The department is equipped with everything needed for design prototyping.
The design studios
We have:
- A printing workshop: screen printing, engraving
- A textile workshop with sewing machines, a serger, a flocking machine, and looms…
- A ceramics workshop with a Shimpo potter’s wheel and a Narbertherm kiln
- A woodworking workshop with a miter saw, a band saw, and a jigsaw
- A “metal” workshop with metal lathes and a laser cutter
- 3D printers.
Shared workshops
The workshops are shared with those of the DER in Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering, giving students access to more equipment
- Carpentry, metalworking, foundry…
- Other methods for shaping materials
- Cutting-edge technologies including 3D scanners, materials analysis…
Access to the Paris-Saclay University FabLab
The ENS Paris-Saclay hosts the Paris-Saclay University FabLab on its ground floor.
It is open to all students at the School.