Promotion: Spain's IE University will open a new creative campus in a refurbished historical building in the centre of the UNESCO World Heritage city Segovia next year.
Part of the IE School of Architecture and Design, the new campus is located in the Palacio de los Condes de Mansilla, a heritage building that dates back to the 12th century.
Set to open in 2025, the new 5,000-square-metre campus will include a Fab Lab ? a facility to promote manufacturing with technological tools ? research laboratories for construction, biomaterials and textiles, experimentation workshops, digital fabrication classrooms and an exhibition area.
IE University will open a new creative campus in the centre of Segovia next year
In the Fab Lab, students will be able to create and test their projects using state-of-the-art digital fabrication technology such as 3D printers, scanners and jet cutters as well as traditional woodworking tools, ceramics and casting equipment. The facilities will be used by students from 160 countries who are studying architecture, design, art and fashion.
"At IE School of Architecture & Design, we want to build a fairer, more beautiful and more sustainable world through the creative industries," said the Dean of IE School of Architecture and Design, David Goodman.
The new campus is located in the Palacio de los Condes de Mansilla, a heritage building that dates back to the 12th century
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