Fostering education & innovation

Laboratories offering the Fabricademy educational program are well equipped locations, trained and certified to offer the program and able to foster innovative practices that embody the Fabricademy vision and values. They are located throughout the world in different regions, creating access points to the global knowledge network, bridging complex hi-level innovation and world-wide expertise, to local challenges and context.


Explore the active Labs for the enrollment of 2025/2026 academic year.

Amsterdam, NL

TextileLab Amsterdam, Waag

Barcelona, Spain

Iaac
Fab Lab Barcelona

Bilbao, Spain

Basque BioDesign Center

Brussels, Belgium

Green Fabric

Dilijan, Armenia

FabLab Armenia

Amman, Jordan

CPF Makerspace

Kigali, Rwanda

Fab Lab Rwanda

Merida, Mexico

FabLab Yucatan

Lima, Peru

Fab Lab Esan

Puebla, Mexico

Ibero IDIT Puebla

Mumbai, India

Somaiya School of Design (SSD)

Kamakura, Japan

SkyLab Workshop


Becoming a Fabricademy Node

Hosting Fabricademy is open to different kinds of institutions like Fab Labs, textile co-working spaces, textile research centers, creative spaces, fashion and design schools, artist studios.
While some Fab Lab equipment is necessary to complete the course, we encourage establishing collaboration with other stakeholders to combine infrastructures or partnering with your closest Fab Lab.


In the picture our Node Green Fabric - Brussels

If you are currently in the process of setting up Node thanks to funding you can directly contact us at coordination@textile-academy.org and we can guide you through with process.

The key inventory required for the places that are willing to offer the program are highlighted below.

Basic Requirements

  • ⚙️ Machines / Fab Lab Equipment
  • 🧵 Textile Fabrication lab
  • 🧫 DIY Bio Lab


An ideal number of students is 5 per year, but you can start getting the training as well to become instructor as a "single node".
In case of no local instructor, a remote instructor, part of fabricademy global team is assigned to mentor, evaluate and guide the Node participants.
A Fabacademy alumni can also become a local instructor by attending one of our intensive bootcamps. We offer training for instructors in the form of Bootcamps before the course as well as online open-access materials for getting prepared.

It is not required to have computers/work stations for participants, as long as the Node informs the applicants in advance that they are required to have a laptop able to run 3D modelling, image and video editing programs.

We have a list of all possible inventory required for setting up a Node from zero and separate tab explaining the consumables required for each module at our inventory. For the most up-to-date list of recommended machines and supplies, see: the Fabricademy Lab Inventory.

2024/25 Nodes

Asia

SkyLab Workshop, Kamakura, Japan
Contact: Rico Kantatham

Somaiya School of Design (SSD)
Mumbai, India

Europe

Fab Lab Armenia, Dilijan
Contact: Babken Chugaszyan

Green Fabric, Bruxelles, Belgium
Contacts: Valentine Fruchart

Basque Bio Design Center, Bilbao, Spain
Contact: Zana Bosnic & Eduardo Loreto

Fab Lab Leon, Spain
Contact: Nuria Robles

Iaac, Fab Lab Barcelona, Spain
Fab Lab Barcelona / Institute for Advanced
Architecture of Catalonia
Contact: Santi Fuentimilla

TextileLab Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Fab Lab Amsterdam / Waag Society
Contact: Cecilia Raspanti

North & Central America

Fab Lab Yucatan, Mexico
Contact: Ileana Ceron Palma

Ibero IDIT Fab Lab Puebla, Mexico
Contact: Aristarco Cortés

South America

Fab Lab Esan, Lima, Peru
Contact: Jorge Valerio

Middle East

CPF Makerspace (Techworks), Amman, Jordan
Contact: Ismail Hakki

Africa

Fab Lab Rwanda
Contact: Bizimana Danny

Lab Equipment

Fabricademy's inventory is an extension to the fab lab inventory with textile equipment and a DIY Bio Lab.

⚙️ Setting up a Fab Lab

  • 3D Printer FDM
  • Laser cutter Co2
  • CNC Milling Machine
  • Vinyl cutter
  • Molding, casting, composites
  • Soldering station / electronics workbenches and materials
  • Big screen
    • (a big screen is preferred to a projector)
  • Good internet connection
    • > For more information about how to set up a Fab Lab you can refer to FabFoundation's website.

🧵 Setting up a Textile Lab

If you are already a Fab Lab or collaborate with a local makerspace or co-working with this equipment there are few machines and equipment necessary to run the program.
  • Sewing machine industrial normal / (second hand/optional)
  • Sewing machine industrial overlock / (second hand/optional)
  • Digital desktop Sewing machine / it can be versatile and combine digital embroidery
  • Knitting machine / optional
  • Weaving machine / optional
  • Tufting workshop / optional
  • Heat press
  • Soft actuators / e-textiles (conductive threads, conductive fabrics, mini vibration motors…)
  • Scissors, threads, yarns, natural and synthetic textiles
  • Big working tables (as fashion schools)
  • Roland Tex-art dye sublimation printer / optional

🧫 Setting up a DIY Bio Lab

In our inventory you can find basic equipment to set up a DIY Bio Lab
  • Kitchen tools, incubator, petri dishes etc..
  • Grow tent, smart citizen etc..