STOA

STOA provides a range of hardware and software expertise, and manages the day-to-day operations of the Department of Architecture’s technology infrastructure.  STOA is available to advise members of the Architecture community on equipment and application purchasing, platform and application support, and access to computing and technology resources. 

Environment

STOA maintains an environment in which technology is easily accessible to serve required coursework, independent study and research. It manages a complex computer network supporting Macintosh, Windows and Linux operating systems.

Software

Software provided includes Microsoft Office, the Adobe Creative Cloud suite, CAD, modeling, rendering, animation, video editing, multimedia, image processing, geographic information systems (GIS) and statistics. Where software licenses allow, software is available for installation on student-owned computers without charge.

Hardware

• color and black-and-white laser printers,
• wide-format plotters
• scanners (flatbed, slide and wide-format)
• digital cameras
• portable projectors
• podcast production equipment
• video equipment

Support

Please reach out to STOA at stoa@mit.edu should you need assistance.