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POBLENOU FÀBRICA / FABRICA

    Fab Lab Barcelona presents an exhibition that will show how the productive character of Poblenou has been transformed during the decades and its existing potential to promote a more circular, inclusive and diverse economy.   The exhibition will portray the evolution of Poblenou’s tangible and intangible productive heritage. A set of photographic records, personal stories and objects connected with different scales of the territory will be presented.   We want to make the productive sector of the neighbourhood visible through a local exhibition where manufacturers, artisans, residents and people connected with Poblenou can feel invited and recognized to share and contribute their knowledge and experiences.   This exhibition will take place in the context of the CENTRINNO, Make Works and Distributed design EU projects, and in collaboration with Poblenou Urban District, the Department of Education of the Generalitat.   Discover the event on the local Pilot website of Fab Lab Barcelona. FREE ACCESS, JOIN THE NEXT EVENTS!  

PARTNER EVENT OF THE EU GREEN WEEK 2023

  🌱 In line with the Year of Skills, #PoblenouFABRICA was selected as Partner Event for the EU GreenWeek 2023, focusing on the topics of skills for sustainable, resilient and socially fair communities.   ♻️ The EU Green Week wishes to highlight the importance of “green” skills – skills which will empower people to join and contribute to the green transition.   💚 This is why an important factor at the core of the production of the laboratory - exhibition created by the Barcelona pilot within CENTRINNO is, since the very beginning, sustainability. All used materials were purchased at local stores in the Poblenou neighborhood, with the aim of promoting responsible consumption and the local economy. Designed for disassembly, all the exhibition stands can be reutilised for future events.

This event is part of the Green Week 2023, being partner event and you can download here our Green Week banner!

 

Discover the next Roundtable events that will take place all along the exhibition period:

3 - Roundtable

• The role of Poblenou's industrial heritage: Present and future uses as urban identity
• Date: May 18, 2023
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4 - Final event

• Productive hubs: Creating opportunities and empowering citizenship
• Date: June 1, 2023
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Launch event

The exhibition will start on the 5th May with a special launch event, a roundtable with the title "Technology and handicrafts: complementary tools of transformation"   Crafts as an alternative way of producing and claiming. On the one hand, the more leisurely and small-scale production, which prioritizes local materials, values ancestry while it’s able to redefine itself and adapt to new times. On the other hand, art as a means of social transformation to achieve emancipation, equal rights and the cultural construction of femininity. In this roundtable, Fab Lab Barcelona invites three representatives and activists from the creative, cultural and social sectors to discuss the role of craft and trigger positive changes in society, exploring intergenerational and gender issues.   Date: May 5, 2023 Time: 13h to 14h Address: Ca l’Alier / BIT Habitat - C/ de Pere IV, 362, Barcelona BOOK YOUR SPOT FOR THE ROUNDTABLE The second round table:

• The reuse of wood at the city scale: Opportunities and barriers for local production
• Date: May 11, 2023
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Workshops - Poblenou Fàbrica / Fabrica

  During the laboratory - exhibition Poblenou Fàbrica / Fabrica, 4 fabrication workshops will take place to ensure that participants leave with a practical know-how.    Check them out and book your spot to try your hand at woodworking, ceramics, repair sewing and handicrafts with leather and fur.  

Poblenou Fabrication Workshop #1:Wood carving

    Date: 9 May Time: 17:30 — 19:30 Where: Ca l'Alier, Barcelona   This workshop will focus on the art of woodcarving by Bernat Mercader. Participants will learn carving techniques with hand tools, the characteristics and types of wood, and the care and sharpening of tools, as well as different design and finishing exercises. More information here.   Book your spot here!

 

Fabrication Workshop #2: Introduction to ceramics

    Date: 16 May Time: 17:30 — 19:30 Where: Ca l'Alier, Barcelona   This workshop will focus on the art of ceramics by the hands of expert Kelly Begiazi. Participants will learn manual techniques and the use of tools to transform clays into unique pieces inspired by the circular economy, the valorisation of ancestral practices and the heritage of Poblenou. More information here.   Book your spot here!  

Fabrication Workshop #3: Visible Mending

    Date: 30 May Time: 17:30 — 19:30 Where: Ca l'Alier, Barcelona   This workshop will focus on the art of repair sewing and the visible mending by the talented Penny Papachristodoulou. Participants will be able to learn sewing techniques to creatively mend and give new life to worn out items. Penny will teach basic tips on materials to use such as stitches, threads, fabrics and colours, as well as different stitches and finishing touches. More information here.   Book your spot here!  

Fabrication Workshop #4: Handicrafts with leather and fur

    Date: 13 June Time: 17:30 — 19:30 Where: Ca l'Alier, Barcelona   This workshop will focus on leather handicrafts by the hands of Fábio Zalla. Participants will be able to learn techniques of leather and leather art by exploring their creativity, usefulness, sustainability, durability, care and detail. Fábio will share basic tips on the importance of knowing how to choose leather, what tools are best for what, and what range of possibilities exist for working with this material that has accompanied man throughout history. More information here.   Book your spot here!   More information on Poblenou Fàbrica / Fabrica here!  

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Centrinno Focus Group: Workshops Thematic Focus

  When: from March 9 until November 23  

CENTRINNO is launching a Focus Group series to external stakeholders to present and discuss our approaches to specific thematic challenges. The initiative has the twofold objective of engaging with important actors to receive feedback on the validation of our concept and tools, but also it aims to be an inspiration window where external stakeholders can reflect on the possible uptake or adoption of similar approaches in different contexts.

An opportunity to exchange views and discover innovative approaches on themes that are common to our jobs and professional challenges. Even more interestingly, the CENTRINNO Focus Group activities aim to be the base room to create new synergies on specific topics, or even new networks of collaboration and future project opportunities.

 

The CENTRINNO Focus Group consists of a series of five online workshops on the following key topics and with the following timeline:

  ▪ Heritage: 9 March 2023 at 1pm CET ▪ Social Inclusion: 20th April 2023 ▪ Circularity: 15th June 2023 ▪ Vocational Training: 14th September 2023 ▪ Fab City Hubs: 23rd November 2023

  Download the PDF to know more on the following ones.  

Watch the first Focus Group on heritage: