Resources at the School

Architectural Archives
http://www.design.upenn.edu/archives/archives/index.html
The Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania preserves the works of more than 400 designers from the 18th century to the present. The archives facility in the lower level of the Fisher Fine Arts Library houses the Kroiz exhibition gallery, a specialized library, reading room, and seminar room, as well as storage and processing facilities.

Architectural Conservation Laboratory
http://www.conlab.org
The Architectural Conservation Laboratory of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation is devoted to training and research in the conservation of the built environment. This specialized facility provides a unique intellectual environment for those pursuing studies in architectural conservation and the history of building technology. The Laboratory encourages cross-disciplinary collaboration on contemporary issues related to the conservation of culturally significant buildings, monuments, and sites throughout the world. Through grants and sponsored projects, the faculty and staff of the Historic Preservation Program, in collaboration with other University centers such as the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter and the Cartographic Modeling Laboratory, conduct a full agenda of research dedicated to field survey, recording, analysis of building materials, and treatment evaluation of historic structures. The ACL has cooperative agreements with many private and public agencies and educational institutions in the U.S. and abroad which provide opportunities for independent study, thesis work, and sponsored research for students from Penn and guest institutions. Selected projects also provide funded opportunities for post-graduate students pursuing the Advanced Certificate in Architectural Conservation.

Architecture Student Gallery
http://www.arch.penndesign.net/
The Architecture Student Gallery collects the course descriptions and student work produced in design studios and many courses in the graduate program. The gallery provides an opportunity to explore the creative work of Penn students through images, texts, animations and videos.

Arthur Ross Gallery
http://www.upenn.edu/ARG/
Housed on the University of Pennsylvania campus in a National Historic Landmark Building designed by Frank Furness, the Gallery presents a year-round schedule of art exhibitions, including objects from the University's collections, and other major public and private collections. The Gallery also offers public lectures and tours, children's programs, and traveling exhibitions with an interdisciplinary appeal and international focus.

Arts@Penn
http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/artsandculture/
Links to upcoming and ongoing arts and cultural events at Penn from literary arts to the theater.

Building Simulation Group
http://www.gsfa.upenn.edu/bsg/
The goal of the group is to develop, investigate, and utilize in practice computational models and techniques for building simulation. This covers broad research issues from interface development, such as Augmented Reality to inference mechanisms, CFD, thermal and lighting simulation and knowledge base systems.

Career Services
http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/design/designmain.html
A collection of online and offline careeer building resources for PennDesign students and alumni.

Cartographic Modeling Lab
http://www.cml.upenn.edu
The Cartographic Modeling Lab specializes in the use of geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial analysis methods. We collaborate with researchers, policy makers and community based organizations on a variety of GIS projects with a special focus on urban and social policy analysis in Philadelphia.

Computing Resources at PennDesign
http://www.design.upenn.edu/comp/index.php
The people, software, and equipment necessary to provide services, and core business services for PennDesign.

Department of the History of Art of University of Pennsylvania
http://www.arthistory.upenn.edu/

Fabrication Lab
http://www.design.upenn.edu/facilities/fabrication-lab
The School of Design Fabrication Lab is a woodworking and metalworking facility designed to be used as a practical laboratory extension of classroom theory. The lab is equipped for all phases of woodworking, metalworking, and machining, as well as digital fabrication with computer numeric controlled routing and 2 axis laser cutting. The Lab is available to all School of Design students and to all students enrolled in ancillary School of Design courses.

Fine Arts Resources at PennDesign
Painting: graduate studios are located in the Morgan Building. The Morgan Building, c.1890, renovated in 1999, houses 25 studios averaging 250 square feet. Designed by architects Cope and Stewardson, the arts-and-crafts style building features central gallery and meeting areas, surrounded by studios with natural light.
Printmaking: printmaking studios for silk screen, a letterpress, relief, monoprint, etching, drypoint, and photo-print processes are located in Morgan. MFAs are allowed 24-hour, 7-day-a-week access to all fine arts facilities.
Sculpture/Mixed Media: all candidates in Fine Arts are provided with individual studio spaces, located in the Franklin Annex Building. Technical resources include large, well-equipped shops with facilities for wood, clay, welding, laser cutting, vacuform, 3D printing, CNC milling, and metal fabrication, as well as excellent computer labs.
Clay: the clay studios in Addams Hall include both gas and electric kilns with the flexibility of low fire and high fire techniques as well as a plaster moldmaking and slip casting facilities.
Digital Media, Film/Video: the Digital Media Center includes fully equipped computer labs for imaging, sound and video post production. Graduate studios for digital media, Film/Video, and photography are located in the Duhring Wing of the Furness Fine Arts Building which also houses the Fisher Fine Arts Library and the Arthur Ross Gallery.
Photography: graduate studios for photography are located in the Duhring Wing of the Furness Fine Arts Building and include large-format digital inkjet printing and stations for both digital imaging and HD video editing. In addition, the photography center at Addams is furnished with excellent chemical-based darkrooms, a digital film recorder, and film processing facilities. Portable and studio-based photo and video equipment is also available for checkout.

Fisher Fine Arts Library
http://www.library.upenn.edu/finearts/
The services and collections of the Fisher Fine Arts Library facilitate work in architecture, landscape architecture, city and regional planning, historic preservation, history of art, and fine arts. Textual and image collections, both analog and digital, are global in nature. Library orientation, reference service, and research consultation are available. Computers offer access to information resources; wireless access to the network is provided with PennKey authentication. Scanning workstations include file transfer capability.

Franklin Library Catalog
http://www.franklin.library.upenn.edu/

Graduate Student Center University of Pennsylvania
http://www.gsc.upenn.edu/

Morris Arboretum
http://www.business-services.upenn.edu/arboretum/
Listed on The National Register of Historic Places, it is an interdisciplinary resource center for the University, and is recognized as the official arboretum of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Science, art, and humanities are pursued through a variety of research, teaching, and outreach programs that link the Arboretum to a worldwide effort to nurture the earth's forests, fields and landscapes.

PennDesign Black Student Alliance
http://www.dolphin.upenn.edu/bsapd/
In 2005, the Black Student Alliance was formed by a group of engaged students that desired to devise a mechanism for support and dialogue. The organization's goal is to have students, professionals, and academics examine the nexus between race and practice, recognizing the effects of design on black communities.

PennDesign MFA Forum
http://www.penndesignmfa.blogspot.com/
FYI on the inside workings of our MFA students minds and studios, plus info on exhibitions, lectures, news, events and more.

Penn Institute for Urban Research
http://www.upenn.edu/penniur/
The Penn Institute for Urban Research is dedicated to fostering increased understanding of cities and developing new knowledge bases that will be vital in charting the course of local national and international urbanization. By providing an umbrella structure for the urban focused scholarship, research and civic engagement within Penn's twelve schools, the Penn IUR provides the synergy needed to address urban challenges in the 21st century. As a campus-wide institute, Penn IUR sponsors a number of initiatives, stimulates research, provides opportunities for collaborative instruction and engages with the world of practitioners and policymakers.

PennPraxis
http://www.design.upenn.edu/pennpraxis/
Penn Praxis has been created by PennDesign to further the mission of the school in the fields of architecture, planning, landscape architecture, community development, public art and historic preservation. PennPraxis is a vehicle for carrying out practical or applied projects for external clients under the direction of PennDesign faculty.

Penn-Tsinghua TC Chan Center for Building Simulation and Energy Studies
http://www.design.upenn.edu/bses/intro.swf
The mission of the T.C. Chan Center for Building and Energy Studies is to develop new knowledge, tools, processes, techniques and continuing education for professionals involved in building simulation and technology. The goal is to create healthier, productive, energy efficient strategies that will lead to high performance buildings and sustainable environments. The Center engages in the creation (research), application (consulting) and dissemination (communication) of knowledge.

School of Design Real Estate Club
http://www.penndesignrealestate.com/Home.html
The Real Estate Club provides a platform for mentoring, speakers, panels, site visits, resume promotion, and career strategizing. Through the many resources it seeks to demonstrate how the interdisciplinary curriculum of PennDesign uniquely corresponds to the nature of real estate development and community building today.

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/

via publications
http://www.design.upenn.edu/via/
via is a collaborative of interdisciplinary students, professors, and professionals, founded by graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design. via is a resurrection of a title produced by PennDesign students from 1968-1990. Its first volume titled 'Ecology in Design' featured the work of emerging theorists and designers: Luis Barragan and Louis Kahn, for example. The book series title, via, literally, 'by way of', reinforces the book's function as a verb. The content animates the examination of a single topic, and the juxtaposition of the chosen works, regardless of the multitude of philosophies and methodologies present, brings forth new understandings of that topic. In 1968, via original aim was to catalog "ways of thinking"; in its relaunch, Occupation brings forth a working catalog of "ways of doing" where designers become active agents, catalyzing and shaping contemporary discourse through the means in which they work. via's content animates the examination fo a single topic and the juxtaposition serves to trigger reinterpretation.via is a non-profit academic book series, and is dependent on the generous support of individuals to continue. Please consider helping at any level you can. Contributors are fully tax deductible. To help support via, contact us at via-penn@design.upenn.edu.