From the 2025 Educational Interiors Showcase: Welding Lab Renovation
Key Highlights
- Glass walls provide visibility into the welding space, promoting transparency and engagement.
- Adjacent virtual reality welding trainers enable students to practice skills in a simulated environment.
The welding program at Ivy Tech Community College's East Chicago, Indiana, has been renovated to reflect the energy of the program and the future of the industry. The entrance to the center faces the lobby of the academic building and offers a place for informal gathering. Glass walls create visibility into the expanded welding space and showcase around 60 welding booths. The adjacent virtual welding classroom contains bays of virtual reality welding trainers, equipped with TV monitors on the wall, enable instructors, peers from the class and other visitors to see the technology in use. The booths are configurated in a way that accommodates up to three classes.
Read more about the Welding Lab Renovation and view a photo gallery at SchoolDesigns.com.