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15 Creative and Productive Hub Portraits
The Hub Gallery below constitutes an easy way to access this database and have a first overview of the hubs that a FCH operator should keep an eye on. These hubs are ongoing experiences and, while the research tries to capture the current state of their development, pilots are invited to follow their activities through their websites and social networks, in order to have a real-time monitoring of their evolution during the time frame of the CENTRINNO project and beyond.
Fab Lab Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (L) Founded in 2007
The first Fab Lab in Europe, embedded into the renowned architecture and design school IAAC, Fab Lab Barcelona is the hotbed of the Fab City Global Initiative.
BASE
Milan, Italy (L) Founded in 2014
One of the most influential creative hubs in Milan, BASE is one of the CENTRINNO pilots and is an example of joint effort between local NGOs, public administration and private funders.
Betahaus
Berlin, Germany (L) Founded in 2009
Betahaus has a pioneer role in Europe as one of the first co- working spaces elaborating central topics of collaborative space like community building, empowerment, creating upon local needs.
Space 10
Copenhagen, Denmark (M) Founded in 2007
SPACE10 is a research and design lab on a mission to create a better everyday life for people and the planet. It is supported by and entirely dedicated to IKEA but is also working as an independent lab.
Bios Romantso
Athens, Greece (L) Founded in 2013
Bios Romantso, is situated in the historical centre of Athens and functions both as a creative hub and as a cultural centre, organizing and hosting a variety of events on a daily basis.
Volumes
Paris, France (L) Founded in 2015
volumesparis.org
Volumes is a space and a place open to very diverse activities and communities. It’s an organic ecosystem capable of adapting and transforming according to local opportunities and the desires of its members.
Stpln
Malmo, Sweden (M) Founded in 2011
STPLN is a meeting space for creative projects. Its mission is to provide space, time, structure and methods to support the development of ideas in the fields of art, design, media, tech, circular practices and innovation.
Rog Lab
Ljubljana, Slovenia (S) Founded in 2012
RogLab is a creative hub established as part of the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana (MGML). Slovenia’s first maker lab, it gives creators of all ages access to production tools and encourages the innovative use of maker technologies.
Toolbox
Turin, Italy (L) Founded in 2009
Toolbox is a 10.000 m2 hub, hosting a coworking space, a print club, a Fab Lab and other working spaces, located in the historical, industrial heart of Turin. It has been the hotbed of the world wide known, open- source hardware and software company Arduino.
Makerversity
London, UK (L) Founded in 2013
Makerversity provides a space for making and learning. They offer a coworking area, and several different workshops. Their objective is to support those, whose main occupation and source of income is “making” through offering a space in which ideas can become physical.
Lottozero is an international centre for textile design, art and culture. It operates both as a consultancy studio and as a creative hub, divided into a gallery/exhibition area, a shared studio space/coworking and an open Fab Lab for textile production, experimentation and research.
Tzoumakers is an open lab for communities to cooperatively design and manufacture tools for small-scale agricultural production, located in the region of Tzoumerka. It is constantly empowering the local agricultural communities providing them with tailor made open-source solutions.
Paranda
Tartu, Estonia (S) Founded in 2019
Paranda is a makerspace focused on repair, upcycling and DIY activities. It promotes circular practices in the local community as well as in large communities through the use of social media.
Darwin
Bordeaux, France (M) Founded in 2008
Darwin hub is entrepreneurial initiative for the ecological transition of the economy via the ecological rehabilitation of a military wasteland and the installation of tertiary and commercial activities related to the green and creative economy.
Every One Every Day
London, UK (L) Founded in 2008
Every One Every Day is an initiative at the Barking & Dagenham borough in London, fostered and supported by local authorities. It focuses on strong community participation, creating a distributed and thriving environment for creative and productive activities in the area.
