M.A.A.S. Workshop ,

Andrea Graziano And Tommaso Venturini are giving a workshop on adaptable housing solutions for people displaced by climate change, extreme events and crises, focusing on the design of easily assembled modular wood systems with flexible configurations. The workshop will move from digital design to 1:1 prototyping.

France Design Week 2025

For FDW25 Matières Numériques has housed Post Industrial Crafts and Bits to Atoms under its vault for an exhibition on "The Uses of Digital Fabrication" (details).

Collective Assembly

There will be a day of collective assembly on a 3d printed cell structure of 15 meter, in April 2026 for volunteers, students, to experiment the reality of a 3d printed parametric vault structure. A free event, social, technical, inspiring, with a free lunch!

Projects

Matières Numériques is the continuity of BEIRUT MAKERS an association that produced 14 exhibitions exploring the changing potential of digital fabrication. Now in its second phase, Matières Numériques is now focusing towards universities and students while opening towards new materials, such as clay and raw earth. Here are a few projects held under MatNum's umbrella:

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Explore.

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BeirutMakers.

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Thoughts,

Here is a collection of funding logics which are directing the NGO

MAKING IS POLITICAL

How we manufacture things is deeply influent, what we import and what we make locally has shaped our societies, Saint-Etienne is particularly aware of this fact.

Digital fabrication is a tool to keep manufacturing locally

Thanks to Digital fabrication white collars are reaching back maufacturing empowerement. Opening to new intentions to guide fabrication.

Sustainability

Digitla and robotic fabrication could be a valid direction for the Future only without sustainable practices.

Give citizens the power to fabricate

Being a citizen is more than being a consumer, one need to access the potential of large scale digital manufactruing to challenge economical models, at design and architecture scales.

Collaborate with robots

Students need to spend time with large robotic arms in order to get acustomed to their potential and integrate them into their future projects.

An edge to re-industrialisation

Lot of jobs are getting lost to internal competition, for some trades, using robotic can keep production within competitive prices to keep production local.

Invent new crafts

In coordination between creativity, computing and robotic fabrication, new methods, new crafts are to be invented, new processes and start-ups.

The potential of a workshop

Matieres numeriques can provide space, advice and machines. Our inspiring large workshop and outdoors have great potential

Workshops

We house workshops that are using digital fabrication techniques. We welcome educators both from universities or rpofessional practices.

Non Profit Organization

Matieres numeriques

A large space for creation at design and architectural scale, using sustainable, local, digital fabrication

The NGO gets free robot time from both companies Bits to Atoms and Post Industrial Crafts. This time can be shared within motivated, organized workshop around subjects that are within the curated vision of the association.