendar updates frequently so make sure to check back close to the time you are planning to attend as the options may have changed. If you have scheduled a closed workshop in the Laser Lab for specifically your class or student group it will not appear on this calendar.

There is a fee to use the laser cutters of 25 cents per minute. To estimate the duration of your cut file, ask a TA for assistance. Please bring all of your own materials.

For more information, please email the fabrication manager Zoe Ross at zoe.ross@njit.edu.

Bookings:

We are now offering bookings for laser cutter usage on weekdays until the end of the semester. In addition to the bookable 40 minute time slots, we are still encouraging walk-ins, so even if there are no bookings available online you are all still welcome to come and laser cut whenever the space is open.

Booking Policies

All users of the Laser Lab need to have completed their Safety Orientation and have a sticker on their ID.
Students may sign up for a maximum of 2 bookings per week. Any additional bookings made will be canceled.
If a student cancels or doesn't show up to their appointment without giving 24 hours of notice, they will not be permitted to make bookings for the rest of the week.
If a student's cut is not complete when their appointment time ends, they will still need to terminate their cut. Please check with a TA how long cuts will take before beginning them.

This is the link to make a laser cutter booking: https://calendly.com/hcadlasers/laser-cutting