Where to eat during FAB FEST!
In this post we will cover some of FAB FEST organisers favourite spots to eat, feast and munch.
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Get your tickets now!
Here is how you can book your tickets for all FAB FEST ’18 events.
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Machining Templates
This post has all our templates that you should be nesting your fabrication files on to. Have a look and download these Rhino files.
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Installation or Small Pavilion
Due to a popular demand we have decided to re-launch the Installation category. If you wanted to participate at FAB FEST but never got time to think this through and apply, now is your chance to enter FAB FEST with a smaller design, even if you are a practicing architect. On this post we are
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Technology timeline
This year in FAB FEST’18 we are focussing on understanding and exploring how digital can cities become. Recently we stumbled upon this brilliant research by ARUP, world leading engineering company, on technology development and the timeline of it. And you know what? It seems like the technology development is a lot faster than was expected.
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Artist in residence: Alexandra Jonsson
Every year we are trying to make FAB FEST more and more exciting. We reach out to artists, musicians and creators and try to bring them to the festival. One of the first artist we are introducing today is Alexandra Jonsson.
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Spotlight: Get High Without Drugs
Here is an overview of another great pavilion from FAB FEST’17. Team from Cyprus, University of Nicosia and their ‘Get High Without Drugs’ pavilion.
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Choosing the right fabrication technique
Once you start exploring all the fabrication techniques that are available, you understand how wide the range of possibilities can be. At the Fabrication Lab we have the most common machines to facilitate most necessary strategies for digital fabrication. In this post we are reviewing what is the best fabrication strategy making the FAB FEST
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Understanding the material
Sometimes it can be difficult to understand and imagine what materials actually look like and how they perform. Therefore, we have prepared a short guide to give you a better understanding on what are the main materials and their properties.
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Spotlight: Snake
We decided that it is a good idea to share some of the best work from the past few years. We are starting a series of blog posts that will be highlighting and looking at the best examples from the FAB FEST’16 and FAB FEST’17. We will be covering the fabrication process of the pavilion,
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FAB CITY
At the Fabrication Lab and FAB FEST we believe that future lies in self sufficient communities, that create and fabricate for their own needs. We are working hard to create an environment in our Fab Lab, to enable people to create and innovate. Our researchers have been digging out what other Fab Labs and similar
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Table of disruptive technologies
Few months ago our friends forwarded this ‘table of disruptive technologies’. Some of it is really scary, some seems impossible and even more is already being implemented. Check this out and let us know which one is your favourite one.
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Digital Construction Week x FAB FEST’18
A few months ago we were approached by the organisers of Digital Construction Week, an event that takes place annually in London. It is the biggest exhibition of its kind about disruptive technologies in construction and the architecture industry. The DCW team was really excited to hear about FAB FEST and its previous outcomes and
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This is how people in the 70’s imagined space cities
Here is something you will love. At the Fabrication Lab we love dreaming and imagining the future. This is one of the reasons why FAB FEST was created. We get really excited about the opportunities and possibilities of the technologies developing very rapidly. So when we found this, it really blew our minds away. Just
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International applications
More than ever, this year we have had a huge interest from the international teams from around the world. We are really excited to have such a rapidly growing community of FAB FEST’ers. Looking back to the first edition of the FAB FEST in 2016, we had 6 international teams from the USA, China and
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