Miami College of Design is located in the Historic Art District of Wynwood just a few blocks from the famous Wynwood Walls. The campus is located in a three-story 20,000 square foot stand-alone building with a student lounge, library area, and open classrooms. The building was renovated in mid-2016 using innovative design and space concepts.
Classroom, office and lab space are located on the first, second, and third floors of the building. Each is structured as “open floors” with industry-specific machine shops located in open self-contained areas. Tables, chairs, and dividers are all movable so that lab and classroom space can be created as needed and as required by the demands of the courses being taught. There are five (5) closed offices, and one 15x35 space for Executive offices. One area is designated for computers. A 15x12 space is designed for servers. There are three 12x12 faculty offices, an open student lounge, where the library and library computer workstations are located, and a 30x12 meeting/conference room. Restrooms are located on all floors. The roof holds solar panels and wind turbines. Part of the roof is enclosed to create a closed area where there are eating, recreation, and meeting rooms.
Miami College of Design is located in a busy Art District that accommodates the parking needs of its thousands of daily visitors and business people. Building permits are granted based on following the parking calculations for Miami-Dade T-5 zoning, which outlines required parking for the school. There are 150 leased parking spaces available to faculty, staff, and students from public parking lots in the area. Additional parking is leased from public parking lots as enrollment grows. Miami College of Design is not responsible for items left in a student’s car or for any towing charges if students have illegally parked.
The Miami College of Design has met all requirements, certification, licenses, and insurances to operate and conduct all business in the City of Miami, Miami/Dade County, and the State of Florida.
All equipment needed to support the teaching of each subject is available. There are labs on site and also in nearby buildings. Examples of equipment include but are not limited to the following:
Students at Miami College of Design will have access to state-of-the-art software tools. The College puts an emphasis on Free/Libre Software in order to ensure that students not only learn how to use tools, but also how the tools themselves are designed.
The campus’s resource center contains instructional videos and journals, texts, and technical manuals. Miami College of Design has established an on-line library with LIRN that provides ample resources related to its programs of study and related employment and training. Students and instructors may use all resource materials and assigned computers for academic purposes and research while on campus when class is in session and offices are open. Students, faculty, and staff also have access to on-line library resources from any location.
