School: University of Washington
Degree: B.A. in Arch. Studies
Studio Schedule: MWF 1:30-5:30

laser cutters: yes and free

School [undergrad]: University of Florida
Degree: B.Design in Arch
Studio Schedule: MWF 1:30-5:30

Laser Cutters: they have them now, but I was there before they were common/existed in arch schools...
Rate: not sure


School: [grad]: Washington University in St. Louis
Degree: M.Arch
Studio Schedule: MWF 1:30-5:30*
*we often go past 5:30, and have additional sessions regularly

Laser Cutters: Yes
Rate: $2.50 for 15 min.

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I like the laser cutter aspect of this survey. Over the holiday break I conducted an informal survey of my own (via gmail chat with friends at 7-8 other grad schools) and found that most are free, one cost a negligible amount (25 cents per cut file sent to the machine, regardless of how long it takes), and that few charged by the hour, but of the people I asked, the highest rate was $3 an hour...

School:UW-Milwaukee
Degree: BS Architectural Studies
Studio Schedule: Tu, Th, Fr 1:30-5:20 pm.

Laser Cutters: Yes
Rate: $0.70/min (so $10.50 for 15 min I guess)

The laser cutter was only around for my last semester and I didn't have a need to use it, but I got the pricing from the school's website. I probably would have tried it out in the previous 4 studios if it had been around then. They also have a rapid prototyping lab, but once again, I didn't use it in my last semester, but it says it costs $2.00/cubic inch of powder used. Studios are usually 4 hrs a day 3x a week, generally MWF but not always (like my last one).

School: Wentworth
Degree: B.Arch (graduated 2008)
Studio Schedule: MWF 1:00-5:00

laser cutters: not when I was there, but word is they have one now, and I haven't heard about a fee

School : UMass Amherst
Degree : BFA Design (2008 Grad)
Studio Schedule : MWF 1-4

Laser Cutters : None (I hear they have acquired a plotter recently)

Loremipsum,

3 hour studio? Do you think thats enough time? I am not saying its not, but I am just interested. Because SOME of our professors will take the class to 5 hours sometimes, and during reviews, thy may even exceed longer. And it kinda sucks because they always jam into our heads the reality of time constraints, yet they don't know how to manage time during crits.

I was pretty mad about the laser cutters. USC is a very expensive school, we should at least got some worth out of the utilities. If they start charging us for plotters, I really don't know what I will do with my self.

Its very interesting to see that most schools have the same amount of days and hours that each student has to attend for studio.

Keep them coming!
Thank You!

School:UTSA
Degree: M. Arch
Studio Schedule: MWF 1-5

Laser Cutters: Yes
Rate: Free

School : NewSchool (San Diego)
Degree : MArch
Studio Schedule : MW 4-8 F 4-6

Laser Cutters : NOCharge
Router: NOCharge
Plotting: NoCHarge

MArch & Barch Schedule is the Same.
Are classes are in the evening aimed to give student opportunity to work.

difficult, are the night classes only for graduate, or both degrees?

School: RISD
Degree: M.Arch
Studio Schedule: T/TH 9:40-11:10, 1:10-5:40

Laser Cutters: Yes
Rate: $12 / 1 hour

MArch & BArch Schedule is the same.

School: UCLA
Degree: M.Arch 1
Schedule: MWF 2-6

Laser: $20 / hour (I think?)
3d printer: $30 / hour
Mill: free
Vacuum Formers: free

Los Angeles

Nite classes are for both BArch &MArch

School : University of Cincinnati
Degree : BS Arch
Schedule : MWF 1-5

Laser Cutter : Yes
3d Printer : Yes
Plotting : Yes
Mill : Yes

All were fairly expensive and if you wanted to do anything in the rapid prototyping lab you better get it in early since all the other disciplines in the college had the same deadlines.

Cornell
BArch
MWF 1-5

Laser cutter: free
3d printer: free
Plotter: pay per foot of paper
Mill: free

various other things acquired for various studios...free

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drl
no specific time, by email

laser cutter - free

LA - Our studios would often go overtime, I would say that 80% of the class was there an hour before the scheduled start time and between 1 and 2 hours afterwords. That said, if you had any class that came up after the 'required' three hours were up, you wouldn't be discriminated against for leaving 'early'. I valued the flexibility, which may have only succeeded because my school had a very informal working environment.

Virginia Tech- BArch
1-5, MWF and 2-5, TTh (thursdays always included a guest lecturer though)



Laser Cutter : Yes, free
3d Printer : Yes, expensive
Plotting : Yes, pay per foot of paper
Mill : Yes, free

Wow, Cornell got it good.

School: University of Florida
Degree: BDes in Architecture
Studio Schedule: MWF 1:55-4:55 (3 days a week for 3 hours a session)

Laser Cutters: I think so now, but they didn't have them when I was there... which was last year.
Plotter: The plot room was a disaster, ~$0.60 per square foot