It is a project born from the need to offer opportunities in Sicily to experience science communication activities in informal situations.
It aims to establish an ongoing friendly relationship with the scientific world.
PALERMOSCIENZA ETS
ESPERIENZA INSEGNA
The activities carried out in the various editions of Esperienza inSegna have always generated great interest among visitors, fostered cultural growth among exhibitors, and clearly shown the desire to establish an ongoing “friendly” relationship with the world of science.
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3d PRINTING AND FABLAB
Thanks to the Fablab@school project in Palermo, in 2014 PALERMOSCIENZA entered the maker world, managing together with other project partners a fablab equipped with numerical control machines such as: 3D printers, CNC, laser cutter, vinyl cutter, as well as standard fabrication laboratory equipment.
Over 3,000 hours of teaching were conducted during the Fablab@school project with students of all grade levels. Dozens of science-related objects (exhibits) were built, along with other parallel projects such as furniture for events and exhibition models. Upon the project’s conclusion in 2017, Fablab@school became self-sustaining thanks to the synergy created between partners and collaboration with the school network built over these years.
For information and projects, write to dcrisci@palermoscienza.it
The experience gained since 2014 in the fablab and in the world of digital fabrication has led to collaboration with AM3 Architetti Associati in Palermo; the association was commissioned to create 3D printed and CNC study models for the Sicily table at the Italian pavilion of the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale. The project, “Arcipelago Italia” spread across 5 different territories throughout Italy, proposes the reuse of abandoned buildings, in Sicily the Consagra theater in Gibellina, with the aim of revitalizing the development of internal areas at risk of depopulation, this aspect was rendered using CNC-cut materials (wood and plexi) to represent the existing structure, the abandoned work, and 3D printing to represent the design proposal. The choice proved successful and was embraced by the curator of the Italian pavilion, architect Mario Cucinella and his associates. The project will be exhibited at the Venice Arsenal from May 26 to November 25, 2018.