Milan · Exhibition hall & workshop
Experience, learn, innovate.
A Chinese intangible heritage exhibition hall and workshop in Milan, taking Chinese intangible cultural heritage overseas.
Milano · Bovisa
Paper · Cloth · Wood · Pattern
01 / Activities
Experience. Learn. Innovate.
The hall shows a practice. The workshop tests it with new tools. The table is where someone else joins the conversation.
02 / Spaces
Find the setting you need.
Not rooms — experiences. Work, make, meet, print and present without leaving the building.
03 / Equipment
What can you make?
Every machine is presented as a product: use case first, then availability and booking.
AvailableLaser Cutter
Perfect for architecture models, wood and acrylic.
Book Machine
PrintingBambu Lab X1
Ideal for rapid prototyping and product design.
Book Printer
AvailableResin Printer
High-detail models and fine presentation parts.
Learn More
AvailableLarge Format Plotter
A0 / A1 portfolio and review board printing.
Pricing
AvailableDocument Printer
Everyday A3 / A4 colour printing for studio work.
Book Printer
OpenHigh-Speed Network
Wi-Fi 6 and gigabit wired access across the building.
Explore
Booked 16:00–18:00Photography Studio
Professional lighting. Portfolio ready.
Reserve
AvailableArduino Bench
Arduino, ESP32, sensors and connected objects.
Explore
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Pattern & print
Plotter · Vinyl · Woodblock studies
02
Form
Laser · FDM · Resin · CNC
03
Documentation
Photo studio · High-speed network
04
Materials
Paper · Wood · Textile · PLA
Intangible heritage
1,557 projects. One hall, one workshop.
China’s national list spans ten categories and 3,610 sub-items. In Milan we study a few of them, experiment beside the machines, and talk about what changed.
宣纸制作技艺
Xuan paper · Anhui
南通蓝印花布印染技艺
Nantong blue calico · Jiangsu
剪纸
Paper cutting · Many regions
杨柳青木版年画
Yangliuqing prints · Tianjin
景德镇手工制瓷技艺
Jingdezhen porcelain · Jiangxi
宜兴紫砂陶制作技艺
Yixing zisha · Jiangsu
10 categories · State Council batches 2006–2021
The shelf
Excellent pieces, sold here.
A short list of finished work in the hall. See it, buy it, or have the workshop adapt it. What Milan chooses goes back to the maker.
Xuan paper folio
宣纸册页 · Anhui
Sheets to take home, or to mark on the plotter before you leave.
Blue calico cloth
蓝印花布方巾 · Jiangsu
A repeat you can read up close, then discuss at the table.
Paper-cut set
剪纸一套 · Several regions
Hand-cut pieces. The laser is for a study beside them, not a copy.
Yangliuqing print
杨柳青年画 · Tianjin
A printed sheet with its registration still visible.
04 / The room
Why people stay.
01
Stay all day
02
Fast Wi-Fi
03
Power everywhere
04
Private Meeting Boxes
05
Exhibition hall
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Coffee
07
Printing
08
Community
09
Near Politecnico
05 / Live
Today’s availability.
Check seats, machines and tonight’s programme before you arrive.
Live
Workspace
16 seats available
Live
Private Boxes
2 available
Live
Laser Cutter
Available
Live
3D Printer
Printing
Live
Coffee
Open
Live
Workshop Tonight
Grasshopper · 7 PM
Membership
What members can actually do.
Access, machines, storage and booking priority — not only a price list.
01
Student
For architecture and design students who need a place to study.
- — Workspace access
- — Event discounts
- — Member newsletter
- — Coffee discount
Maker
For hands-on designers and builders.
- — FabLab access
- — Machine booking
- — Tool access
- — Material discounts
Studio
For focused independent project work.
- — Dedicated workspace
- — Meeting room access
- — Project storage
- — Prototype support
Corporate
For teams, institutions and industry partners.
- — Company workshops
- — Private events
- — Talent and student engagement
- — Innovation sessions
Partnerships
Exchange starts at the workbench.
Cultural institutions, inheritors, schools and companies meet here through workshops, prototypes and public programmes — not through a separate corporate site.