As the engine of the Leuven learning ecosystem, we believe in one thing: 1+1=3. Learning places, schools, associations and businesses — together we form the fabric in which talents are found and fed.
"Not loose projects, but building blocks of a new economy."
These organisations are housed at maakleerplek together with us, each with their own practice, lab or studio on site.
Housed at maakleerplek, where it runs the TextielLab, the textile Repair Hub and the tool library. A learning place within the Leuven Learning Ecosystem.
MAAKbar teaches people in Leuven to repair and make things themselves, with tools and know-how you share rather than buy.
maakbar.org
Housed at maakleerplek, where it runs the electronics Repair Hub; it also brings the Interreg project Sharepair. A learning place within the Leuven Learning Ecosystem.
Maakbaar Leuven is building a city where repairing is normal, with repair cafés and repair services across Leuven.
maakbaarleuven.be
Cas-co has studios at maakleerplek.
Cas-co provides Leuven artists with studios and support.
www.cas-co.be
Radio Scorpio is housed at maakleerplek and makes radio there.
Belgium's oldest independent radio station, from Leuven, made entirely by volunteers.
www.radioscorpio.be
Housed at maakleerplek. Provides the weekly soup at the neighbourhood canteen, and food at maakleerfest.
www.foodateliercesar.be
Housed at maakleerplek, where it helps build the biomaterials lab.
A supply-chain coalition around nature-based materials: from crop to application.
earthplantfiber.be
SOM is housed at maakleerplek and organises network events there for schools and education professionals.
Compagnie Cordial Leuven has its office at maakleerplek.
Compagnie Cordial helps newcomers find volunteer work: a quick way to discover the city, meet people and practise Dutch.
www.compagniecordial.be
Sheep On Wheels runs activities at maakleerplek and built the plastic-recycling machines we use in the labs.
A young non-profit that makes small-scale plastic recycling and circular living visible.
sheeponwheels.comTogether with these learning places we form the Leuven Learning Ecosystem (LLES), a project co-funded by the European Union.
Housed at maakleerplek, where it runs the TextielLab, the textile Repair Hub and the tool library. A learning place within the Leuven Learning Ecosystem.
MAAKbar teaches people in Leuven to repair and make things themselves, with tools and know-how you share rather than buy.
maakbar.orgHoused at maakleerplek, where it runs the electronics Repair Hub; it also brings the Interreg project Sharepair. A learning place within the Leuven Learning Ecosystem.
Maakbaar Leuven is building a city where repairing is normal, with repair cafés and repair services across Leuven.
maakbaarleuven.be
A learning place within the Leuven Learning Ecosystem, and a teaching partner.
A neighbourhood place in a former printing works in Kessel-Lo: studios, a shared kitchen, co-working and the STEM classroom of the school next door.
de-drukkerij.be
A learning place within the Leuven Learning Ecosystem, and a teaching partner — together with the Materials Bank.
Atelier Circuler gives construction materials and offcuts a second life, and runs the Materials Bank to do it.
ateliercirculer.be
A learning place within the Leuven Learning Ecosystem, and a teaching partner.
Campus Corso is a testing ground for educational innovation in Leuven, where schools, entrepreneurs and young people meet.
A teaching partner. Edushakers leads Campus Corso, together with the city of Leuven, entrepreneurs and education partners.
A Leuven non-profit working on educational innovation with young people, teachers, parents and policymakers.
nl.edushakers.euThey cook in the maakleerplek canteen.
Housed at maakleerplek. Provides the weekly soup at the neighbourhood canteen, and food at maakleerfest.
www.foodateliercesar.be
HONK cooks in the maakleerplek canteen every Wednesday.
Runs cooking workshops in the canteen, around a seasonal plant-based kitchen.
www.instagram.com/_groengeluk_
Cooks in the canteen from time to time, including Wine & Dine evenings.
A Leuven wine bar with natural wines and seasonal dishes.
www.instagram.com/mistral.bar
Cooks in the maakleerplek canteen.
www.demaaltafel.beGovernments and programmes that support the work.
maakleerplek took part in Pop-Machina, a European project on circular maker cities; it was one of the three core locations in Leuven, alongside the Materialenbank and MAAKbar.
maakleerplek is a city project: the city helps provide the infrastructure at the Vaartkom and the connection with what is happening in Leuven.
leuven.be
Co-funds the Leuven Learning Ecosystem (2025-2027), of which maakleerplek is the lead partner.
www.europawse.be
Sharepair activities run at maakleerplek through Maakbaar Leuven.
An Interreg North-West Europe project on digitally supported repair in cities.
The Flemish Agency for Innovation and Entrepreneurship supported the development of maakleerplek.
www.vlaio.be
Partner of the Graphic Lab.
www.nationale-loterij.beSchools we work with: their classes and pupils come to us to make and learn.
A teaching partner. UCLL students learn and work at maakleerplek.
University college UC Leuven-Limburg.
www.ucll.be
A partner on several fronts; among other things, KU Leuven students — including Campus Groep T — work and learn at maakleerplek.
The university of Leuven, including Campus Groep T close to the Vaartkom.
www.kuleuven.be
The city academy for visual and audiovisual arts.
www.academie-slac.be
A teaching partner. UCLL students learn and work at maakleerplek.
University college UC Leuven-Limburg.
www.ucll.be
Brings STEM activities into the labs at maakleerplek. A co-founder of Edison.
The Technology and Science Academy lets children and young people try out technology and science for real.
A partner on several fronts; among other things, KU Leuven students — including Campus Groep T — work and learn at maakleerplek.
The university of Leuven, including Campus Groep T close to the Vaartkom.
www.kuleuven.be
The student team working at maakleerplek operates under Technovation Hub.
A KU Leuven non-profit that supports student teams working on technology projects.
maakleerplek is one of the places where Edison lets children and young people experiment with technology and science.
A STEM partnership for Flemish Brabant, founded by the city of Leuven, KU Leuven, the UCLL Technology and Science Academy and Brightlab.
www.edison.vlaanderen
maakleerplek is listed on the ZieZo map as a partner location.
ZieZo brings together STEM places and activities across Flanders on a single map.
www.ziezo.vlaanderen
Together with Arktos we are working on Lisa's boat project.
Arktos works with young people at risk of dropping out of school or work.
www.arktos.be
The City of Leuven's youth label, with youth centre de Villa as its home base.
www.mijnleuven.be
The Flemish network of repair cafés and repair initiatives.
repairshare.be
Avansa brings people together around societal themes, with training and projects in the region.
www.avansa-oostbrabant.be
Think tank for social-ecological change.
oikos.be
TADA lets children from vulnerable neighbourhoods explore professions and talents on Saturdays.
www.toekomstatelierdelavenir.comCreatives and makers working with waste streams who donate their proceeds to charity; runs Repair Café Kids.
boomerang.green
Works on digital inclusion for children and young people in Leuven.
www.linkindekabel.be
Young people in Konekt's Brake-Out programme find their place at maakleerplek.
Konekt works towards a world where people with and without disabilities live, learn and work together.
konekt.be
TAnder is the tailored school of BO Ter Bank in Heverlee: special secondary education for young people for whom a regular school does not work.
www.bo-terbank.be
maakleerplek is a member of Leuven MindGate.
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