Facilities
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Introduction to the facilities
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Drawing Room
Newly-enrolled students start learning here. Mainly used for Basic Design Workshops. The room is spacious thanks to a high ceiling, and is also equipped with an exhibitionrail along the wall.
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First-Year Students Atelier
An atelier dedicated to first-year students, which is mainly used for Basic Design Workshops. It is available even outside of class hours and is also used as a forum where first-year students exchange information with each other.
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NID Hall
This hall is large enough to set up a basketball court or a volleyball court. It can also be used for various extracurricular activities and events.
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Glass Workshop
Fully equipped with materials for glassblowing, kiln working, lampworking, cold working, and other processes required in glass crafts.
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Engraving Workshop
A work environment for engraving and jewelry production, fully equipped with a wide range of equipment and tools. It also provides a gilding machine to perform traditional plating.
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Hammering and Embossing Workshop
A workshop dedicated to “hammering,” which consists of molding metal by striking and extending it. Fully equipped with more than 80 types of dolly blocks, a gas burner for thermal processing, etc.
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Library
A collection of about 73,000 books centered on design and art. It is also equipped with AV booths.
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Cafeteria
With its double-layered arcade, it is a self-service dining hall filled with a feeling of openness. The wall made entirely of glass showing the scenery of Higashiyama from the garden as if it were a screen brings out even more of the landscape’s beauty.
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Gallery
An exhibition space for class works and those created in club activities, etc. Ordinarily it is set with tables, chairs and a piano, and is used as a rest space for students.
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Metal Casting and Molding Workshop
A workshop dedicated to “metal casting,” which consists of creating forms by pouring melted metal into a plaster pattern. Fully equipped with a tilting furnace that can contain up to 100 kg, a gas kiln, a hoist crane, etc.
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Sculpture Atelier
Filled with plenty of equipment and tools that allow students to professionally learn mainly modeling and wood carving. It supports the production of large-scale works and also offers a space supporting various methods of expression in a flexible way.
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Architecture and Environmental Design Atelier
A production space for students of the Department of Architecture and Environmental Design. The wooden spiral staircase at the center of the atelier is a structure without supports, and was designed by a graduate of the Nagaoka Institute of Design.
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Printing Workshop
A studio exclusively used for the dyeing of continuous patterns on clothes with a mold and color paste (dye added to glue). Equipped with two printing machines, both 1.3 meters wide and 9 meters long.
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Product Design Atelier 402
Clothing, bags, hats, etc… It is mainly used as a place of production for students learning fields related to fashion.
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Video Studio
A studio dedicated to photo and video shooting. It is fully equipped with backdrops, a skylight that can be opened and closed, large-scale lighting equipment, computers (Macs), printers, digital SLRs, medium-format digital cameras, video cameras, etc.
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Video Editing Room
Equipped with computers (Macs), animation stands and audio equipment, it is used in the production and editing of video works and for screening.