CAED Support Services

CAED metal shop and NRC library

CAED Technical Support Computers

CAED Tech Support

The CAED provides technical support for various CAED computer labs, printing, and other computer related areas.

Plot Center Plotters

CAED Plot Center

Located in building 21, room 131A, the CAED Plot Center offers large-format plotting for individual as well as class-based projects.

CAED Shops interior

CAED Shops and dFab

CAED Shops and dFab offer a metal shop, wood shop, and fabrication lab. Come and use our laser cutters, CNC machines, and 3D Printers.

Students helping at NRC

Neel Resource Center

The Paul & Verla Neel Resource Center (NRC) collects, maintains, and provides access to architecture and environmental design-related resources. The NRC's Collections include books, periodicals, digital images, working drawings, and material samples.

Photo Presentation Lab

Photo Presentation Facility

The Photo Presentation Facility, located on the first level of building 05, is open to all CAED students. Students may use this facility to document their projects, prepare for presentations, archive work for their portfolio; make black and white prints, mount drawings; digitize images for web sites or presentation and generally manipulate images for their academic needs. In addition, it supports the Architecture Department's photography courses.

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Connections Magazine

Vellum/CAED Furniture Competition turns 20

Read the latest issue of Connections, the College of Architecture and Environmental Design's quarterly e-magazine.

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CAED Diversity Equity & Inclusion

CAED Diversity Plan Cover

Learn more about the CAED's Diversity Plan and Overview.

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Giving to the CAED

Students in the ARCH 241 - Architectural Technology Fundamentals class display their custom-designed and handmade bricks. With the support of WRNS Architects in San Francisco, the class traveled to Pacific Clay in Lake Elsinore to make the bricks, after firing, they were shipped up to Cal Poly.

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Hearst Lecture Series

The CAED Winter 2024 Hearst Lecture Series features Eric Long on Friday, March 8, 2024 at 5:00pm PST at the Business Rotunda (03-213).

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