Geneva FCH Journey
The vision, the community(ies) and the physical and digital infrastructure(s) of the Geneva FCH
Geneva Fab City Hub Vision
The Geneva local team started the Centrinno experimentation project to launch and consolidate their FCH initiative with a clear vision in mind. Differently from other Pilot experiences, the Geneva team started the launching of their local FCH initiative already counting with the use of a specific space, hosted in a former industrial building as part of the industrial area of Charmille (ZIC - Zone Industrielle de Charmilles). The building called la MaCo is owned by the Municipality, but managed and inhabited by an association, La MaCo reuniting 7 different organisations involved in circular and sustainable practices in the field of woodwork, textile and digital technology. The vision for their FCH was to act as a broker between the MACO ( the specific space and the association) and the productive activities of the pilot area, as well as within a broader city-wide network of craftsmen, leveraging circular economy principles to reinforce a short local supply chain for a more sustainable crafts ecosystem.
This vision, as part of the FCH principles, also encompasses the integration of the maker culture into the educational and vocational systems, promoting their hub as an operational learning space facilitating access and opportunities for makers, and artisan to formal and informal learning programmes for acquiring innovative and circular skills.
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Geneva Fab City Hub Community(ies)
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Geneva Fab City Hub Infrastructure(s)
FCH Typology and spatial strategy
The Geneva FCH is a hub located in a former industrial area in Charmille area, where are reunited the main partners involved in the project and is the place where all the main activities of the Geneva FCH take place. Nevertheless, in these three years they have intensively worked on building a local network of connections and collaborations with many other partners and places around the city.
Here are some examples : check the CM programme
What's next ?
City Size: | Small with 201.741 inhabitants |
Productive Focus: | Woodwork, textile, digital technology |
Main Partners involved: | Onl'fait (open educational-technological maker space, Non profit Organisation), Au fil du Geste (Platform for textile creation to professionals and general public - Non for Profit Association), Resources Urbaine (Cooperative for artiste and cultural operators in Geneva - Non for Profit ) |
FCH address: | Zone Industrielle de Charmille, 87, Chemin des Sports, 1203, Genève |
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→ Check the specific page about Geneva in the CENTRINNO web page to have general info about their work and their actions towards the setting up of their FCH
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