Q Life Magazine Q Magazine December 2018 | Page 32
| Issue 5
| Fab Lab in action
and then printed it, first using plastic, and then using
resin,’ says Garita, a Costa Rican architect specialising in
digital fabrication and social innovation. ‘The designer
was able to then discuss this with the client and customise
the product, before beginning mass production. In this
case they are going to cast it in gold, so they have to get
the design right at the outset.’
Now with Fab Lab you can be a ‘pro-sumer’ – a
producer and consumer combined. He says: ‘This is
changing the economy. We need spaces where you can
prototype an idea, get more precise information and
fine-tune the design, and then bring this to on-demand
production.
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| A CGI of Al Rayyan stadium
‘Fab Lab is a call to action that turns us from the
consumers of technology, through gaming and phones,
to applying technology to turn us into producers. It is the
fourth industrial revolution at work.’
This will result in more environmentally-friendly
manufacturing, he believes. ‘You are making something
for your needs, not taking something from the market
that is pushing you to consume. Technology is just a tool,
not the final goal – it will allow us to make customised
products that will change the way we consume.’
The beauty of the Fab Lab concept is about more than
technology, he says. ‘When you have a collaborative