facilities
Durgan Center for Interior Architecture and Product Design
Newly renovated in 2000, along with the rest of Seaton Hall’s East wing, the Durgan Center houses our administrative offices (Dept. Head, Academic Advisor, and Administrative Assistant), conferencing, and visitor reception. The office is furnished with Herman Miller products and serves as a resource for understanding office systems as well as varied seating options. The Center is also home to a custom fabricated reception desk, designed and built by Associate Professor Rod Troyer. The Center is named in honor of Professor Emeritus and program founder Jack C. Durgan.
Design Studios
Each student has their own dedicated work space on campus while enrolled. All studios are equipped with hardwired, high speed network access that supports students’ use of technology. Wireless internet access is provided throughout the buildings. The department provides upper level students with a lockable cabinet to secure their computers while in studio, and assigns room keys to control studio access.
Critique/Lecture Spaces
Three individual spaces with tack surfaces and seating are dedicated for use in IAPD lectures and critiques. The largest of the three, the McGraw Room, also displays one of the nation’s largest single collections of wood samples, spanning numerous species from around the world.
Materials Resource Library
A dedicated space for the cataloguing and reference of various material samples and technical manuals for use by students during their course of study. Similar in nature/scope to resource libraries maintained by many large design firms, it assists in making informed design decisions based upon tactile qualities of materials. The Materials Resource Library is further equipped with computer and scanner.
Lighting Laboratory
Completed in 2006 after a development period of three years, this facility was designed and fabricated from the ground-up by IAPD faculty and students. It allows students the opportunity to apply principles of interior lighting through experimentation utilizing unique learning tools supported, in part, through the generosity of Hafele and Cooper Lighting.
Stephen M. Murphy Furniture Design Workshop
An industrial facility equipped with light duty commercial wood, metals, and plastics working equipment. Students are trained in proper operation of all equipment and are responsible for managing time, materials, and processes for successful completion of furniture projects with professor guidance. This space was named in honor of the Professor and Department Head Emeritus Stephen Murphy who dedicated 39 years to the program.