Maker Lab

Making

The Maker Lab is a laboratory run by and for Department 11 at Hochschule München. It offers students the opportunity to creatively bring their ideas and projects to life using digital and analogue manufacturing technologies.

Facilities

Among other things, the facility offers 3D printers, laser cutters, soldering stations, plotters, a CNC milling machine (Shaper), sewing machines and various tools. The aim is to promote technical skills practically-oriented experience and to create spaces for independent, interdisciplinary work.

by students

For example, students developed materials for social projects, created prototypes as part of seminar projects, or brought their own design ideas to life in 3D models. The focus is on creative engagement with materials, technology and social issues.

Teaching formats and projects in the Maker Lab

The Maker Lab provides a space for creative and practically-oriented courses that actively involve students in the development and design process. The aim is to combine theoretical content with creative, action-oriented methods and to implement innovative learning formats.

Examples from previous semesters include, amongst others:

• Theatre – Design and construction of sets and functional hand puppets
• Creative Making – working freely with digital tools and materials
• Animated film – Development of set designs and models for stop-motion projects
• Escape Room Projects – Design and construction of interactive rooms featuring puzzles, locks and mechanical devices
• Sustainable Practice – Workshops on implementing environmentally conscious projects in a higher education context

These formats promote creative problem-solving, technical skills and collaborative working – all within the department’s socio-educational and educational framework.

Vision for the Future – Green Pasing Campus

The Maker Lab also sees itself as a driving force behind sustainable and community-oriented developments on the Pasing Campus. As part of the ‘Green Campus Pasing’ vision, students are to be more closely involved in the ecological and participatory shaping of their study environment in future.

These include student-led initiatives such as clothing swaps – where clothes are exchanged, repaired or creatively repurposed – as well as the Repair Café, which features, amongst other things, a bicycle repair workshop. Such activities not only promote sustainability, but also foster a sense of community and encourage personal initiative within the university community.

Further information about our equipment and facilities can be found in the corresponding Moodle course, ‘Maker Lab’.

You can access the Moodle course using the self-enrolment key "MakerLabFK11".

You can find more information about the value of the Maker Lab for teaching in the Applied Social Sciences in our Maker Lab leaflet, which will be reissued shortly.

The Maker Lab is part of Dept 11’s media | culture | lab. You can find out more on the Instagram channel @media_culture.lab

Open by appointment only until further notice