Places pillar · SDG 11 & 8

Places

Infrastructure as a social obligation: the spaces we renovate and transform — from Ilica via Grobnik to the islands — and the projects that drive them.

Urban context

Fab City Zagreb

Rural & remote

Slavonian plains · Lika & Gorski kotar · Adriatic (AGL → MMI)

Four locations

Infrastructure as a social obligation

SljemeZagreb · urban fabricationProposed

Prvić LukaIsland community · Adriatic GreenLabIn Brussels 2019/2022

GrobnikProof of conceptDone 2025/26

KrvavicaEuropean Centre for Heritage-Led InnovationInvited 2026

“Accountability isn’t imposed from above — it’s built from within.”

Place initiatives

Ilica 69 — our spaceA former patent-zipper factory — a workshop we renovated ourselves: machines, equipment and an open door. Several buildings of the former factory now form a small creative-production centre — alongside us, there are two design studios and a metalworking shop.

Fab City ZagrebUrban context · Vision 2054

Adriatic GreenLabRural and island communities · Mediterranean Makers Initiative

History arhiv.fablab.hr — Association's website from 2013-2026.

Financially supported by — National Foundation for Civil Society Development

FabLab, an association for the promotion of digital fabrication, is a beneficiary of Thematic Systemic Support in the STEM field, as a driver of development under the National Foundation for Civil Society Development.

For institutions and partners

A Croatian Contribution to a European Renaissance

Thirteen years of building local ecosystems — from Croatia’s first FabLab to a model connecting people, places and policy. Europe invested in our capability; this is how we give it back.

Digital inclusionCreative confidenceHeritage-led innovationAccountability from withinRural resilienceCircular cityEuropean valuesSustainable Development Goals

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