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Easily accessible and located in the heart of the city, ARCH campus offers a balanced combination of academic life and personal experiences. The campus is built in 60,000 sq. ft. with close proximity to World Trade Park & Jaipur International airport being situated in an institutional environment surrounded by various universities and colleges, Malviya Nagar is a hub for flourishing student life.
Open, harmonious and well-lit the reception area is designed to leave a lasting impression on the visitor. The interiors show the design sensibilities of the institution and encourage a sense of design appreciation bridging indegenous craft roots and modernity within the space.
The campus has been strategically designed with spacious interiors and focal points for showcasing student and faculty projects, facilitating academic needs of the programs and to encourage individual explorations in a student’s creative journey. The creative display is divided into sections like Arts Floor where artistic work by the students is displayed, Research Floor - here the research conducted by the students and faculty is showcased, Creative Floor- creative output by the students is displayed on this floor and Hand Floors - on this floor handcrafted articles and products are displayed.
In addition to a spacious campus, ARCH also has ideation spaces that are available to students. The large conference room called “Badi Sabha” is a space with a seating capacity of over 50 and is equipped with Audio Visual equipment. It is used to host workshops, meetings and other design events to have a conducive environment for co-creation.
ARCH-IVE Store is a high-end outlet located in ARCH campus featuring products which are conceptualized and created by the students and alumni of ARCH. These products are a fusion of unique and contemporary designs fabricated with traditional processes, the store is directed at high-end clientele who are connoisseurs of art and would like to help and contribute to the survival of the indigenous crafts of India
The cafeteria at ARCH college is vibrant and lively with a primary color scheme and pop art graffitis all around. The cafeteria serves as a hygienic and nutritional vegetarian food and a 'tuck shop' offering packaged food, snacks and drinks to keep the creative juices flowing.
ARCH has technologically advanced machines for embroidery ranging from single needle machines to multi needle machines including overlock machines. The stitching lab houses industrial level garment manufacturing sewing machines, working with these machines acquaints the students with industrial standards and technicalities involved with the machines enabling them to construct their designs into reality.
The dyeing and printing space has an arrangement for students to be able to practice and learn various forms of dyeing and printmaking. The lab has equipment to enable learning of natural dye making techniques and also traditional tie n dye methods followed in India along with contemporary techniques of printing and dyeing.
Students at ARCH are expected to have complete knowledge of fabric manufacturing process, to facilitate the learning of this process the weaving studio houses looms where students can practice and explore different patterns of weave. Students are encouraged to engage in the craft of weaving to develop appreciation of the indigenous crafts of India and to create new weaves and designs in Indian Handloom
Pattern drafting is the stepping stone to creating a garment, students at ARCH are taught in-depth pattern manipulation and drafting to enable them to experiment with silhouettes and patterns of garments. The drafting studio equipped with large work surfaces enables efficient handling of patterns and garment testing.
Jaipur is a jewellery manufacturing hub, ARCH creates ready graduates to offer to the industry. To enable this, the students go through extensive training in the various development stages of Jewellery. The casting lab houses machines used for prototyping and mass manufacturing like wax casting, mold making machines, die press and plating etc.
Students at ARCH are encouraged to have hands-on know-how of the working of various machinery and equipment. The wood work lab has equipment that the students use innovatively to create outcomes that stand out while learning the technicalities of the machines and equipment. The lab has industrial wood processing and cutting machines along with hand and power tools that aid in the finishing of your ideas.
The metal workshop has hand tools and power tools which enable the finishing of the final products made by the students from each department. These tools range from manual filers, to metal polishes, fabrication and treatments.
ARCH has a dedicated Terracotta and Ceramic Studio where students are exposed to the creative processes & steps of Design, Research, Fabrication of Terracotta and Ceramic products under the guidance of Master Awardee Craftsman who specialises in relief as well as wheel pottery.
ARCH has a dedicated photography studio complete with lights and other equipment to enable professional shoots. The students use the facility to shoot products, create moods and do art direction for projects that they create for communicating internal assignments and to create a professional portfolio. Students also learn about various documentation and presentation techniques like, low key high key photography, stop motion, animation , Vfx, Green screen, and Studio Lighting while they practically work in the studio.
Graphic design is a craft where content is created using visual content to communicate messages. Students learn design concepts and visual iterative design development through experimentation. The Graphic Print workshop is where students explore and research into innovative methods and create 2D designs.
Technical Software training is carried out in the CAD lab & Apple Mac lab equipped with workstations supporting high-end design software and hardware. Students of different departments are trained for domain expertise and are equipped with an Adobe Creative Cloud Suite for the duration of their course.
ARCH is one of the few educational institutes to offer 3D Prototyping service to the students. Students can use the 3D scanner to live scan and study the form of any object they desire to explore. The 3D printer enables the student to print the object they have created using ABS. Students use these to create prototypes, parametric design and even finished product,
Digital Fabrication has been a breakthrough technology which has enabled the production of designs that previously seemed far-fetched. The digital fabrication studio at ARCH houses a laser printer that can produce designs on a variety of materials ranging from fabric, leather to paper and wood and acrylics. The fabrication studio also has digital pattern cutting machine where Fashion Design students can plot and create their patterns
Interior Design students work on large format drafts of their projects. To facilitate the ease of handling of large drafts ARCH has dedicated spaces where students can engage in design development using large drafting tables and tracing tables for interior plotting.
Over the 20-year legacy, ARCH has hosted large meetings, seminars, symposiums, guest lectures, and workshops throughout the year. The hall is adequately set up with a Dolby surround sound system, audio visual system and projection screen. The seminar hall has a capacity to host more than 150 people at once and is also used for the daily mindfulness session "Anapana". It is also used for extracurricular activities.
The library at ARCH houses a one of its kind E-library to promote learning online. Designed to engage and encourage self-paced learning and research; it offers a large collection of books, international journals, e-books, and films that are available for students and faculty. Library follows an open access system for users with over 3500 digitized books for reference and has arrangements for physical conservation of old books and resources. Books on Interior Design, Communication Design, Graphic Design, Product and Accessories, Exhibition Design, Fashion & Textiles, Art & Craft, Humanities, and Architecture and magazines from all over the world covering Architecture, Jewellery, Fashion, Interiors, current affairs etc. are a part of the extensive resources.
The resource center also houses the Copy Centre that offers a range of services; including black-and-white and color copying, wire/comb binding, lamination, digital printing etc.
Design Business Incubator at ARCH facilitates the necessary mentoring & networking connections required to help foster the development of scalable business models based on transformational designs and innovative thinking, and to achieve commercial success through ‘start- up’ enterprises. From the ideation stage to preparing a prototype & through to the pilot stage, to start production, the incubation cell aims to nurture a culture of entrepreneurship in the creative minds of young designers, so that their ideas metamorphose into new products or services suitable for commercial utilization.
The campus also has a well-stocked stationery shop for students enabling the convenient purchase of required study material pertinent to course and activities to express their ideas in any form their heart desires.
ARCH offers progression and exchange to the students with Universities that ARCH or Pearson has a tie-up with. The student may opt to apply for scholarships to study abroad while studying, ARCH offers counselling and guidance services to students to register themselves for progression, exchange and scholarship programs, summer school, buyer seller projects, international competitions, research platform to present papers. Students may contact the International Student Service via email on internationaloffice@archedu.org
The Project Cell collaborates with the industry to develop projects where the students from ARCH participate in the project to create and develop ideas which would benefit the industry collaborator. The students while working on such projects develop a deep understanding of the industry processes and industry achieves commercial success through enterprising ideas. Students may contact the International Student Service via email on projects@archedu.org
Student Service is the motto at ARCH, with the goal of making the transition to life at ARCH relatively seamless. The student services team helps, guides & aids students through any issue they may face on campus. Students may contact the International Student Service via email on studentservice@archedu.org
The placement cell helps students connect with industry for jobs, internships, and other professional opportunities. Students can access job fairs to explore internships with top companies, one-on-one career advising, workshops, and much more with the help of our Placement Cell. The Career Services staff cultivates relationships that can lead to employment opportunities for our graduating students. Students may contact the International Student Service via email on placements@archedu.org
All classrooms are well equipped with sufficient audiovisual resources to aid the learning process. Theoretical lectures coupled with audio visual aids provide the stimulation required for visualization, interpretation, and understanding concepts, with a fully Wi-Fi connection.
Rajasthan and Jaipur both have a cultural legacy of being actively involved in various sports. Jaipur too boasts of many sports clubs and complexes which help in nurturing the sporting spirit of an individual. ARCH too has a Badminton court and Table Tennis on the campus for the student to unwind and explore their sporting potential.