The Innovation Lab is a resource to inspire and enable student design. Even the planning and creation of the lab itself was a product of student work. In 2017, upon receiving approval of the grant from Baxter that made the lab possible, students at Lindblom Math and Science Academy began working on a design for the space.

Design Statement

Create a state-of-the-art prototyping and design center that  provides students with the resources to fabricate and test any idea, expose them to unbounded opportunities to fully exercise their imagination, and expand on student creativity through innovative curriculum and real-world design. 

Design Objectives

• Multifunctional Usage

• Collaborative and Individual Projects

• Long term sustainability

• Community engagement

• High mix low volume capabilities

• Large & small scale projects

• High speed prototyping and high precision fabrication

• Hands on experience with industry standard tools.

With this in mind,  Denilson Saavedra (Class of '17) began defining and designing the space that would become the innovation lab.

The initial design work involved mapping out the old book room and envisioning a new space for innovation! 

After many many hours of work we had built one of the coolest spaces in all of CPS.