Take on the challenge of creating a vegetative filtration system that collects, slows, and filters rainwater to produce clean water. We'll start with a tour of the innovative stormwater infrastructure and treatment system at Weber Thompson's Watershed Building. Let's explore the idea of bioretention cells as a springboard for your own stormwater management system. How will you collect rainwater? How will you funnel it to a bio-swale? Can you integrate a public feature into the design? How will you make it mind-blowingly awesome? Will you collect rainwater from a bridge, a neighborhood, or a building? 

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. 

Suitable for ages 10-16, no chaperone required. 

SAF offers no-questions-asked scholarships for all our Youth Programs. Please contact info@seattlearchitecture.org to inquire. 

Images by Jocelyn RC

Your street, your vision. What would it look like if YOU designed a section of Capitol Hill? What would a leveled-up street look like? The Seattle Architecture Foundation and Board & Vellum invite youth ages 10-16 to take the lead in reinvigorating the streetscape by designing and modeling their own parklet. During this two-hour workshop, participants will learn about parklets and their potential to change and challenge traditional city landscapes, gain hands-on experience creating three dimensional models, and work alongside local architects and landscape architects from the Board & Vellum office. Each participant will have the opportunity to design a parklet that will improve, or "level up", the pedestrian experience. 

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. 

Suitable for ages 10-16, no chaperone required. 

SAF offers no-questions-asked scholarships for all our Youth Programs. Please contact info@seattlearchitecture.org to inquire. 

Images by Jocelyn RC

Get ready to be part of Seattle's World Cup excitement in 2026! As the city gears up to host this global event, there's an opportunity for budding architects and creative minds like yours to leave your mark on Pioneer Square. In collaboration with architects from LMN, we invite you to dive into the world of design at LMN's The Shop. Together, we'll craft pavilions and installations that will capture the spirit of the World Cup and infuse Pioneer Square with an atmosphere of celebration. Get ready to unleash your creativity and shape the city's future in this workshop experience!

For youth ages 10–16, no chaperone required. 

SAF offers no-questions-asked scholarships for all of our Youth & Family programs. Email info@seattlearchitecture.org to inquire.