The Carrefour Numérique² is a Digital Public Space that has been aiming to reduce the digital divide for more than 10 years. A first temporary Fab Lab appeared there in June 2011 as part of Futur en Seine: the Fab Lab Squared. The same year, the Cité des Sciences participates and wins, with other EPN, a call for projects within the framework of Future Investments.
For 2 years, David and the Carrefour Numérique² team trained, experimented and met other Fab Labs. The idea: try to maintain an agile mode of operation in an existing structure and develop an activity in the best possible conditions.
Inaugurated in April 2014, the Fab Lab quickly became a mediation tool open to all, paying particular attention to 15-25 year olds far from science and technology! Initially, the Fab Lab was perceived as a technical object, which is ultimately only a pretext with regard to its many social and societal perspectives.