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Our extensive Makerspaces encompass six adjacent facilities, each enabling you to expand your thinking, complete class projects, and connect with like-minded peers and experts. 

Open to all Northeastern students and faculty, these spaces give you the tools, inspiration, and instruction you need to turn your ideas into tangible creations. 

What can you do in an Oakland Makerspace? 

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Plan Your visit
Two students work together on building a small robotic vehicle at a table in a bright, modern classroom filled with electronics and equipment.
Makerspaces

Design and construct models of a new city branch library for your architecture studio class 

A young woman with long blonde hair uses a 3D printer in a bright, modern lab. She is wearing a black sweatshirt and holding a tool while operating the printer, with extraction vents and large windows in the background.
Makerspaces

Make 3D-printed parts and prototype electronic circuits for the robot you’re building in your engineering class

A person with a mustache and goatee looks intently at an object formed by three white bars, appearing focused and thoughtful, with hands reaching toward the structure.
Makerspaces

Familiarize yourself with construction site tasks, like creating steel caps for beams for your class on architectonic systems

A person removes a large printed poster with blue and yellow text from a printer. The printer is on a desk, and the person is seen from behind, focusing on the printout.
Makerspaces

Create posters for upcoming events on an analog letterpress or large-format digital printer

A person intently threads a sewing machine needle, viewed through the machine’s opening, with a focused expression and hands carefully working.
Makerspaces

Expand or develop extracurricular skills like photography, sewing, and soldering

Explore Makerspaces equipment
A woman wearing a patterned headscarf and a dark blue jacket with floral embroidery smiles while standing indoors near large windows.

SPARKING NEW SOLUTIONS

“Having Makerspaces close by supports a more iterative design process, as students can quickly test ideas, gather feedback, and make adjustments.”

Leila Keyvani

Associate Teaching Professor,

Northeastern University, Oakland

Facilities

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Students work at tables in a bright, modern classroom with large windows, using laptops and electronic equipment. The room has high ceilings, exposed pipes, and storage cabinets in the background.
facilities makerspace classroom

Makerspace classroom

A person reaches for a tool on a wall-mounted organizer in a modern workshop, with various tools and equipment visible in the background.
facilities makerspace shop

Makerspace shop

3D printing, laser cutting, vinyl cutting, soldering, sewing, and embroidering

A smiling person wearing headphones and a tan jacket paints a ceramic sculpture shaped like a bird outdoors, using a brush and a bowl of glaze.
faclities ceramics studio

Ceramics studio

A person wearing a face shield uses a power drill on a metal object in a workshop, focusing intently on their work.
facilities metal shop

Metal shop

A person operates a professional camera on a tripod in a studio, focusing on a brightly lit setup with softbox lights and photography equipment visible.
facilities print media labs

Print media labs

Photographing, photo developing and printing, ink marbling, digital design and printing, polymer plate creation, letterpress printing

A close-up of a drill press making a hole in a rectangular piece of wood, with clamps securing the wood in place and wood shavings around the drill bit.
facilities wood shop

Wood shop