Run by the team behind local social enterprise Biji-biji Initiative, ME.REKA Makerspace is a co-working space for practitioners and advocates of maker culture; it provides a space where education on sustainability can be conducted via vocational classes and workshops in the fields of wood and metal fabrication, textile and fashion, technology and robotics, and engineering. Although not the first of its kind in the country, with other makerspace outlets such as Makerspace and MakerLAB already established, ME.REKA takes the cake for being arguably the biggest of the lot.
Occupying 12,000 square feet on the floor below Publika’s EAT Food Village, ME.REKA is divided into separate field-specific stations that are furnished with the necessary tools and equipment – think laser engraving machines, 3D printers and a virtual reality development area for the programming station; soldering…