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Fab Lab Barcelona played an integral role in developing the Endesa World Fab Condenser, a bioclimatic dome created for Fab10 that makes reference to the net shape of Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion map. The icosahedron shape was modified to enhance airflow and reduce heat. The tent contains 20 triangular pieces, which were fabricated with CNC machines using a parametric design algorithm, and is constructed from 100% organically grown OSB wood and linen. It was intended to symbolize the network of digital fabricators around the globe.

This fully equipped lab boasts an exciting repertoire of projects that match the whimsy of the city itself. They collaborated with The Mobile World Centre to 3D print roses live for the day of Saint George, which is a traditional holiday in Barcelona where men give women roses and women give men books. They also created a responsive installation called Data Net that reacts to the movement of the public below it, creating a gorgeous, ever-changing design. El Born Centre Cultural commissioned them to create a 3D version of Barcelona in the 1700’s last year. Most famously, they invited families to construct a full scale elephant out of laser cut parts, which has set off quite a wave, as we mention in a previous edition of #FabLabFriday. The first time they did this was at the Open Air Festival at Montjuic Castle, which is a mindboggling contrast of technological advances and cultural tradition that we in North America rarely get close to (with the exception of projects like TimeTraveller™).

ELEFAB from Fab Lab Barcelona on Vimeo.