About Us
The B.lab program at the Academy of Art University in SF was founded in 2018. Through robust partnerships with neighbors, kids and local nonprofitss, the program has built 7 projects throughout the Bay Area.
At its core, the B.lab is a design build program 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.
Awards:
2021 SFHDC Everyday Heroes Nominee
2019 San Francisco Challenge Grant
2018 SF Design Week Student Innovation
2018 AIASF Community Alliance Award
Clients & Partners
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
Willie Mays Boys & Girls Club
City of Dreams
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
Collaborators
Academy of Art News
Academy of Art Media Department
Academy of Art Architecture Shop Team
Build Group Inc.
Carl Wilford
Rhonda Haley
Calvin Harris
Greg Gundstrom
Gena Whitman
Faculty:
Sameena Sitabkhan, Architect
Karen Seong, Architect
Eoanna Harrison, Architect
Joel Millar, Architect
Doron Serban
Shaum Mehra
Tammy Ho
