ProtoLAB
design&build
Online design
July 7th-14th
Onsite building
July 22nd-30th, Wroclaw, Poland

Architecture
What is ProtoLAB?
ProtoLAB is an annual international design and build workshops where students of architecture and related fields have an unique opportunity to design and then build architectural structures.
The workshop is divided into an online design and onsite manufacturing process, which will take place in the beautiful city of Wrocław, Poland.









Our beloved partners!

Every year is a new experience!
2023 theme:
As in the video games, you need to be patient before you start playing, same in our workshops you need to take your time to create great concept, prepare building drawings and plan the construction before the whole fun will start at the building site.
Therefore, LOADING… refers to the whole process of creation of architectural object from the first sketch, discussions, modelling,
LOADING…
The theme of ProtoLAB design & build workshops 2023
Venue
The building process will take place in old tram depot transferred into The Center for Young Culture and Local Initiatives CZASOPRZESTRZEŃ (eng. time-space).
We will have a 1700 m 2 production facility, where participants will be taught how to safely and efficiently use building tools in order to shortly build by themselves, the object they previously designed.
Participation
The cost of participation:
70€ – online design workshops
(7 th – 14 th July)
130€ – onsite building workshops
(22 nd – 30 th July)
170€ – online + onsite workshops
the fee includes*:
- Tutoring
- Materials
- Insurance
- Building materials
- Lunches
- Cultural and integration events
- for the online workshops, the fee includes tutoring only

Countries
Partners
of design and building work



Professional Team
Our Tutors

Dr arch. Jerzy Łątka
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Dr arch. Javier Sanchez Merina
The theme is free, so it’s like a treat for me. So the real question will be, will this theme have pro functionality?

Dr arch. Mauricio Morales Beltran
From the perspective of Virtual Reality – The Lemmony theme is very Virtual. So it was the main point why I chose it.

M.Sc. arch. Samim Mehdizadeh
I got the feeling that the website is trying to tell me something. Do you have the same feeling?

M.Sc. arch. Doina Carter
The theme is free, so it’s like a treat for me. So the real question will be, will this theme have pro functionality?

M.Sc. arch. Agata Jasiolek
From the perspective of Virtual Reality – The Lemmony theme is very Virtual. So it was the main point why I chose it.
There is always more to show
ProtoLAB 2022 edition
Eco-friendly design
Real building experience
New friends
Absolute fun

Gallery
Previous projects
Here you can see some of the examples of projects from the previous editions:
Completed Projects

Lelenfant Pavilion

Mobile furniture for complex of integrative schools No 6 in Wroclaw

Tea Pavilion

Styrofoam Housing System – a prototype of temporary house for Ukainian Refugees designed by Shigeru Ban
