Â鶹´«Ã½ the AMP Lab @ WMU
AMP Lab @ WMU, an Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Laboratory, is a state-of-the-art manufacturing lab built in collaboration with West Michigan manufacturers, led by Autocam Medical and Grand Rapids Community College. The AMP Lab @ WMU showcases Michigan's manufacturing job Â鶹´«Ã½ and inspires the next generation of makers.
The AMP Lab @ WMU is a makerspace in its truest form, providing a space to bring ideas to life. The building is a laboratory where the next generation of engineers, designers and other skilled individuals can cultivate their abilities. The AMP Lab @ WMU offers resources to test new technologies and develop a talented workforce to serve the manufacturing industry.
WMU is placing manufacturing and design at the forefront of solving key challenges for industry by combining prototyping, professional workshops, training, K-12 outreach, small-scale manufacturing and advanced education Â鶹´«Ã½ in one space. By partnering with a range of companies and higher education institutions, AMP Lab @ WMU is producing talent to meet the high demand for engineers, designers and other skilled employees in West Michigan.
200 Ionia
The AMP Lab @ WMU occupies the first two floors of WMU's Grand Rapids regional location, taking advantage of the metropolitan area to recruit Â鶹´«Ã½s and promote local industry connections. Design choices for the building focused around pairing Â鶹´«Ã½ success with the requirement that the building be a teaching tool to raise awareness of the vitality of the manufacturing industry, while providing a foundation for growing future programs at WMU.
The project's commitment to reinventing the region and broader public's understanding of manufacturing begins with its first impression when arriving at WMU-Grand Rapids. A continuous glass wall offers pedestrians views into the building's public and collaboration spaces. The dynamic forms of the project build toward emphasizing the future of manufacturing.
What's in the Space
