The Materials Pool includes wood, metal, prototyping, fashion, and jewellery workshops, as well as CERCCO, the centre for experimentation and production in contemporary ceramics.

The workshops are spread over an area of close to 1500m2 that is entirely dedicated to the production of objects (from jewellery to architecture), the experimentation of techniques, and the discovery of wood, metal, polymers, and all associated materials. Students have access to loan shops with standard hand tools and power tools. In addition, the workshops are open to all students and offer high quality professional stationary equipment.

Infrastructure and equipment:

CERCCO
Go to the CERCCO page
Campus HEAD, Building E, Basement 
Head Magdalena Gerber Muriel
022 558 60 84
Schedule:
Monday: 9am - 12pm
Tuesday: 9am -12pm / 2pm-5pm
Wednesday: 9am -12pm / 2pm-5pm

As the centre for experimentation and realisation in contemporary ceramics, the objective of CERCCO is to provide technical and methodological means for the realisation of all student projects in the fields of ceramics, polymers, wax, plaster, moulding, and ceramic printing. Each semester, CERCCO also offers a residency, WORKSPACE AT CERCCO, to an artist or designer wishing to pursue a personal project in the fields of ceramics and polymers.
For ceramics, there are 15 different clays, more than 40 enamels and raw materials, gold, liquid silver, etc., polymers (silicones, epoxy resins, polyurethane, biothan, A-Crystal, Ludur X, fibreglass fabrics), plaster, waxes, ceramic laser printers, pottery lathes, a laser cutting machine, a diamond saw, a sandblasting machine, a plaster lathe and electric and gas kilns.

Wood Workshop
Go to the Wood Workshop page
Campus HEAD, Building A, ground floor
Route des Franchises 2
1203 Geneva
Head: Alexandre Simian
022 558 68 10
Schedule:
Free access, without technical assistance : Monday-Friday  8am - 10pm / Saturday 9am - 6pm
Questions, small cutouts : Monday-Friday  8:30am - 9am and 01:30pm - 2pm 
Automatic panel saw, CNC milling machine, circular table saw, band saw, top saw, surface planer, axial sander, column drill, cutting bench with 2 radial saws, wood lathe, etc.

Metal Workshop
Campus HEAD, Building A, ground floor 
Route des Franchises 2
1203 Geneva
CNC plasma cutting table, oxy-acetylene torch, welding stations, drill press, CNC press brake, CNC metal lathe, milling machines, etc.

Prototyping Workshop
Go to the Prototyping Workshop page
Campus HEAD, Building A, ground floor 
Route des Franchises 2
1203 Geneva
Laser cutting tables, 3D printers, cutting plotters, thermoforming machines, etc.

Fashion Workshop
Campus HEAD, Building D
Bd James-Fazy 15

Jewellery Workshop
Campus HEAD, Building D
Bd James-Fazy 15

The five pools (centres of production and expertise), which provide both educational and technical resources, are at the heart of HEAD – Genève’s cross-curricular and transdisciplinary approach. Integrated into the teaching of all the departments at different levels, these pools are also places where students can benefit from technical assistance and professional advice in the realisation of their most varied and innovative projects. Support, from concept to realisation, is focused on the acquisition of know-how and the autonomy of the students, and addresses technical, artistic/design, sustainability, and methodological (project management) issues.

Each pool is staffed by a team of professionals (technicians, teaching artists, and designers) and is equipped with extensive production and design workshops, providing students with state-of-the-art specialist equipment.