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Makerspaces and Labs

Craft, create, iterate. At Pratt, our shops, labs, and studios offer you the space, tools, and resources to immerse yourself in making.

Student Access to Shops & Labs
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Black and White Photography Darkroom
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CNC Lab

Spaces for Making

Dive into making at Pratt, from hands-on craft to digital fabrication, with expert guidance and peer support. Our production facilities have everything you need to explore and make your vision a reality, including spaces for:

  • 2D printing on a range of materials and scales
  • 3D scanning and printing
  • Ceramics
  • Computer numerical control (CNC) milling
  • Digital arts production
  • Film and photo production
  • Jewelry making
  • Laser cutting and engraving
  • Machine knitting
  • Metal working
  • Plaster construction and finishing
  • Plastics fabrication
  • Pressure and vacuum forming
  • Printmaking
  • Robotic production
  • Spray finishing
  • Water-jet manufacturing
  • Woodworking
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Knit Lab
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Metal Shop

“Even being in the shop, watching how other students are working, will teach you how to make things.”

Chanbin Im, BID ’25 
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Explore Materials and Forms

Pratt also offers labs and spaces for art and design exploration, where you can interact with collections of objects and materials, research ways of making, and expand your creative horizons, including:

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Foundations Lab
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Textile Dye Garden

“When you come up with ideas, you don’t always think of how you’re gonna make them . . . try to see how the shops can support you and your ideas.”

Hui Ying Koh, BFA Fine Arts (Sculpture and Integrated Practices) ’25
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Build Your Studio Practice

Students in studio-based programs have space to make, collaborate, and build their individual practices among supportive creative communities. Where our studio facilities are located:

  • Pratt’s Brooklyn campus
  • Dock 72 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • Pfizer Building, 630 Flushing Avenue
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Fine Arts Jewelry Studios
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Dock 72 MFA Fine Arts Studios
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MFA in Fashion Collection + Communication Studios at the Pfizer Building

“Everyone who goes to Pratt is excited to make something, so they’re always down to help you. . . . You don’t get that level of community at every school.” 

Colin House, MArch ’26 
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Other Resources

More places on campus with resources to support your work:

Pratt Libraries Equipment Loan
From photo and video accessories, to game consoles and power banks, to projectors and VR headsets, Pratt’s libraries offer a range of equipment rentals to support students in their work.

Print Services
Located in the Machinery Building, Print Services offers laser printing, cutting, binding, laminating, and more to bring printed matter to life.

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Ceramics Lab
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Pratt Libraries and Archives

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