Digital Design and Photo Workshops

The Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning is developing the digital dimension on an educational and scientific level by implementing human and technological resources.

The Faculty has two computer laboratories with 80 workstations. These laboratories are equipped to meet the needs of students in terms of representation and modelling tools related to the practice of architecture.

It has also set up a Digital Design Lab. Students can also use a photo studio to practise digital photography.

Manager : Mohamed-Anis GALLAS

The Digital Design Lab is equipped with 24 high-performance machines. There is also an interactive screen (Smart) and several 3D printers (MakerBot). This area is freely accessible to students (outside class hours). This gives them access to equipment adapted to the digital practices of architecture, so that they can implement new advanced modelling and digital fabrication techniques.

Students have access to free or discounted educational licences for the software used in the representation and modelling courses included in the curriculum, namely :

  • Office 365 Suite (Word-Excel-Powerpoint…)
  • Adobe Suite (Photoshop-Illustrator-InDesign…) at a preferential rate
  • Software distributed by Autodesk (Autocad-Revit…)
  • ArchiCAD
  • Bentley Suite
  • Leica Geosystems HDS Cyclone
  • Lumion
  • Prusa Slicer
  • Rhinoceros
  • Twinmotion

Students will install this software on their own computers.

Head of Photo Workshop : Cathy SUINEN

Throughout the Bachelor’s degree, students following the Digital Architectural Imaging Workshop acquire skills in the layout of architectural projects through the study of software, such as InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Lightroom.

At the end of Block 3 of the Bachelor’s cycle, students will have the opportunity to present an end-of-cycle portfolio combining both graphic design and digital communication techniques, in direct relation to their own architectural projects. Each work included in this document will be linked to a specific architectural project.

This means that students will be able to apply the skills they have acquired in graphic design and image-editing software to effectively showcase and communicate their architectural projects. The use of InDesign will allow for a professional and well-structured layout of the portfolio, while skills in Illustrator and Photoshop will allow for the addition of graphic elements and the editing of project images. Lightroom, meanwhile, can be used to process and enhance architectural photographs.

By combining these graphic design and digital communication skills with the student’s architectural projects, this end-of-year document will become a powerful means of presenting and showcasing their work in a visually appealing and professional way.

The use of Photoshop tools, and in particular techniques such as morphing, dispersion effects, collage creation and photo montage, will enable students to design and dress up their boards in the manner of a landscape artist, boards that will be used for presentations to the assessment panel. This training will not only produce academic presentations but also artistic ones in which each student will express their own style.

Students will also learn how to summarise and focus on the important elements of their architectural project in an abstract, thereby highlighting their project.

Practical exercises presented to an assessment panel are also planned.

Below is a selection of student work from the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 academic years.

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Take a look at the students’ photos!