From April to December 2024, everything at Jupiter will once again revolve around the topic of circular economy in Hamburg and we are delighted to be live on site with the OpenLab Microfactory to demonstrate new concepts for local and sustainable production.
Circular Economy in Hamburg!
After a three-week pilot phase in fall 2023, the Pop-Up Circular Hub on the Jupiter Campus has been open for you again since April with new exciting topics related to the circular economy. We are live on site with the OpenLab Microfactory, accompanied by many free building workshops, exhibitions & co-working stations to get to know digital, state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies.
What is a OpenLab Microfactory?
A small-scale factory with various digital production machines
such as a small laser cutter, a CNC milling machine and a 3D printer from the OpenLab Starter Kit, a set of open-source machine tools: In the Pop-Up Circular Hub, the New Production Institute of Helmut Schmidt University presents a small-scale factory in the middle of the city on more than 50 square meters. In addition to the machine setup, the focus of the OpenLab Microfactory is on sustainability and resource monitoring with a developed open source energy monitoring system. The Microfactory thus demonstrates how open source principles can help to promote local and circular production. More at: openlab.hamburg
We are delighted to once again be part of the Pop-Up Circular Hub with the New Production Institute and to be able to demonstrate new concepts for local and sustainable production with the OpenLab Microfactory,” explains Dr. Tobias Redlich, Head of the New Production Institute at HSU/UniBw H.
In addition to the Microfactory, visitors to the exhibition can find out more about the concept of the circular economy and get to know projects that are advancing Hamburg’s circularity with different focuses. The Co-Working Station demonstrates an application example of the circular economy on site: the transformation of an office from the 1990s into a modern, circular working environment.
Some of the many challenges that we will address and discuss at the Pop-Up Circular Hub
- We live in a throwaway society and waste too many resources! How can we improve this economically and individually?
- Long transportation routes have a high CO2 footprint and pose increasingly higher risks for the economy and the environment. How and what can we produce locally?
- Products are (usually) designed in such a way that they end up as waste! Can we avoid this through circular design?
- Companies are major contributors to environmental problems. How can circular economy strategies help them to operate more sustainably?
LOCATION
JUPITER (former Karstadt-Sport building), Mönckebergstr. 2-4, 20095 Hamburg, 2nd floor
OPENING HOURS
OpenLab Microfactory
- Tue + Thu, 10-18 h
Jupiter Campus
- Mon + Tue, 10-21 h
- Wed-Sat, 10-24 h
- Sun, 10-18 h
Public holidays are treated like the respective weekday.
PROGRAM
OpenLab Microfactory Tour
Every Tuesday and Thursday from 5 - 5.30 pm!
We would like to introduce you to the OpenLab Microfactory in the Pop-Up Circular Hub on the 2nd floor.
Which digitally controlled machines are set up, what can be manufactured, what does open source have to do with the circular economy?
Just come along, no registration necessary, depending on who is there, we will do the tour in German or English.
Upcoming dates
Youth vacation program from 22-25 July 2024
From 1 - 3 pm we will show you the OpenLab Microfactory and give you an introduction to 3D printing. How does such a 3D printer work and how can I print my own idea?
Who is the vacation program for?
- Children and young people aged 8 and over
- max. 40 participants per session, accompaniment by teachers or supervisors is required for larger groups.
Free registration
We look forward to seeing you!
Monday and Tuesday the workshop will be held in English, Wednesday and Thursday in German or English, depending on who is there.
Program overview
Pop-Up Circular Hub - Fab City Hamburg
Project partners
The “Pop-Up Circular Hub” is being realised as an exhibition and series of events by Fab City Hamburg e.V., the Hamburg Institute for Innovation, Climate Protection and Circular Economy GmbH, the New Production Institute, the Senate Chancellery and Hafen-City University.
Hamburg Institute for Innovation, Climate Protection and Circular Economy GmbH
The HiiCCE Institute is a research institute affiliated with the Hamburg University of Technology and is also a subsidiary of Stadtreinigung Hamburg. The institute develops holistic solutions for the global challenges of climate protection and the circular and resource economy and conducts research into various areas of the circular economy.
Fab City Hamburg e. V.
In June 2019, the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg became the first German city to join the global Fab Cities Alliance. In doing so, it has taken on the challenge of transforming the urban economy into a comprehensive, digitally supported circular economy: Hamburg will then be able to produce (almost) everything that is consumed in the city itself. Fab City Hamburg e.V. was founded in 2020 to institutionalise the Fab City in Hamburg. It is funded by the Ministry of Economics and Innovation. The association publicises the idea of the Fab City, supports its development and documents its progress. More at: fabcity.hamburg!
New Production Institute
The New Production Institute emerged from the interdisciplinary value creation systems research group of the Laboratory of Production Engineering at Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg. As a think tank for the future of value creation and production, the experts at the New Production Institute are involved in various projects dealing with the transformation of value creation systems against the backdrop of new possibilities for networking and production in times of digital transformation. The focus is particularly on the operationalisation of openness in new modes of value creation (open innovation, open design, open production and open source).
Senatskanzlei, Referat Europapolitik
The Senate Chancellery’s European Policy Unit deals with European law issues and EU funding programmes. The unit’s team coordinates EU projects focussing on the circular economy, mobility and climate adaptation. In the DECISO project, ten partners from five countries are researching funding opportunities for circular economy ideas. The KARMA project is focussing on sustainable construction. Seven partners from five countries are exchanging ideas on circular policy instruments in the construction sector. www.hamburg.de/europa
HafenCity University Hamburg | University of Architecture and Metropolitan Development (HCU)
is a university focussing on the built environment. The HCU unites all aspects of construction in design and drafting, engineering and natural sciences as well as humanities and social sciences under one roof. The HCU’s overarching research priorities are climate/sustainability and digitalisation. Among other things, the HCU is involved in the development process of the national circular economy strategy.
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Instagram: @openlab_hamburg, @fabcityhh
LinkedIn: New Production Institute, Fab City Hamburg e.V.
