The Foundry, a new makerspace, is now open to bring creative ideas around campus to life.
The University of Texas at Austin has been an educational leader promoting “maker culture” for more than a decade. Successful spaces like the Cockrell School of Engineering’s Longhorn Maker Studio have been the envy of nonmajors itching to get their hands on a 3-D printer.
But the Foundry is the first space open to all students, faculty members and staffers — definitely the latest Longhorn perk. Anyone interested in game development, music production, digital visual arts or product development and design is welcome to use the facilities.
Located in the Fine Arts Library, the space will bring together students and faculty members from many disciplines to generate new ideas, research, art and inventions — both curricular and noncurricular. There are specialized labs and…
