Accreditation
Using the machines requires an initial accreditation phase. Operational skills can be gained through our courses or demonstrated through prior experience, with the support of our technical staff.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Four areas of work: our labs, university research, artistic collaborations, regional and European networks.
Our labs
Chirale labs are workspaces dedicated to the development and execution of projects, built on the integration of digital fabrication, electronics, programming and material processing.
LAB.01 SPAZIO
Original site
first nucleus of the Chirale labs, on two floors facing the street through two large windows. The upper floor is dedicated to study and the restitution of processes; the basement hosts operational activities: an analogue darkroom, an e-textiles lab, fine art printing, chemical experimentation, electronics and a library.
Visibility of process
a place where research, training and production are not separate but made visible. The windows expose the work in progress, making the passage between inside and outside continuous.
Urban relation
embedded in the Garbatella fabric, the space keeps continuity with the neighbourhood: not as a standalone destination, but as a presence integrated into the daily life of the street.
LAB.02 TRATTO
Fabrication site
third lab in the Chirale system, located in the historic premises that for over fifty years hosted a neighbourhood toy shop (Il Piccolo Bazar), part of Garbatella's daily memory. It hosts digital fabrication machines and production work.
Process integration
a place where digital technologies and manual practices operate together: project execution happens through the interaction of machine and operator.
Continuity
an intermediate element between Spazio and Punto, both operationally and spatially. The transformation of the premises retains a trace of its original function, translated into a new form of productive activity.
LAB.03 PUNTO
Production site
second lab in the Chirale system, opened on the same street to host technologies and processes incompatible with Spazio Chirale.
Functional separation
with the opening of Punto, the system explicitly distinguishes activities: research and training stay at Spazio, commission production, prototyping and industrial scale move to Punto.
Operational beginning
the name marks a threshold: the minimum, necessary place where a project is translated into a production process.
Articles · Our labs
Renting our machines
The digital fabrication machines in our labs are available to companies, professionals, artisans, artists and hobbyists who want to develop prototypes, produce small batches or carry out projects autonomously.
Access to the labs goes through a process of accreditation and technical onboarding, aimed at the safe and aware use of the machines.
Booking procedure
To request a machine booking, simply send an email indicating the machine of interest and the period needed. The request will be forwarded to our staff who will arrange to accept it.
Service card
Access to lab services uses the Service Card, Chirale's prepaid system. Credit bundles unlock discounted rates. Card and top-ups are available at the lab or on the online shop.
Laser Cutter CO2 100W
Laser Cutter CO2 50W
Plotter da taglio Silhouette Cameo v.3
Plotter da stampa inkjet Roland
Plotter planare UV Roland
Stampante 3D Raise3D N2 Plus
School labs
We design and build digital fabrication labs inside Italian public schools. Three of our projects are studied by Indire as national models for the integration between school and territory.
Articles · School labs
Labs for institutions and public administration
Municipalities, public companies, territorial bodies and Third Sector organisations entrust us with the design of labs open to their communities: places where citizens, makers, students, businesses and associations access digital fabrication technologies and prototyping services.
Articles · PA labs
The lab for the United Nations
On behalf of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), we brought our model of training and technological consulting to Lebanon, in support of the country's innovative SMEs.
Articles · UNDP lab
Academic research
We work with universities and research bodies through agreements, funded projects and industrial PhDs. We provide technical consulting, prototypes, and make our lab technologies available to academic experimentation.
Biosensors publishes the first paper of the Unicatt research project supported by Chirale
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Art
Art production
We make contemporary artworks on commission for artists, galleries and institutions, accompanying the process that brings a work from the artist's idea to its physical existence. We translate the artist's idea into technical solutions, materials and processes, developing executive design, digital fabrication, electronics, software and integration up to final installation. The lab acts as a technical structure supporting artistic practice, for projects that demand advanced skills and technologies. Works made in our labs have entered Italian public collections, including the Collezione Farnesina, the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna and the MAXXI.
LIMINA: a digital window at San Filippo Neri
Chirale N.1: until 31 March, Mochetti, Borondo and Cicero on display at Spazio Chirale
Arte Chirale: discovering the stunning new work by Gonzalo Borondo
Obiettivo, the datapoietic work by Salvatore Iaconesi and Oriana Persico, from Spazio Chirale to the Collezione Farnesina
#19_linea on urban metamorphosis, an Open City Roma 2021 photography workshop
W-O-M-A-N, photographic installation by the MOMENTA collective at FabLab Ostiense
40X Roma al Microscopio: behind the scenes of the exhibition event
Spazio diviso Due by Maurizio Mochetti
The wonderful world of Spazio Chirale in Garbatella
GOCCE inaugurated: the new major Art production by Chirale
What if Rome's decline were the result of a very specific Project?
Goodbye Salvatore, we will miss you!
Enough — a thousand years are enough for the artist Daniele Sigalot
Art residencies
Art residencies are programmes supported by Chirale that offer artists time, space and access to the labs to develop their research. Unlike production work, they are not necessarily oriented to an immediate result, but to the possibility of experimenting, deepening and building new directions of work.
Network
Chirale labs are crossed by informal groups, collectives and independent realities that use the spaces for workshops, meetings, presentations and events.
The activities we host transform continuously together with the people who build them.
If you are part of a group or a reality looking for a place to develop shared activities, you can pitch us your idea.
ARDUINO USER GROUP
Open-source electronics and interactive prototyping
MOMENTA
Roman photography collective
METADIAPASON
Sound, performance and interactive technologies
IL CIRCOLO DEL FILO
Textile, self-production and the technologies of making
ROMA.EXE
Demoscene, creative coding, code + graphics + music