Monthly Meetup: DIGITAC Aachen

We meet every 3rd Wednesday of the month from 18:30 until late. Special topics and any special guests for each month will be posted here as the date approaches.

Meeting of the Aachen Maker Meetup on 16.10.2019 in the rooms of DIGITAC e. V, Aachen Martinstraße 10 - 12 (2nd backyard bottom right)

DGITAC stands for "Digital Aachen" and is an open non-profit association for the promotion of digital culture. https://digitac.cc/

Since almost everything is digitally controlled, stored or produced today, our club activities are very, very versatile.

We have club rooms in the basement of the former Mies-van-der-Rohe trade school in Martinstrasse in Aachen. There in the Martinshöfen you find us hidden in the 2nd backyard right below.

The name of our front clubroom "Voidspace" is program. The room is more or less empty (English: void) and should be filled with life. He is available by arrangement for activities of all kinds. As an infrastructure, there are event technology (projector, screens, etc.), free Internet (free radio), music and lighting, our from a Aachener Club rescued in the house demolished counter, party-worthy and always well-filled drinks fridges and of course various seating. In addition, our museum corner and the gaming corner with an extensive range of games.

There is also the "backspace". Here we hold possibilities for work. In the "clean" backspace: computers, soldering stations, 3-D printers, 30 W laser cutter, sewing machine, compressor, many electronic components and a lot of tools of all art. In the machining "dirty" area: CNC, electronic metal hacksaw, drilling machine, welder, electronic circular saw, planing machine, and of course hand tools such as hammer, screwdriver etc. etc.

Use of the equipment is open to anyone with sufficient expertise. And if the expertise does not exist yet, more knowledgeable club members are happy to help them acquire it.

In the activities we are open to almost all ideas. If something is offered, you are welcome to participate - but we find it even better when someone develops new projects and offers. It can be something technical, as well as something cultural, artistic, musical to a regulars' table or a themed party series. Just talk to us.

Fixed events are next to the
Member evening (guests welcome), which takes place every Tuesday from 8 pm,
a repaircafé every last Saturday of the month from 3 to 6 pm https://repaircafe.org/en/location/repair-cafe-aachen/,
Every 3rd Friday of the month from 10 pm the party series "High Voltage"
and once a month on Saturdays the party series "ZulieferN".
https://www.facebook.com/pg/DigitalesAachen/events/

We are integrated into the nationwide active "Association of Open Workshops" https://www.offene-werkstaetten.org

We always look forward to interested, tolerant and active guests. Both at our parties and in our Makerspace. We are especially looking forward to hosting the Aachen Maker Meetup on October 16, 2019.

Parking situation
The entrance to the city center of Aachen is only allowed for cars with green German environmental badge.
The entire public parking space in the center of Aachen is managed.
In the public parking area - which also includes the area in front of the house Martinstraße 10-12 - from Monday to Saturday from 9:00 to 21:00 clock a - valid for only one hour - parking ticket pulled on the machine or purchased by app.
The parking spaces in the Martinshöfen - also directly in front of the club rooms - are permanently rented. The renters are very angry (possibly with private cost claims or the towing service) if they find their paid parking space parked.
Since some parking spaces on the lower courtyard in front of our rooms serve as patient parking spaces for a large dental practice, you can dare to park your vehicle at one of these parking lots outside normal office hours at your own risk.

By bus, we are easily accessible via the bus stops "Bushof" or a little closer to the stop "Minoritenstraße".