The Endesa World Fab Condenser

Pavilion for the FAB10 Symposium. Barcelona, July 2nd to 8th, 2014. Initial design by Margen-Lab, produced by IAAC and collaborative designed, build, and customized by the FabLab Network.

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How can we capture the vastness of the world into one room, one single space that draws from multiple locations? How can we create that space so it could condense, represent and group a global network of Fabbers? And, furthermore, how could we do this collaboratively so people can plug, add, customize, propose, build, embed their designs and ideas into it?


The Endesa World Fab Condenser attempts to provide that space. It is designed to capture principles, ideas and people around the Fab Lab Network. It is a small, digitally fabricated pavilion that would serve as landmark of the Fab Lab community in the FAB 10 Symposium in Barcelona. It is a pavilion, but at the same moment is a collaborative performance, a party of fabrication where the final result would be equally important than the actual fabrication and construction phase.


The initial design proposes a distorted dymaxion map of the world, made out of 20 components, to be folded/composed creating a unique space. Each component is different and customizable, fabricated with CNC machines and with local materials. The pavilion could be used as a space for gathering, celebration, exhibition, performance, workshops, fabrication, partying or anything else the community would like to.

How do you want to participate?

If you are a member of the Fab Lab Network or you are attending to the symposium and you would like to be engaged with the design, fabrication, construction or customization of the pavilion or any of its potential components, here there are a list of possible ways to do it:

  • 01 engagebuilding
  • 02 customizecomponent
  • 03 growthepavilion
  • 04 proposeinteriortopography
  • 05 adddevices
  • 06 createilumination
  • 07 organizeevent
  • 08 curateexhibition

There are going to be 3 videoconference sessions to discuss ideas and ways of engagement with the project. Interested people please write to Daniel Ibañez at [email protected]

The first videoconference was on Friday 23rd May

The second videoconference was on Friday June 6th

The third videoconference was on Friday June 20th

The fourth videoconference is going to be on

If using Jabber call to [email protected] (no password required), using the MCU, meeting session 2.

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