Fab Lab Barcelona

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FAB LAB BCN is a centre of production, investigation and education, that uses last generation (as of 2008) computer-assisted design software to the creation of prototypes and scale models for Architecture, Construction, Industrial Design and any activity that needs the connection to a computer to manipulate materials according to digital instructions.

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FAB LAB PRO: to serve as place for prototype and scale models manufacture for professionals and companies of any field related to Design.

FAB LAB MASTERS to serve as research and high education centre, mainly tie to the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia’s Master Program, for national and international professionals and organizations.

CENTRAL FAB LAB to serve as educational centre for young people and children, according to the principles of Bits and Atoms Centre of the MIT, thus participating in the world-wide network of Fab Labs.

[edit] External links

• Fab Lab Barcelona
• Centre for Bits and Atoms of MIT
• Department of Architecture, MIT