Fab City Summit Paris: another city is possible
The Fab City network now includes 28 cities and regions worldwide. On July 11-13, Fab City Summit Paris mobilized a large international community, after embarking politicians and institutions.
# Fab City Summit
The Fab City Manifesto
As the Fab City Summit opened in Paris on July 11, Paris, Toulouse, Barcelona, Helsinki, Belo Horizonte, Groningen, Brest, the Fab City and various actors signed a Manifesto.
Thomas Ermacora: “I hope for a hundred or so fabcity districts in 2030”
The urbanist Thomas Ermacora is one of the speakers of the Fab City Summit. He explains why the future of cities is in the hands of a new generation of techno-creative people.
Building the fabcity in Brest
What has been happening in Brest, Brittany, since the city was certified Fab City one year ago? The week before the Fab City Summit and FAB14 opened in France, Makery investigated on site.
A Fab City Summit in Paris to “get fabcity out of the woods”
On July 11, before FAB14, the Fab City Summit begins. But what is the fabcity? We posed this question to co-organizers and architects Francesco Cingolani and Minh Man Nguyen.
The fabcity on the pioneer side, visit of the furniture workshop Unto This Last
Produce locally, cheaply and favor the human factor? This is the challenge taken on by the workshop-store Unto This Last in London, pioneer of digital handcrafted furniture production.
Growing Underground: The farm six feet under
33 meters below ground level, Richard Ballard is growing his vegetables by hydroponic and vertical cultivation, supplied with renewable energy. A taste of the future.
“Fabcity isn’t just data, it’s also about doing together”
The ManufActeurs are part of the people building the fabcity in Brest. We met Julien Masson, member of this collective of architects, designers and landscapers.
Fab City: In My BackYard is building hospitality
As a preamble to the Fab City Summit, the 5th MakeryMedialab invited the association Fab City Grand Paris and the collective Quatorze. Focus on the project In My BackYard.
“Cities of Making” explores the state of manufacturing in cities
What future for urban manufacturing? The report "Cities of Making" offers an insight into urban manufacturing in three European cities: Brussels, London and Rotterdam.