Bild: Sophie Lin / TUM
Bild: Julia Makowka / TUM
Bild: Julia Makowka / TUM
Bild: Julia Makowka / TUM
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Design Factory - Create, Innovate, Collaborate
The Design Factory at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) serves as a dynamic hub where researchers and students from the School of Engineering and Design converge to foster collaboration, innovation, and creativity. Embracing the motto “your ideas, our expertise,” the Design Factory is dedicated to supporting school members, startups, and companies in transforming their innovative concepts into tangible prototypes, experiments, and models.
Within this vibrant environment, TUM members and partners benefit from access to an extensive array of state-of-the-art infrastructures and specialized expertise. The Design Factory is equipped with cutting-edge tools and technologies, providing a conducive space for experimentation and development. Whether it's rapid prototyping, advanced manufacturing, digital design or traditional handcraft, the facilities cater to a wide range of needs and projects.
Moreover, the Design Factory is not just a physical space but a community of like-minded individuals driven by a passion for innovation. It offers numerous opportunities for networking, mentorship, and collaboration, enabling participants to share knowledge, gain new insights, and push the boundaries of what is possible. By bringing together diverse talents and perspectives, the Design Factory at TUM plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of engineering and design.
Our Factories
DF Computation
To enhance the digital workflow, members of the School of Engineering and Design have access to professional workstations, laptop stations, large-format printers, powerful simulation and rendering clusters, and high-performance computers.
DF Workshops
This factory provides our scientists and students with the opportunity to work with a diverse range of materials in multiple workshops within the same facility. Equipped with both traditional and computer-aided tools, the workshops support the processing of wood, metal, plastic, plaster, paint, and other materials.
DF 1:1
This factory provides flexible spaces that can be utilized both in terms of time and layout for creating full-scale prototypes and conducting experiments. The facility is accessible to students for teaching projects and is especially valuable for scientists working on research projects.
DF Collaborative Construction
Focusing on collaborative construction in architecture - both among humans and between humans and robots - this factory facilitates the prototypical implementation of cutting-edge research approaches in this forward-looking field.
DF Studios
Students and researchers have access to a professional working environment located on the downtown Munich campus. The teaching and research units span over 5,000 square meters, providing ample space for various activities. All students can utilize these flexible areas to work on their semester projects or Bachelor's and Master's theses.
Our services for you
Whether you are a student, researcher, startup, or an established company, you can access our extensive range of facilities, tools, and expertise to bring your designs to life. Discover our offerings here.
Projects and news
Computational Design and Fabrication 1
Explore innovative computational design solutions, emphasising advanced fabrication and construction techniques across scales.
Project week: computational design and fabrication
Tackle real-world design challenges using Additive Manufacturing techniques, in partnership with Additive Tectonics/FIT AG.
Earth additive manufacturing
Are earth-based materials suitable for Additive Manufacturing processes in the construction field? Investigate their potential by designing and testing geometrically differentiated architectural components that can combine insulation and load transfer.