With the new planning of Alaskan Way, we have an amazing opportunity to reallocate open space to the residents of Seattle. Youth visiting Mithun's office will have a unique opportunity to design and build on the pier! In this workshop, we will come together to honor the land and build community in a space that historically has been dedicated to tourism. Students will design and construct community-oriented spaces that fit into the larger ecosystem of the downtown piers. Each group will design and build a piece of Seattle’s waterfront: a pier, a stretch of sidewalk, and a connection with 1st avenue or a section of the seawall. At the end of the workshop, we will put together each group's model to form one big model of Seattle’s waterfront!

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Our youth workshops encourage students ages 10-16 to tackle social, environmental, and engineering challenges. With an extended emphasis on more conceptual issues and demanding architectural concepts, these workshops are perfect for older students. Hosted at Seattle-area architectural offices, SAF staff and volunteer architects support participants as they plan, build, and present solutions to imaginative and thought-provoking design challenges

Please note: All workshops will require masks for all youth, adults, and staff (no matter vaccination status) for the entirety of the event. All those who are eligible for vaccination are required to be vaccinated to attend and show vaccination proof upon entry.

We offer need-based scholarships for all SAF Youth Programs. For details about scholarships, email Program Director, Marina Szende at Marina@seattlearchitecture.org

The workshop will invite youth to think about the role of architecture beyond building design to create the kind of interactive, engaging spaces that bring cities to life. Participants will be asked to think about the meaning of “play” and to design their ideal space, inspired by their favorite places around their neighborhoods or the city of Seattle. Individual designs will be combined on the same site to create a mega play-city that kids of all ages and abilities can enjoy.

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Our youth workshops encourage students ages 10-16 to tackle social, environmental, and engineering challenges. With an extended emphasis on more conceptual issues and demanding architectural concepts, these workshops are perfect for older students. Hosted at Seattle-area architectural offices, SAF staff and volunteer architects support participants as they plan, build, and present solutions to imaginative and thought-provoking design challenges

Please note: All workshops will require masks for all youth, adults, and staff (no matter vaccination status) for the entirety of the event. All those who are eligible for vaccination are required to be vaccinated to attend and show vaccination proof upon entry.

We offer need-based scholarships for all SAF Youth Programs. For details about scholarships, email Program Director, Marina Szende at Marina@seattlearchitecture.org

Take on the challenge of creating an urban garden that collects and stores its own rainwater and thrives anywhere. We’ll start with a tour of the innovative collection and treatment system at Weber Thompson’s Watershed building. Let’s explore the idea of a modular garden as a springboard for your own Microgarden design. How will you collect rainwater and where will you store it? Can you integrate seating and shade into the design? How will you make it mind-blowingly awesome? Will your MicroGarden be a parklet, rooftop café, or part of a play structure?

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Our youth workshops encourage students ages 10-16 to tackle social, environmental, and engineering challenges. With an extended emphasis on more conceptual issues and demanding architectural concepts, these workshops are perfect for older students. Hosted at Seattle-area architectural offices, SAF staff and volunteer architects support participants as they plan, build, and present solutions to imaginative and thought-provoking design challenges

Please note: All workshops will require masks for all youth, adults, and staff (no matter vaccination status) for the entirety of the event. All those who are eligible for vaccination are required to be vaccinated to attend and show vaccination proof upon entry.

We offer need-based scholarships for all SAF Youth Programs. For details about scholarships, email Program Director, Marina Szende at Marina@seattlearchitecture.org

Everyone should be able to easily enter buildings and move about them freely! Come explore the world through someone else’s shoes and see how challenging some real-life scenarios are and how design can make them better.

In this workshop, join Bassetti Architects, Studio Pacifica, and the Disability Empowerment Center to review some ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) standards, why the standards are needed, and how design can go above and beyond to make sure our buildings can be experienced by everyone.

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Our youth workshops encourage students ages 10-16 to tackle social, environmental, and engineering challenges. With an extended emphasis on more conceptual issues and demanding architectural concepts, these workshops are perfect for older students. Hosted at Seattle-area architectural offices, SAF staff and volunteer architects support participants as they plan, build, and present solutions to imaginative and thought-provoking design challenges

Please note: All workshops will require masks for all youth, adults, and staff (no matter vaccination status) for the entirety of the event. All those who are eligible for vaccination are required to be vaccinated to attend and show vaccination proof upon entry.

We offer need-based scholarships for all SAF Youth Programs. For details about scholarships, email Program Director, Marina Szende at Marina@seattlearchitecture.org

If you could design a museum of your favorite hobby, what would it look like? Would you design a museum around your favorite hobby or animal? Join SRG in designing a museum of something that you are passionate about, whether it be planes, baseball, ballet, whatever interests you! Participants will build a model that showcases their topic of choice and have the choice to integrate a public park or plaza onto their museum site for the community.

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Our youth workshops encourage students ages 10-16 to tackle social, environmental, and engineering challenges. With an extended emphasis on more conceptual issues and demanding architectural concepts, these workshops are perfect for older students. Hosted at Seattle-area architectural offices, SAF staff and volunteer architects support participants as they plan, build, and present solutions to imaginative and thought-provoking design challenges

Please note: All workshops will require masks for all youth, adults, and staff (no matter vaccination status) for the entirety of the event. All those who are eligible for vaccination are required to be vaccinated to attend and show vaccination proof upon entry.

We offer need-based scholarships for all SAF Youth Programs. For details about scholarships, email Program Director, Marina Szende at Marina@seattlearchitecture.org

What does equity mean in architecture and design? Zoning, the still active practices of defining single use areas of a city, and redlining, a historic planning tool used to segregate cities racially, have marginalized diverse and low-income communities and created barriers to home ownership. If zoning was to be eliminated, what could the City Block of the future look like, and what are ways to incorporate equity into historically single family home areas in particular? During this workshop, we will take a single family zoned city block and imagine ways to mix uses, increase mobility, incorporate different housing types, and ensure open spaces and community gathering. 

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Our youth workshops encourage students ages 10-16 to tackle social, environmental, and engineering challenges. With an extended emphasis on more conceptual issues and demanding architectural concepts, these workshops are perfect for older students. Hosted at Seattle-area architectural offices, SAF staff and volunteer architects support participants as they plan, build, and present solutions to imaginative and thought-provoking design challenges

Please note: All workshops will require masks for all youth, adults, and staff (no matter vaccination status) for the entirety of the event. All those who are eligible for vaccination are required to be vaccinated to attend and show vaccination proof upon entry.

We offer need-based scholarships for all SAF Youth Programs. For details about scholarships, email Program Director, Marina Szende at Marina@seattlearchitecture.org

What type of facilities/services support Community Health? Why is healthcare important? Students will develop floor plans for community-focused healthcare structures and then work alongside professionals to build a 3D model of their design. They will determine what the community needs are for a health center and how to best create a space that supports this.

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Our youth workshops encourage students ages 10-16 to tackle social, environmental, and engineering challenges. With an extended emphasis on more conceptual issues and demanding architectural concepts, these workshops are perfect for older students. Hosted at Seattle-area architectural offices, SAF staff and volunteer architects support participants as they plan, build, and present solutions to imaginative and thought-provoking design challenges

Please note: All workshops will require masks for all youth, adults, and staff (no matter vaccination status) for the entirety of the event. All those who are eligible for vaccination are required to be vaccinated to attend and show vaccination proof upon entry.

We offer need-based scholarships for all SAF Youth Programs. For details about scholarships, email Program Director, Marina Szende at Marina@seattlearchitecture.org

How can the built environment help us regenerate and restore social and natural environments? In this workshop, we will work together to envision a community that is socially, culturally, economically, and ecologically sustainable. Students will design and construct tree structures rooted in a shared set of principles that flourish throughout a forest canopy.

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Our youth workshops encourage students ages 10-16 to tackle social, environmental, and engineering challenges. With an extended emphasis on more conceptual issues and demanding architectural concepts, these workshops are perfect for older students. Hosted at Seattle-area architectural offices, SAF staff and volunteer architects support participants as they plan, build, and present solutions to imaginative and thought-provoking design challenges

Please note: All workshops will require masks for all youth, adults, and staff (no matter vaccination status) for the entirety of the event. All those who are eligible for vaccination are required to be vaccinated to attend and show vaccination proof upon entry.

We offer need-based scholarships for all SAF Youth Programs. For details about scholarships, email Program Director, Marina Szende at Marina@seattlearchitecture.org

What happens to an artwork after it’s finished? Museums collect paintings, sculptures, films—and more—but visitors only see a fraction of the objects a museum holds. Gain some behind-the-scenes insight at the Frye Art Museum by working with an exhibition designer to curate and design an exhibit from the museum’s collection.

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Our youth workshops encourage students ages 10-16 to tackle social, environmental, and engineering challenges. With an extended emphasis on more conceptual issues and demanding design concepts, these workshops are perfect for older students. Hosted at Seattle-area architectural offices and community spaces, SAF staff and volunteer designers support participants as they plan, build, and present solutions to imaginative and thought-provoking design challenges.

Please note: All workshops will require masks for all youth, adults, and staff (no matter vaccination status) for the entirety of the event. All those who are eligible for vaccination are required to be vaccinated to attend.

We offer full scholarships for all SAF Youth Programs. For scholarships, email Program Director, Marina Szende at Marina@seattlearchitecture.org