The Rooms · The Atrium Makerspace, South Lake Tahoe

9,912 square feet at 970 Lodi Ave, opening 2027. Step inside a room.

A woodshop ready for its first class: a table saw in the middle, a bandsaw, drill press and planer on dust collection, a lathe, a router table, a pegboard of clamps and lumber racks

Makerspace472 sq ft

Wood Room

Table saw and bandsaw basics, all the way to real craftsmanship, in Tahoe wood.

A cutting board from real Tahoe wood
A shop stool you’ll actually sit on
A bowl turned on the lathe

A metal shop ready for its first class: welding tables under fume arms, MIG welders, a bandsaw, drill press and grinders, gas cylinders, a vise bench and helmets on the wall

Makerspace211 sq ft

Metal Room

Cut, bend and join sheet metal, the traditional way and with a fiber laser.

A battle bot chassis
A bike frame, cut and joined
A laser-cut metal trail sign

A finishing room: a lit drying cabinet with a blue bike frame, a rack of coated parts, shelves of paint, a curing oven and a sandblast cabinet

Makerspace215 sq ft

Paint & Powder

Paint, stain or powder coat a project until it is showcase-ready.

Powder-coat a bike frame
Sand-blast and refinish old gear
Custom paint a helmet or deck

A repair shop: two mountain bikes on repair stands, a rack of snowboards and skis, a pegboard of tools over a workbench and a wheel rack

MakerspaceIn the 2,150 sq ft open maker space

Action Sports Repair

Tune your bike, wax your board and keep the gear you love running.

Wax and tune your snowboard
Fix a flat and true a wheel
A full bike tune-up before summer

A bright prototyping room: laser cutters and 3D printers along the windows, electronics kits and a pen plotter on butcher-block benches

MakerspaceIn the 2,150 sq ft open maker space

Digital Prototyping

3D printers, laser cutters, sewing and electronics, side by side.

3D-print a working prototype
Laser-cut a design you drew
Code a gadget with sensors and lights

A classroom ready for a class: butcher-block tables with stools and laptops, a long whiteboard wall, sinks, sewing machines and shelves of project bins

Makerspace483 sq ft

Adaptive Classroom

A quieter room for classes, workshops and the messy, focused work.

Solder your first circuit
A design sprint with your team
A drone build workshop

Community1,277 sq ft

Kitchen

Small hands-on cooking classes, with local chefs and for neighbors in need.

Cook a meal for neighbors in need
A class with a local chef
Bake bread from scratch

Community150 sq ft

Community Lounge

The front porch: coffee, conversation and a place to land.

Meet your project team over coffee
Sit down with a mentor
Plan the next big build

Community1,880 sq ft

Event Space

Screenings, showcases, talks and trainings, for up to 125 guests.

Screen a student film
Show your work at a student showcase
Hear from a guest speaker

A food storage room: steel prep sinks, a rolling cart, two walk-in coolers and wire shelving stacked with boxes and bins

Community1,222 sq ft

FeedTahoe Food Storage

The home base for FeedTahoe’s food rescue, and Tahoe’s emergency food storage.

Repack a pallet of rescued food
Train as a food-rescue volunteer
Stock the emergency walk-in

The courtyard in front of The Atrium: native plantings, boulders and stump seats, Adirondack chairs and picnic tables by the open roll-up doors, under tall pines

Outdoors

Outdoor Gathering

Fresh air, garden beds, shared meals and small events.

A community meal on the patio
An outdoor student showcase
Plant and tend the native garden

Build it with us

Sponsors are building The Atrium room by room. Put your name, your family's or your company's on one, and on everything that happens inside it.

Ways to give Walk through it in 3D

Eleven rooms to make, fix, cook and gather in.