CACM Labs

Explore our state-of-the-art lab spaces! From Digital Fabrication to Woodworking and Construction Demonstrations, CACM offers a variety of environments designed to elevate our students’ academic journey.

 

 

 

Advanced Construction Materials Laboratory

Lab space with lab tables and various construction-based research projects.

The space is equipped to support experimental work on cementitious materials, including mixing, casting, and additive manufacturing processes. The laboratory includes large-capacity mixing equipment suitable for producing experimental concrete and mortar batches, as well as clay-based and cementitious 3D printing systems that enable the exploration of digitally fabricated construction components.

  • Bldg: Crawford Lab (846), Room 119

Built Environment Innovation Lab

A spaceous wood shop with various worktables and tools.

The Built Environment Innovation Lab, located on the ground floor of the Architecture (640) Building on the Marietta Campus, combines a full woodshop (with equipment for cutting, shaping, joining, sanding, CNC routing, and detailed hand‑tool work) with a multi‑material fabrication and assembly space. Additional advanced resources include large‑format 3‑axis and 5‑axis CNC systems and a KUKA robotic arm for large‑scale 3D printing, machining, and automated construction workflows.

  • Bldg: 640, Rm 014
  • Email: cacm.woodshop@kennesaw.edu
  • Fall/Spring: Mon – Fri; 9am – 8pm
  • Summer: Mon – Fri; 10am – 6pm
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Building Management Systems Lab

The Building Management Systems Lab, featuring BMS demonstration equipment.

The Johnson Controls Building© Management System (BMS) is a computer-based control system donated and installed by Johnson Controls© to demonstrate the monitoring and controlling of mechanical and electrical equipment in both commercial and industrial buildings. The system includes measurement sensors and controllers for lighting, fans, valves, dampers, and fire systems.

  • Bldg: Academic Building (830), Room 323

Construction Management Demonstration Lab

Demonstration classroom space with lab tables and various examples of plumbing and electrical systems.

The CM Demo Lab offers students hands‑on interaction with real construction systems and components. In this space, students explore operational HVAC units to observe how temperature changes within an active system and examine industry‑built plumbing assemblies that expose elements typically hidden behind walls, using professional testing equipment. Designed to accommodate up to 24 students, the lab also supports faculty and student research in structural analysis, building systems, and environmental controls, providing an applied learning environment that bridges classroom concepts with real‑world building technologies.

  • Bldg: 824, Room 130

Design Analytics Lab

The Design Analytics Lab with higher-end PCs and AR/VR equipment on shelves.

The Design Analytics Lab, located in the Textile (650) Building on the Marietta Campus, houses the college's VR/AR equipment, including 10 HTC VIVE headsets and 6 Trimble HoloLens 2 AR machines. Computers supporting higher specifications support the higher-demand rendering needs of AR/VR to support special classroom related needs, or to support special exploration and research needs of faculty. Additional, this space features a library of Arduino microcontroller components to support electronic prototyping, for special interactive and responsive architectural model models and mock-ups of larger-scale automation projects.

  • Bldg: 650, Room 132

Digital Fabrication Lab

Shelves housing a 3D print farm.

CACM’s Digital Fabrication Lab, located on the 3rd floor of the Architecture (640) Building on the Marietta Campus, provides professional‑grade tools for small‑ to medium‑scale model making and prototype development, enabling students and faculty to efficiently transform digital designs into physical prototypes. The lab supports a wide range of materials, from paper and plastics to composites, and features a printer farm with more than 30 FDM 3D printers, specialized resin and large‑format printers, a vacuum former, and eight CO₂ laser cutters, including a 36" × 48" large‑format system.

  • Bldg: 640, Rm 315
  • Email: cacm.digifablab@kennesaw.edu
  • Fall/Spring: Mon – Fri; 10am – 10pm
  • Summer:  Mon – Fri; 9am – 6pm

CACM at Innovation Center (High Bays)

Top-down view of the Innovation Center's High Bay, featuring a strong floor.
The facility provides the structural capacity and open configuration necessary for the setup and testing of full-scale or member-scale structural elements. The strong floor and strong wall infrastructure enables controlled loading conditions and flexible experimental configurations for a wide range of structural investigations.

Materials Library

The Materials Library, featuring the materials sample display wall.

The Department of Architecture’s MAT_Lab is a material samples library, gallery, reference library and seminar room. The MAT_Lab’s collection includes: archived material samples, books on materiality, fabrication and architectural monographs. The MAT_Lab is affiliated with the Material ConneXion Library in New York, which supplies some of the samples to our collection of innovative and sustainable materials.

  • Bldg: 640, Room 310

Media Lab

Lab manager taking large format print off of printer.

CACM’s Media Lab, located on the 2nd floor of the Architecture (640) Building on the Marietta Campus, provides professional‑grade equipment for large‑format printing and high‑resolution scanning. Additionally, the lab offers students and faculty a small photography studio equipped with studio lighting and interchangeable backdrops, ideal for documenting physical models, furniture, and other design work, enabling users to capture and present project imagery with professional clarity.

  • Bldg: 640, Rm 211
  • Email: cacm.medialab@kennesaw.edu
  • Fall/Spring: Mon – Fri; 9am – 5pm
  • Summer: Mon – Fri; 9am – 5pm
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