B.lab Community-Based Design
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:
2023 AIASF Sandra Vivanco Teaching Award
2021 SFHDC Everyday Heroes Nominee
2019 San Francisco Challenge Grant
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