The purpose of this project report is to give evidence about the effectiveness of the provided service, and of the spatial appropriations of the iShed interiors as well as exteriors. A mixed method approach was taken that combines questionnaires, qualitative interviews, and ethnographic observation. The Project focused on the key factors given by the conceptual […]
Fablabs and makerspaces equipped with new generative technologies e.g. 3D scanning, 3D printing, or laser cutting do not only change the way how innovative products come into being. Increasingly, they are are discovered as means for the production of scientific knowledge. Over the past years, fablabs have successfully found their way into universities and research […]
Recent research in organisation science and knowledge management has increasingly focused on spatial support for knowledge-intensive forms of work. New typologies like coworking spaces, fablabs and open maker spaces indicate that breakthrough ideas may appear in spaces which facilitate creativity and innovation through design features. However, there are no rigorous studies nor methodological frameworks that […]
Cities are perhaps the most effective basis for innovation, as urban societies have wellestablished mechanisms of feedback, amplification, and selection to support creative production from their vast resources of human and intellectual capital. Throughout history, cities have been a natural pool of inventions and ideas. Especially in the case of social innovations, urban societies play […]