The Lab

Asperastra Space

A workshop in Trieste equipped with tools and machinery for designing, prototyping, and building digital objects and systems.

How to Use the Lab
The Asperastra Lab on Corso Cavour in Trieste

Our machines aren't just on display—they're there to be used. Members can work on them for more than 150 days a year.

We’re located at Corso Cavour 2/2, in Trieste. Our facilities cover every stage of an idea’s journey: from the initial design to the first prototype, all the way to the finished product.

The Lab's Areas

Maker

Lasers, cutting plotters, CNC routers, thermoforming machines, and heat presses: cut, engrave, and shape wood, plastic, fabric, and metal.

Discover Maker
A laser-cut and laser-engraved object

3D

Filament and resin printers for turning a computer model into a real object.

Discover 3D
A 3D-printed object

Artificial Intelligence

Workstations for running models locally on the lab computer, without sending your data anywhere.

Discover AI
An image generated using artificial intelligence

Robotics and Electronics

Arduino boards, sensors, and a robotic arm for building circuits and machines that move.

Discover Robotics
An Arduino board with a circuit

Art

Artist residencies and exhibitions where artistic practice meets the Lab’s tools.

Discover Art
A work from "Chroma Garden," Luca Mingolla's exhibition at the Lab

Beyond Space

Talks, events, and workshops that bring technology into other areas of society and culture.

Discover the projects

How to Use the Lab

The Lab's computers are available to members. On the registration page, you'll find information on how to become a member, how much it costs, and how the HelloWorld courses work—these courses teach you how to use the computers.

Find out how to sign up

Upcoming HelloWorld

Here are the upcoming courses on the schedule. We'll announce new dates in the newsletter.