As the first Fab Lab founded in Europe back in 2007, Fab Lab Barcelona is a leading hub for creativity, collaboration, and education, situated at the forefront of the global Fab Lab Network. As part of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), it serves as a multidisciplinary space where technology, design, and sustainability converge to shape a fairer, regenerative and inclusive futures. With expertise spanning from digital fabrication, to circular economy, and distributed design, Fab Lab Barcelona empowers individuals, organisations and communities to develop solutions that address local and global challenges. From prototyping groundbreaking ideas to fostering educational programmes, it is a dynamic space where makers, designers, and researchers turn visions into reality, through testing, prototyping and making.
As the coordinator of the Distributed Design Platform since its beginning in 2018, Fab Lab Barcelona is leading the project with scientific and technical support from IAAC. Its role is dedicated to promoting Distributed Design practices through events, activities, and outreach across Fab Lab Barcelona and the platform’s growing ecosystems. Together with the core members of the project, we facilitate collaborations, engaging various stakeholders through various events, workshops, and projects. As part of a larger network of makerspaces, Fab Lab Barcelona has a growing impact at a local and international scale, playing a key role in the makers movement and open source knowledge education. Continually fostering global collaboration and knowledge exchange, is one of the ways Fab lab Barcelona supports inclusivity, diversity, and sustainability to strengthen the field of Distributed Design.