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During the months June, July and August FabLab is open from 9:15 am to 5:30 pm Mondays to Fridays.

In the summer period we are open from 9:00-17:30 on Mon, Tue, Thu and Fri and from 9:15-17:30 on Wednesdays. (please note that there are also some closing days due to camps, holidays, …) Furthermore, changes are coming regarding the parking policy on campus Arenberg (including the parking at FabLab): KU Leuven explicitly wants to…

Due to constructin works around FabLab, FabLab is temporarily not accessible through the normal entrance. You can walk around the fence (along the bike path) and take the Dijle entrance on the other side (which is also the entrance for auditorium D and E).

During the summer period we are open from 9:00-17:30 on Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri and from 9:15-17:30 on Wednesday.

As from 27 September FabLab is open again without reservation system and this for students of KU Leuven (Association). Possible existing reservations after 27 September will be deleted. For KU Leuven, Flanders Make and Imec personnel it will still be possible – to a limited extent – to make a reservation for the laser cutter…

For KU Leuven, Flanders Make and Imec staff it’s possible to reserve a laser to a limited extent (i.e. based on availability). Reservations must be made at least 12 hours in advance. Also make sure you are on time, because we keep the reservation open until maximum 15 minutes after the start of your reservation.

When in 2014 two enterprising students, Dimi Moreels and Kristof van Thielen, had to initiate their graduation project, they soon found their way to the FabLab. The idea was to develop an ecological, trendy wallet, in line with their vision that nature and stylish fashion can go hand in hand. Getting rid of the perception…

Since February 2021 a 3D printing farm has been installed in FabLab. A whát, you might think. The concept ‘farm’ may not immediately remind you of a fine piece of technology. Yet, this is exactly what it is. In a 3D printing farm the focus is on the optimal implementation of the printers’ capacity, in…

I think that I may have met the biggest fan of our FabLab. We didn’t meet personally – as due to Corona measures you cannot just pass by at FabLab Leuven – but I spoke to François Janssens on the phone, as a result of the various projects he has realized for FabLab Leuven. For…