Categories: Undergraduate Projects
Students Win AIASF Leadership Award
Students Win AIASF Leadership Award School of Architecture students and faculty were prominently represented at the AIASF Design Awards Ceremony and Gala. Architecture students were the recipients of the AIASF 2025 Leadership Award, in the Student Category, for their collaborative work on the Stay Over Program family shelter. Congratulations to the students! Lowai Ghaly, BArch…
B.lab Collaboration with Oakland Heritage Alliance
B.lab Collaboration with Oakland Heritage Alliance 16th St Station, located off Wood Street in West Oakland, sits empty. Damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake and long vacant, this important and iconic building is threatened with neglect. As a former Southern Pacific Rail station it served as the western headquarters for the International Brotherhood of…
B.lab Community-Based Design
B.lab Community-Based Design The B.lab program at the School of Architecture, Academy of Art University, was started in 2018. Through robust partnerships with neighbors, kids, and local non-profits, the program has built and delivered multiple projects throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. At its core, B.lab is a design-build program promoting spatial justice for local…
AIA Medal for Academic Excellence
AIA Medal for Academic Excellence The AIA Medal for Academic Excellence recognizes top graduating architecture students in NAAB-accredited programs who have shown excellence throughout their academic career. For more than a century, AIA has provided a medal of excellence to the top graduating students in National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) or Canadian Architectural Certification Board…
ACSA Conference Publication
ACSA Conference Publication ARH 498 faculty and students co-authored a paper presented at ACSA's 112th Annual Meeting: Disrupters on the Edge. Micro-Intervention and Co-Creation at a Family Shelter: Co-creation is not new, but it should be more widely embraced as one approach to tackle systemic problems. Paired with micro-interventions, it can reach those who are…
ARH students featured on NBC Bay Area, “Bay Area Proud”
ARH students featured on NBC Bay Area, “Bay Area Proud” We're so proud of the ARH students featured on NBC bay area, showcasing their design build work with the Stay Over Program shelter in San Francisco. See the article here: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/bay-area-proud/san-francisco-college-students-design-construct-dozens-of-beds-for-homeless-students-and-their-families/3465695/ Back to UG Student Work
Mid-Point Student Portfolios
Mid-Point Student Portfolios The purpose of the Undergraduate Midpoint Review is to provide students with an opportunity to reflect on their own progress, as well as to receive feedback, as they conclude the their sophomore studio. The department directors and faculty members will review student portfolios to personalize their class advisements based on their goals…
B.Arch Alum Kenta Oye Wins AIASF Design Award
B.Arch Alum Kenta Oye Wins AIASF Design Award B.Arch alumnus Kenta Oye's thesis project titled Infilling the Void was selected for the AIASF Design Award in the Unbuilt category for Merit Award and Urban Design Commendation. Jury Comments: Urban planning in San Francisco has confined ethnic neighborhoods into inhuman urban spaces. The design approach aims…
Zoe Qiaoyu Zheng
Urban Living Room B.Arch Thesis by Zoe Qiaoyu Zheng Thesis Advisors: Philip Ra, AIA & Mini Chu B.Arch Thesis Design Excellence Award View Spring Show Project Naturally, we tend to keep a certain distance when interacting with other people, especially during the post-pandemic era. The Urban Living Room aims to bring neighborhood life into public…
B Arch Collaborative Project
Kid of Parts for the Bayview Commons Apartments B.lab Collaborative Project Students: Adam Nuru, Markish Siojo, Dylan Ingle, Fabio Lemos, Xiaohuan Corona Gao Faculty: Sameena Sitabkhan, NOMA B.Arch Community Building Award View Spring Show Project This is the second project by B.Lab in partnership with the Bayview Commons Community and San Francisco Housing Development Corporation…
Daniel Joonhee Lee
Sign-Up Sheet B.Arch Thesis by Daniel Joonhee Lee Thesis Advisors: Philip Ra, AIA & Mini Chu B.Arch Thesis Director’s Award View Spring Show Project The project investigates the relationship between the sacred and the political, and the role of the autonomous citizen therein. Sign-up sheets are simple yet contractual. Where public services are exchanged, they…
Saleh Alajmi: Urban Table
Urban Table B.Arch Thesis Project by Saleh Alajmi Thesis Advisors: Philip Ra, AIA & Mini Chu Problem: Architecture can have an impact on peoples’ relationship with food. The industrialization of American society over the past two centuries has distanced people from the source of their food this distance has significantly contributed to an overall decreased in…
Unity Pavilion, B.Lab Community Based Design
Unity Pavilion for Northridge Cooperative Housing B.lab Collaborative Project Naomi Rojas, B.Arch, Shunyi Yang, B.Arch, Dylan Ingle, B.Arch, Rhonuel Domingcil, B.Arch, Fabio Lemos, B.Arch, Corona Xiaohuan Gao, B.Arch, Malak Bellajdel, B.Arch, Kenta Oye, B.Arch, Jacob Delaney, B.Arch, Harikrishna Patel, B.Arch, Daniel Cervantes, B.Arch Faculty: Sameena Sitabkhan, NOMA and Eoanna Harrison, AIA B.Arch Community Building Award…
Kid of Parts, B.Lab Community Based Design
Kid of Parts at the Bayview Commons Apartments B.lab Collaborative Project Corona Xiaohuan Gao, B.Arch, Fabio Lemos, B.Arch, Dylan Ingle, B.Arch, Markish Siojo, B.Arch, Adam Nuru, B.Arch Faculty: Sameena Sitabkhan, NOMA B.Arch Community Building Award View Spring Show Project Program/ Project Description: This is the third project by B.Lab in partnership with the Bayview Commons Community and…
Nathan Lienhop: Dam Space
Dam Space: Utilizing Kinetic Techniques to Address Flooding of the Peoria River B.Arch Thesis by Nathan Lienhop Thesis Advisor: Philip Ra, AIA & Mini Chu AIA Henry Adams Medal & B.Arch Thesis Director’s Award Utilizing kinetic techniques, this project seeks to address the problem of annual flooding in a way that opportunistically preserves, expands, and…
Juliana Bento: Path to Water
Path to Water: Reclaiming Ownership of Water for Self-Reliance in Rural Angola, Africa B.Arch Thesis Project by Juliana Bento Thesis Advisors: Philip Ra, AIA & Mini Chu B.Arch Thesis Humanitarian Award View Spring Show Project The lack of preparation by the Angolan authorities to supply clean water to all citizens is a problem that is…
Kenta Oye: Infilling the Void
Infilling the Void: Blurring Defined Perceptions to Create Spaces for Undocumented Residents in Transition B.Arch Thesis Project by Kenta Oye Thesis Advisors: Philip Ra, AIA & Mini Chu B.Arch Thesis Design Excellence Award View Spring Show Project Urban planning in San Francisco has confined ethnic neighborhoods into inhuman urban spaces. Being fourth generation Japanese-American, my…
Benjamin Schindel: Weaving the Divide
Weaving the Divide B.Arch Thesis Project by Benjamin Schindel Thesis Advisors: Philip Ra, AIA & Mini Chu B.Arch Thesis Urban Prosperity Award View Spring Show Project Bridging the dominant railway edge in the rural city of Lacombe, Canada to connect the urban spaces and blend programs that enhance the city experience and promote pedestrian movement. How…
Ramona Gakuba
Steeped in Stigma: Reimagining Healing in the Rwandan Community Experiencing Intergenerational Trauma B.Arch Thesis by Ramona Gakuba Thesis Advisors: Philip Ra, AIA & Mini Chu B.Arch Thesis Humanitarian Award View Spring Show Project Rwandans have suffered a loss of identity due to generations of trauma. When the Germans and Belgians colonized the country Rwandans already…
Brett Greene
Love Your Neighbor: Rebuilding a Dignified Sanctuary for the Homeless Community in Post-Pandemic Nashville B.Arch Thesis by Brett Greene Thesis Advisors: Philip Ra, AIA & Mini Chu AIA Henry Adams Medal for General Excellence in Architecture View Spring Show Project The current pandemic has devastated the homeless community and completely changed the way homeless support…