Design Fabrication Zone – Design + Technology Lab

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Based at Toronto Metropolitan University, the Design Fabrication Zone (DFZ) is an interdisciplinary hub for design and fabrication that strategically propels early-stage ideas for inventions, businesses, and installations along the continuum – from design to prototype to mass manufacturing. With access to fabrication space and equipment, members of the DFZ are able to conduct hands-on experimentation and prototyping at various levels from preliminary to advanced.

Its Design + Technology LAB (D+TL) is a technology-based workshop that supports creative research + scholarship, curriculum, and entrepreneurship activities across The Creative School and Zone Learning. The D+TL offers Zone members both analog fabrication tools (woodworking and metalworking shops) and digital fabrication tools (including 3D printing, textile computing, AR/VR, and robotics).

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Location

Design + Technology Lab
Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex
Toronto Metropolitan University
288 Church Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5B 1Z5

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Areas of Expertise

Creative School Faculty Research
Research partnerships across the University
University programming
Community programming
Curricular collaborations
External collaborations with industry leaders

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Services

Facility Access & Testing (3D printing and laser cutting)

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Contact Information

Website: https://www.ryerson.ca/design-technology-lab/

Published: February 24, 2022