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Liceo Bicentenario Agropecuario Likan Antai

An Aula Impulsa 4.0 for the agricultural high school in San Pedro de Atacama: designed with its community, set up on site and opened in September 2025.

ClientIdeo Maker, for Fundación Chile
Year2025
ServicesFabLab · Space design · Teacher training · 3D modeling · Education
Liceo Bicentenario Agropecuario Likan Antai
Photo: Alianza CCM-Eleva

An Aula Impulsa for Liceo Bicentenario Agropecuario Likan Antai, in San Pedro de Atacama. Impulsa 4.0 is a Fundación Chile program funded by Antofagasta Minerals, BHP, Codelco, Novandino Litio and SQM, which aims to bring students and teachers closer to four Industry 4.0 technologies: robotics, virtual and augmented reality, programming and prototyping. Ideo Maker carried out the whole project, from participatory design to teacher training, in parallel with the classroom at Liceo H.C. T.P. María Elena.

My role

  • Space design and 3D model in Unreal Engine
  • Budgets, Gantt chart and logistics
  • On-site setup: assembling and installing the furniture
  • Teacher training in the four technologies

Ideo Maker team

  • Sebastián Higuera
  • Patricia Ramírez
  • Vicente Cáceres
  • Nelson Mora
  • Javiera Matus
  • Diego López

Co-design

The first stage was on site, in April 2025: an interview with the leadership team, a maker fair with a student survey, a focus group with teachers and a technical survey of the room. What came out of it defined the layout of the space, the technologies that were bought and the works that had to be done before installing anything.

The classroom, modeled in Unreal Engine before it was built.
The classroom, modeled in Unreal Engine before it was built.
The exterior and the courtyard, in the model.
The exterior and the courtyard, in the model.

The setup

The chosen room was one of the school's computer labs, with fixed individual workstations. The electrical supply was not enough to install technology on the walls and there was a single air conditioner, in poor condition. That is why the project added electrical work, air conditioning and paint to the purchase of equipment and furniture. The room was painted in Ideo Maker's palette.

The finished classroom.
The finished classroom.Photo: Alianza CCM-Eleva
The electronics zone.
The electronics zone.Photo: Alianza CCM-Eleva
The 3D printing zone.
The 3D printing zone.Photo: Alianza CCM-Eleva
The CNC router.
The CNC router.Photo: Alianza CCM-Eleva
The laser cutter.
The laser cutter.Photo: Alianza CCM-Eleva
The tool wall.
The tool wall.Photo: Alianza CCM-Eleva
The virtual reality zone.
The virtual reality zone.Photo: Alianza CCM-Eleva
Prototyping and tool crib.
Prototyping and tool crib.Photo: Alianza CCM-Eleva

Teacher training

Between October and November 2025 the teaching staff was trained in digital fabrication, virtual reality, programming and educational robotics. Each technology had two in-person sessions, an asynchronous activity and a log where each teacher recorded their prototypes. The teachers themselves set the order of the modules during co-design, starting with what they could use the next day.

A training session in the classroom.
A training session in the classroom.
A freshly 3D printed part.
A freshly 3D printed part.
Educational robotics with MK-BOT.
Educational robotics with MK-BOT.
Teachers working with the home automation kit.
Teachers working with the home automation kit.

The classroom opened on September 2, 2025, with warranty, maintenance and technical and teaching support until August 2026.

The opening.
The opening.Photo: Alianza CCM-Eleva
The 3D printing zone, on opening day.
The 3D printing zone, on opening day.Photo: Alianza CCM-Eleva
Guests at the opening.
Guests at the opening.Photo: Alianza CCM-Eleva
In the classroom, during the opening.
In the classroom, during the opening.Photo: Alianza CCM-Eleva

In the press

Photo album of the openingAlianza CCM-Eleva · FlickrMinería unida por la educación: cuatro compañías inauguran aulas tecnológicas de enseñanza STEMPortal Minero · September 2, 2025