Infrastructure

Students from CAU working on a real-salce prototype in the Model-Making and Digital Fabrication Lab.

Located in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, PUC-Rio's Gávea Campus brings together in one complex all its educational and research activities. Located on this campus, DAU benefits from the infrastructure of all University Departments including:

Library
The Division of Libraries and Documentation (DBD), unit coordinator of the Library System of PUC-Rio, has a collection of approximately 250,000 titles, including books, monographs, theses and journals. In addition, users have access to the DBD international databases and the system COMUT through which copies may be obtained from journal articles located in other libraries.
[+INFO: Division of Libraries and Documentation, PUC-Rio]

Computer Labs
PUC has approximately 10 computer labs equipped with crucial softwares for students to accomplish their academic activities.
[+INFO: Computer Labs, Rio Datacenter, PUC-Rio]

Model-Making and Digital Fabrication Lab
The Department of Architecture and Urbanism has a Model Studio and a Laboratory of Digital Manufacture, which has all the necessary equipment to the development of the projects of its students.

Construction Technology Lab
In developing its activities, the students of architecture take advantage of the Structures and Materials Laboratory of the Department of Civil Engineering, which has essential tools.

Environmental Control Lab
The Laboratory of Environmental Comfort allows the study of the conditions of temperature, ventilation, insolation, lighting and acoustics, which affect the natural, urban and built environment.