Local by design.
Collaborative by nature.
Planetary in purpose.
Cape Town's node in the global Fab City network — building the infrastructure for a city that makes, repairs, and regenerates.
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— Observatory
Sensing the city.
Open-source sensing infrastructure for Cape Town — in development. Live data from the global network now.
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Smart Citizen Kit — open-source sensing hardware
Live data from Smart Citizen device #18929 — Singapore. This is a reference node from the global network. Not Cape Town data. Cape Town sensors are in development.
Temperature
Singapore · Smart Citizen #18929
Humidity
Singapore · Smart Citizen #18929
PM 2.5
Singapore · Smart Citizen #18929
— The Fab City principle
From Products In, Trash Out — to Data In, Data Out.
By 2054, every pledged city must produce 50% of what it consumes locally — not just food, but materials, energy, knowledge and goods. Cape Town pledged in 2026.
We work across the Western Cape with universities, makers, designers and community organisations — building capability, not just awareness. What we learn here improves the global network. What the network learns improves Cape Town.
About Fab City Cape Town →— Latest from Cape Town
2026 — The beginning.
Open Questions
What could we change, together?
Fab City starts with real questions, not predetermined solutions.
Make Locally
What could we make here that we currently bring in?
Repair
What if we repaired locally before replacing globally?
Observe
What changes when we can see what a place is telling us?
Materials
What materials around us are we not yet using?
Have a challenge of your own?
Explore open challenges →— Get Involved
Host a node. Propose a challenge. Join the network.
Whether you're a researcher, maker, educator, community organisation or just curious — there's a place for you in the network.