Built in 1911 with innovative tilt-up concrete construction, this makerspace was an early home of Zenith Electric, known as Chicago Radio Laboratory before it became a global industrial powerhouse. The facility’s history and heft is a perfect match for the work that has gone on here since CIADC opened in 2015. Equipment, workshops and work spaces are offered in casting & molding, metalworking & forging, technology & design, and woodworking, with each department given its own floor. CIADC’s goal is to remove the obstacles most people face with creating 3D objects with permanent materials and industrial processes
