Architecture technical facilities

Discover the technical facilities available for Architecture students at UWE Bristol.

Our technical spaces will help you develop essential skills for your future career, and to familiarise yourself with industry-leading equipment and tools.

Find all the essential information you need on accessing and booking the technical resources, best practice guides for project work as well as contact details for our technical staff who can offer advice and support.

Architecture student working on a model.

Building Information Management (BIM)

Technical support is available to help you use Building Information Management (BIM) and Revit software.

Access and booking

  • Location: 2R026, R Block
  • Booking: Contact a related technician 
  • Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09:00-17:00

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Computer Aided Design (CAD)

Technical support available to help in the use of Computer Aided Design (CAD). Areas covered include:

  • SketchUp
  • Autodesk (acad, revit)
  • Rhino Parametric (Grasshopper)
  • Solidworks
  • Architectural visualisation (Enscape, Twin Motion)
  • Keyshot rendering software.

Access and booking

  • Location: 2R026, R Block
  • Booking: Contact a related technician 
  • Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09:00-17:00

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Graphic design (Adobe suite)

This space provides technical support to help you use graphic design software for product design, such as Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.

Access and booking

  • Location: 2R026, R Block
  • Booking: Contact a related technician
  • Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09:00-17:00

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R Block Workshops

Technical support for fabricating with plastic, wood, and card. Areas covered include:

  • model making workshop and model making machine shop
  • laser cutting
  • computerised numerical control (CNC) foam cutter
  • CorelDraw
  • Quark Xpress
  • 3D Printing.

Access and booking

  • Location: 1R008, R Block
  • Booking: Contact a related technician 
  • Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09:00-17:00 

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Virtual reality

Get technical support for virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) technology and its applications, plus book equipment. Areas covered include:

  • VR/AR Cave (virtual environment)
  • VR headsets.

Access and booking

  • Location: Q Block Project Room (for booking in person), online Connect 2 and 2R026, R Block
  • Booking: Use the Connect 2 for VR headsets. Contact a related technician for everything else
  • Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09:00-17:00

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Architecture facilities

3D printing facilities

3D printing in R Block

Buildings planning models built by using different materials such as cardboard and paper

Architectural models using cardboard and paper

A plastic and transparent building model

A plastic and transparent architectural model

A student assembling a small wooden building model

Student assembling a model

Building and landscape models using different materials such as plastic, cardboard, and paper.

Cardboard architectural model

Creative and modern building models with innovative shape, structure and materials used

A model using innovative materials, shapes and structures

A showcase of students' products including building models, product design, etc. with lots of people attending

Architecture degree show

3D printing facilities
Buildings planning models built by using different materials such as cardboard and paper
A plastic and transparent building model
A student assembling a small wooden building model
Building and landscape models using different materials such as plastic, cardboard, and paper.
Creative and modern building models with innovative shape, structure and materials used
A showcase of students' products including building models, product design, etc. with lots of people attending

Getting started

If you’re not 100% sure how or where to begin with your project, we’ve got you covered with our quick-start guide.

Getting started

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