About the Program
At its core, the B.lab
is a design build program at the Academy of Art University promoting spatial justice for local communities and advocacy for future designers. Through radical listening and co-creation, we empower and hope to bring postive change to the built environment. Since 2018 through robust partnerships with neighbors, kids and local nonprofits the program has built 7 projects throughout the Bay Area
Awards:
2025 AIASF Student Leadership Award
2023 AIASF Sandra Vivanco Teaching Award
2021 SFHDC Everyday Heroes Nominee
2019 San Francisco Challenge Grant Awardee
2018 SF Design Week Student Innovation
2015 AIASF Community Alliance Award
B.lab Students 2018- present
Malak Bellajdel
Daniel Cervantes
Jacob Delaney
Rhonuel Domingcil
Corona Gao
Dylan Ingle
Fabio Lemos
Kenta Oye
Harikrishna Patel
Naomi Rojas
Shunyi Yang
Adam Nuru, Markish Siojo , Matt Hartley , Kyle Pennington , Jon Go, Tung Wu, Aleyna Carvalho, Stella Buckmann, Yuanyuan Chen , Cristo Staedler , Christina Smith , Mateo Setty , Artur Regalin , Roy Park, Edgar Castillo , Lowai Ghaly ,Mazen Ghaly , Andrew Hart ,Mohamed Meawad , Petros Peritos, Malik Louis , Leo Gonzales, Alvyna Euto-Fila, Amanda Estrada , Giewel Samantha David, Kim Ebueng Estacio , Kendryx Soriano, Mohammed Abdulhabeb, Mark Bega, Alexander Boyd, Jeffrey Luc, JD Nguyen, Allen Rivera Villalobos, Eva Shutko, Raquel Vera, Simon Kouassi Yao
Faculty:
Joel Millar, Architect
Eoanna Harrison, Architect
Tammy Ho
Karen Seong, Architect
Doron Serban
Sameena Sitabkhan, Architect
Partners and Clients
826 Valencia
Anti Eviction Mapping Project
Bayview Commons Apartments
Buena Vista Horace Mann Community School
Code Tenderloin
Dolores Street Housing Corporation
Habitat for Humanity SF
The John Stewart Company
Lave Mae
Literacy for Justice
Mission Housing Development Corporation
Northridge Cooperative Homes
NCH UNITY garden
SF Marin Foodbank
Oakland Heritage Alliance
San Francisco Housing Devt Corp
San Francisco Parks Alliance
San Francisco Community Challenge Grant
San Francisco Public Works and Planning
San Francisco Planning Department
Oakland Heritage Alliance
Academy of Art News
Academy of Art Media Department
Academy of Art Architecture Shop Team