Digital Fabrication Lab
Credit
Justin Tsucalas
Located at 1400 Cathedral Street, near the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall and the Mount Royal/MICA Light Rail Train Station.
MICA Campus Tour: Mount Royal Station
FUN FACTS
- Mount Royal Station was originally built in 1896 as a B&O passenger train station.
- It is an official historic landmark, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
- The New York Times called MICA's acquisition and renovation of the building "one of the country's earliest adaptive reuses of
an historic property." - U.S. presidents including Wilson, Coolidge, Hoover, FDR, and Eisenhower stopped at the station through on their way to and from Washington, D.C.
Both the Interdisciplinary Sculpture and Fiber departments have studio and classroom space in Mount Royal Station.
Mount Royal Station's facilities for students include a a digital fabrication studio (known across campus as dFab), a BioLab, and metalworking foundry.
The Middendorf Gallery is located on the first floor of the Mount Royal Station Building and showcases exhibitions featuring both noted nationally-recognized artists and MICA students.
In addition to independent studios for seniors, Fiber majors have access a weaving loft with large-scale looms, dye kitchen, silkscreen exposure unit, and more.
“The Station Building is the reason I chose the school. It was the perfect environment to explore sculpture and artmaking in general. It was very freeing and a place where you can make things you’re passionate about. It was a combination of the space and the tools provided. And the fact that it was renovated from a train station. It has this rustic feel to it.” - Susan Alvarez ’22, Interdisciplinary Sculpture
