Bio

Santiago Fuentemilla Garriga holds a degree in Higher Architecture from La Salle University (Universitat Ramon LLull), Spain. Since 2012 he is a graduate of Fab Academy, an intensive postgraduate course in digital fabrication and rapid prototyping, directed by Neil Gershenfeld at MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA). As an architecture professional, he has more than 15 years of experience in studios (OPR, FHAUS, OPERA, Brullet de Luna associats), designing multidisciplinary projects at international level. Since 2013 he is part of the IAAC - Fab Lab BCN team, as the main instructor of the global academic programme Fab Academy and since 2017 he is a professor of the Master in Design for Emergent Futures (MDEF). He is coordinator and leader of the Future Learning Unit (FLU), an area of research, design and implementation of innovative educational models promoting growth, learning and creativity to generate opportunities to achieve the goals and challenges of uncertain futures. Santi is involved in EU funded research projects such as DOIT, on entrepreneurship and social innovation for young people, PHALABS 4.0 which brings together photonics research and its practical application in the Fab Lab, CREATIVE MINDS on entrepreneurship in vocational training marketing and design youths, DISCALE which supports digital social innovation to grow and scale across Europe or SHEMAKES which aims to empower future innovators in the sustainable fashion industry through inspiration, increased skills and networking.

Project

We will meet in Faberllull Olot a passionate group of teachers, designers and creators of educational tools from around the world to promote these creative learnings in educational programming and robotics. Many of us already share projects during the year, from distant locations, enjoying the technologies that allow us to work remotely and asynchronously, but the personal and intensive meeting that Faberllull Olot offers us is an invaluable gift.