Summer School 2025

Large format 3D printing for natural and circular materials

Sign up now for the SMAC Summer School 2025! You can choose to attend one week or both.
Whether you're interested in the creative possibilities of 3D printing in the arts or its potential for urban regeneration, this is your chance to learn from experts, gain hands-on experience, and be part of an exciting, forward-thinking community.

3D Acquisition and Artistic Production

July 26 - August 2

This week focuses on how 3D printing can be a key tool in artistic production. Participants will learn advanced 3D acquisition techniques and apply them to create original artworks. The week will also examine the use of 3D printing in cultural heritage conservation, offering a broad view of both artistic and heritage applications. Throughout the week, participants will design and print with sustainable or circular materials, exploring the creative and regenerative potential of large-format 3D printing.

3D Printing for Urban Regeneration

August 2 - August 9

This week will explore the use of 3D printing for urban regeneration, focusing on large-format projects and sustainable, circular materials. During the week, participants will have the opportunity to develop real-world projects, using 3D printing to create prototypes of urban furniture and innovative solutions for public spaces, aimed at social and economic regeneration. The week will also include a focus on tactical urbanism, exploring how 3D printing can become a tool for change in urban furniture and the design of collective spaces.

About Our School

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A unique opportunity for professional training

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weeks of full-immersion training

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places available

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scholarships for under 30 available

SMAC is a multidisciplinary school for professionals which specializes in large-scale 3D printing.
WHAT DO WE OFFER? Intensive courses which combine theoretical lessons with hands-on experience of 3D scanning and printing.
WHERE? In Coreglia Antelminelli, a small Tuscan town near Lucca.
WHEN? First week from 26 July to 2 August, Second week from 2 August to 9 August
HOW LONG DOES IT LAST? One or two weeks full-immersion course
WHO IS IT DESIGNED FOR? Designers, developers and craftsmen or graduate students from design, art or architecture faculties.
LANGUAGES? Italian and English
COST € 450 for one week, € 700 two week. Accommodation costs included*

! Applications are accepted until the places are filled but no later than 7 July 2025

Theory and practice, together

SMAC Summer School offers highly-specialized professional training which brings together theory and practice to meet the technological and environmental challenges of today’s ever-changing sector.

The course aims to provide the competences which will be essential for anyone working in the additive manufacturing sector, whether they be designers or craftsmen, with variations offered for the artistic, architectural and design fields. Aswell as exploring and experimenting with modelling software and digital acquisition techniques, students will gain hands-on experience of state-of-the-art hardware.

SMAC is a multi-disciplinary school which offers a unique opportunity to share professional knowledge and experience.

3D printing as a productive process for the circular economy.

Using sustainable printing materials from the circular economy is of great importance to us.

We aim to show how production strategies based on digital manufacturing tools and a new concept of “a decentralized productive network” represent a valid alternative to linear and centralized production.

Among our sponsors we have some of the protagonists of the innovation of the Italian circular economy.

Why choose Coreglia Antelminelli?

As early as 1883, Coreglia was home to an innovative School of “Design and Plastics” created to equip locals with the knowledge and skills they would need to work as “figurinai”, or statuette sculptors, across the globe.

Its founder, Sir Carlo Vanni, came from a family of figure-painters and entrepreneurs and chose the most highly-skilled local artisans to be the first teachers in his new school. Some of their works are displayed in the current Statuette Museum which is housed in a villa donated by Vanni himself.

The museum, which is truly one of a kind, bears testimony to the phenomenon of plaster sculpture and its links to the emigration from the area around the Serchio Valley which began in the 1600s and continues to the present day. Visitors can admire eighteenth-century statuettes of cats, busts of historical or literary figures as well as copies of ancient Greek and Roman sculptures.

Accomodation Included

The registration fee includes accommodation in shared double rooms (two single beds) within a comfortable house. The house features a living room, kitchen, and two shared bathrooms, offering a cozy and practical environment for your stay.

Additionally, guests can enjoy access to a refreshing swimming pool, perfect for relaxation during your free time.