TaMaCo (Materials and Construction Workshop) is a digital manufacturing laboratory and a project of CheLa (Latin American Experimental Hypermedia Center), an old factory in the neighborhood of Parque Patricios that has an area of ​​5000 m2 and was converted into a cultural center. TaMaCo currently has space of 210 m2, which allows to work in large-scale projects, and space exploration. It also coexists with the use of diverse types of machine that are located in the space.

TaMaCo is a space open to the community, dedicated to artistic and technological research. It is equipped with design tools and manufacturing machines. TaMaCo promotes learning based on doing: The practice as the main vehicle of search, the study of manufacturing techniques, contact with tools and materials as the basis of creative processes.

Group work, community, respect, reciprocal support and the quality of personal relationships among TaMaCo members are as important as the products and processes carried out in TaMaCo.

TaMaCo aims to: Provide designers, architects, workspace, specialized tutorials and technologically advanced tools to investigate experimental, creative and innovative productive techniques. Promote the practice in design and manufacturing processes through immersive and collaborative experiences that generate new knowledge and possible approaches to contemporary issues in our society.

Francesco Milano Architect graduated with a double degree from the Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia (IUAV) and from the Belgrano University of Buenos Aires. His work trajectory includes countries like Italy, Holland, Brazil and Argentina, in which he worked on his own projects and collaborating with local studies. He is currently director of the TaMaCo (Materials and Construction Workshop), a digital manufacturing laboratory equipped with CNC machines active in CheLA (Latin American Experimental Hypermediamedia Center); Has been a teacher at Torcuato Di Tella University and currently teaches at the Universidad Nacional de la Matanza (Autonomous City of Buenos Aires). Together with Karen Antorveza he directs the architecture and design studio FORMOSA. His research focuses on the relationship between technology and architecture. He specializes in parametric design, physical computing, 3D modeling, digital fabrication and rapid prototyping.