Reindustrialisation !

How Digital Manufacturing Can Change Cities!

"Peter Troxler"

p.troxler@hr.nl"University of Applied Sciences Rotterdam"

Research Centre"Creating 010"

1993"photo peter troxler 1993!

2007"photo frank oxener 2007!

Fab Lab"Fab Lab (Neil Gershenfeld, MIT, 2001)Center for Bits and Atoms"How to make (almost) anything”"

3D printingCNC milling"Laser cutting"Microcontroller programming"Electronics"

" Photo © 2012 Manon Mostert – van der Sar, with permission"

Maker Movement"Makerspaces"

MAKE magazine"MAKER faire"MAKER shed"http://makermedia.com (ex O'Reilly)"

"Techshop Inc."

Bay Area"The Maker Movement Manifesto:Rules for Innovation in the new World of Crafters, Hackers and Tinkerers"

Duplo Brick to Brio Track adapter by Zydac"

digital fabrication"

icons laura pandelle 2013!

accessible"

icons laura pandelle 2013!

2014"photo fab lab zurich 2014!

romantic"a new renaissance reconciling the liberal arts and

science and technology"

revolutionary"fundamentally changing how we imagine that

manufacturing works"

paradigm shift"mass manufacturing"industrial revolution!•  mass consumption"•  standardization"

•  design = sophistication"

boutique manufacturing"smart industry!•  LV HV HC"•  customization"

•  design = customer intimacy"

Who Takes Notice"Global Players"

Fab Lab: Schlumberger, Aramco, Chevron – Techshop: Ford, BMW –"MAKE: DARPA""Airbus, Northrop Grumman""

Regional Players"Fab Lab Amersfoort"Fab City Barcelona"City of Rotterdam" © 2012 complexitys.con, cc-by-sa"

retail"3D printing"

3D hubs"new manufacturing"

Laisser-Faire"•  Turin" •  Milan"

•  Lille"•  Leipzig"•  Amsterdam"

Government Initiatives"•  Belfast"

–  together with Derry"–  European Union

Peace Programme: GBP 1.35 mio"

–  100 people / week"–  a few companies"

•  Barcelona"–  Fab City"

Bottom-Up Strategies"•  Rotterdam" •  London"

–  2 Fab Labs"–  4 Hacker/Maker Spaces"–  Institute of Making (UCL)"

•  Sheffield"–  Access Space Media

Lab, Refab Space, Hackers and Makers, ROCO Creative Coop"

Rotterdam"•  Stadslab Rotterdam"•  HET LAB, Alexander"•  RDM Makerspace"•  Made in 4Havens"•  …."•  Rotterdam Maakstad"•  Platform Digital Manufacturing"•  3D Proeftuin"•  …"•  Fieldlab 3D Printing"

SCHIEBLOCK > P. 50/51

STADSLAB PROJECT 3D-PRINTING, PRODUCT DESIGN

RIJNHAVEN > P. 38/39

STADSHAVENSCITY PORT ROTTERDAM

RDM CAMPUS > P. 2/3

AQUA DOCK > P. 26/27

REMISE RET PROJECT FUTURE MOBILITY

AHOY SHELL ECO-MARATHON > P. 66/67

VAN GANSEWINKEL PROJECT FUTURE MOBILITY

CONCEPT HOUSE VILLAGE > P. 33/35

FRUIT TERMINAL > P. 70/71

WEST-KRUISKADE PROJECT INFRATECTURE

ELEKTRISCH VERVOER CENTRUM PROJECT FUTURE MOBILITY

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City Strategies"

Involvement"

Partners"

Turin"Milan"

Lille"Leipzig"

London"Sheffield"

Rotterdam"

Belfast"

Barcelona"

?"

Not Relevant"Method"•  Little to no involvement"

Consequence"•  Random effects"

Big Money"Method"•  Include in substantial

priority of city development"

•  Allocate substantial funds (>300.000/year, 3+ years)"

•  Set clear targets/ performance indicators"

•  “Deploy an instrument”"

Consequence"•  Will deliver on target (as

likely as any other similar operation) "

Welcoming"Method"•  Creating an environment"•  Interest and

understanding"•  Serendipity"

Consequence"•  Emergence of new

models"•  Activism, chaos"•  Micro initiatives"•  Limited impact"

Hybrid"Method"•  Multi-Stakeholder

approach"•  Top-down / bottom-up /

lateral"•  “Respond to a need”"

Consequence"•  Emergence"•  Growth potential (lateral)"•  Expect the unexpected"•  Long-term effect"

Lab Centric Approaches"Equity"Fairness"Diversity""Power and Economic Relations"Responsible Use of Resources and Sustainability""Third Places "Distributed and Collaborative """

Empowerment"

Technology"

Political"Social"

Role of Government"

local  

regional  

na+onal  

EU  

 

 Interface?"

City Strategies"

Involvement"

Partners"

Turin"Milan"

Lille"Leipzig"

London"Sheffield"

Rotterdam"

Belfast"

Barcelona"

?"

Rotterdam"Private"•  Roffab"•  HET Lab"•  RDM Makerspace"•  Made in 4 Havens"•  Platform Digital

Manufacturing"

Public"•  Stadslab"•  RDM Campus"•  Stadshavens"•  Rotterdam Maakstad"•  Fieldlab 3D Printing"

Core Values"Openness"

'right to produce'"open source in design & hardware"

"Ownership"

making city"responsibility"

"Experiment"

fail quickly but cheaply" Thank You"