As a practicioners who teach, we are committed to the next generation of architects. In 2018, Sameena founded and now directs the B.lab program at the Academy of Art University in SF. Together with other faculty, the program has built 7 projects throughout the Bay Area.
All this work involved robust partnerships with neighbors, kids and local nonprofits.
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:
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
Published Work:
PLAT Journal 7.0 “We belong here”
Paper and Workshop at the ACSA Conference “Less Talk More Action 2019, Stanford University”
Micro Intervention and Co-creation at a Family Shelter presented at the 2024 Disrupters on the Edge ACSA conference, Vancouver California
More here: ︎︎︎B.lab Website
