Micro Interventions | Stay over program

We are architecture students in the B.lab program at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. B.lab is the community-based design program in the Undergraduate School of Architecture. We work to cultivate and foster diversity, equity, and advocacy for future designers and spatial justice for the communities around us.

Team Members : Mohamed Meawad, Lowai Ghaly, Edgar Castillo, Andrew Hart, Peter Peritos, Shadi Vakilian, Kim Ebueng Estacio.

Instructors : Sameena Sitabkhan, Karen Seong.

The Team

The Stay Over Program was created in 2018 as an emergency family shelter. The non-profit shelter operator, Dolores Street Community Services (DSCS), worked closely with BVHM to create a warm and supportive culture leveraging the shared commonality of parents with school-aged children and their familiarity of the school grounds. The emergency shelter filled an unmet need at the community school to provide wrap-around services to meet the basic needs of the families.

Partnering with Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8 Community School (BVHM), Dolores Street Community Services, and 826 Valencia. Our primary goal is to conceptualize, design, and fabricate over 70 foldable bed units and storage solutions for over 25 families in need.