Research Units
The College of Design’s faculty, staff, students and partners envision an improved world, and the college invests in seeing those dreams becoming reality. By providing, supporting, and/or partnering with state-of-the-art, technologically-advanced research facilities, designers at Iowa State can brainstorm collaboratively, experiment and create through innovation.
Research Facilities and Units
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Computation and Construction Lab
The Computation and Construction Lab (CCL) works to connect developments in computation to the challenges of construction: through teaching, research and outreach.
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Community Design Lab
The Community Design Lab (CDL) partners with communities and organizations combining local knowledge and design research expertise to create equity and resilience through inclusive, transferable, innovative strategies and tactics.
The Center for Building Energy Research (CBER) focuses on the relationship between building design strategies and innovative technologies.
Learn more about the CBER
The Geographic Information Systems Support and Research Facility (GISF) supports the use of geographic information system (GIS) technology at Iowa State University, providing high level GIS research support for students, faculty and staff, and providing GIS education and outreach to the Iowa State community and the state of Iowa.
Learn more about the GISF
The Kies Sponsored Research Lab supports the research faculty, staff, and their graduate students who have externally-funded projects in the College of Design.
A Cyclone in the Making
Find your place at Iowa State University’s College of Design, where we like to ask questions, poke and prod, create something new, and make a difference through design.