A global collaboration with a distributed network
of cities prototypes local approaches to meet the
challenge of producing everything the city
consumes by 2054.
It is a new urban model of transforming and
shaping cities that shifts how they source and use
materials from ‘Products In Trash Out’ (PITO) to
‘Data In Data Out’ (DIDO).
The Fab City takes the ideals of the Fab Lab such as
the connectivity, culture, glocalism and creativity
and scales it to the City.
The Fab city Manifesto
We embrace strategies in circular economy and
digital social innovation, and foster collaboration
between a global network of European and
worldwide cities and territories to meet the
planetary challenges presented by climate
change and social inequalities.
Roadmap
Our Roadmap is unique. Launched in 2011 by the City of
Barcelona, it is now in constant development thanks to the
distributed network of cities, individual advocates, NGOs,
academics and industry partners.
The Fab City project is launched by the Institut d’Arquitectura Avançada de Catalunya, the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms, the Fab Foundation and the Barcelona City Council.
2014
Paris
Fab10 International Conference
Barcelona launches officially the FAB City project / Mayor Trias commit to the 40 year challenge / The first public network of Fab Labs in a city is launched
2015
Paris
Fab11 International Fab Lab Conference
The Fab City becomes a global initiative / The cities of Boston, Ekurhuleni, Cambridge, Shenzhen, Somerville join / The state of Kerala (India) joins / The country of Georgia joins
2015
Paris
Amsterdam Fab City Campus
Europe by People: The Netherlands host the presidency of the European Union / The first Fab City experts summit in Amsterdam / The City of Amsterdam commits to the Fab City global initiative-
2016
Paris
Shenzhen: The silicon valley of Hardware
12th International Fab Lab Conference / Cities joining the Fab City global initiative: Detroit, Paris, Santiago de Chile, Bhutan, Occitanie, Sacramento, Toulouse.
2017
Paris
Chile. Fab13: Fabricating Society
13th International Fab Lab Conference: Fab13: Fabricating Society / Fab City Campus Santiago de Chile / Fab City Summit Copenhagen
2018
Paris
France. Fab14: Fabricating Resilience
14th International Fab Lab Conference: Fab14: Fabricating Resilience / Fab City Campus Parc de La Villete / Fab City Summit Paris
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Collective of civic leaders, makers, urbanists and
innovators working on shifting the industrial urban
paradigm to one that better supports life on Earth.