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FABRICATION LABS
At Aarhus School of Architecture, we take pride in our good workshop facilities - and in the fact that they are an integral part of teaching at the school. In the school’s workshops, you, the student, can explore a wide range of different materials, and you can produce models and designs in full scale. We have different facilities for different material types and processing techniques, as shown below.
The workshops are staffed by people who are ready to help you use the facilities and machines in the best possible way in relation to your project. For all the workshops, it is a rule that the machines must be cleaned and all leftovers removed after use.
Mock-up
Contact: Kasper Kronstrand
Telephone: 89360316
Email: krj@aarch.dk
The mock-up is where you can build quite large structures, and it is where you can arrange workshops. The location and duration of all activities in the mock-up need to be agreed on with the person in charge of the workshop beforehand.
Model workshops
Contact: Kasper Kronstrand
Telephone: 89360316
Email: krj@aarch.dk
On each of the three floors of studios, a room has been specially arranged for model work. Here you can use hot wire cutters, and several small 3D printers can be used free of charge.
Wood workshop
Contact: Therese Winther-Hansen
Telephone: 89360337
Email: twh@aarch.dk
The wood workshop contains machines for processing wood. Apart from some hand tools, there are circular saws, surface planer machines, thickness planers, stationary milling cutters, lathes, and various grinders.
CONTENT – FACILITIES – FABRICATION LABS
Metal workshop
Contact: Kasper Kronstrand
Telephone: 89360316
Email: krj@aarch.dk
The metal shop contains machines for processing metal, such as, e.g., a metal cutter, a plate cutter, a bending machine, a pillar drill, and a welding plant (Apart from an introduction to the workshop, using the welding machine requires a special safety course, “Arbejdsmiljø og sikkerhed, svejsning/termisk,” which is offered by e.g. Aarhus Tech).
Robot lab
Contact: Jakob Sieder-Semlitsch
Telephone: 89360339
Email: jss@aarch.dk
In the robot lab, you will find a large ABB robot arm and several smaller ABB robot arms. The determining factor in what the robots can work with are the tools mounted on the robot. For instance, milling tools for working in wood or band saws with diamond blades for working in stone. The students/researchers who use the robots have developed many of the tools at the school. Please contact the person in charge if you have an idea for something you would like to test in the robot lab.
CNC machines
Contact: Tom H. Bruhn
Telephone: 89360338
Email: tbh@aarch.dk
At the school, we have a 5-axis CNC machine for milling larger elements in wood based on a 3D model. Please contact the person in charge if you have a project you would like to do.
Cutting machines
Contact: Kasper Kronstrand
Telephone: 89360316
Email: krj@aarch.dk
The school has three different digital cutting machines that can be used for cutting sheet material based on a digital drawing.
• A laser cutter: a machine that, using a laser, cuts through a combustible material such as e.g., cardboard or MDF boards.
• A digital cutter: a machine that uses an oscillating knife tool to cut elements in e.g., cardboard sheets.
• A digital cutter: a machine capable of cutting elements from e.g., MDF boards, plywood, or aluminium.
