About the Mega Maker Lab

The Mega Maker Lab is made up of an articulated landscape: ramps and platforms that suggest a route around the space, but allows children to make up their own pathways if they prefer. A series of elevated platforms provides seating as well as places to work at different heights. This undulating landscape also lends itself to become a test area where children can see how their creations respond to different scenarios. Aerial elements are suspended by a system of pulleys which allow the children to rise and fall for interaction with visitors, and to change the atmosphere of different parts of the Lab. The form and fabrication of these directly came from earlier design workshops with children: one student came up with an ingenious double loop that becomes a versatile module allowing the creation of flat and curved surfaces, and the formation of a wide variety of shapes.