About Us

The B.lab program at the Academy of Art University in SF was founded in2018. 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:
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

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

Partners and Clients cont’d
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
AAU Architecture Shop Team
Academy of Architecture School of Architecture

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