Welcome to Project Pipeline 2025
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Welcome to Project Pipeline 2025 •
What is Project Pipeline?
The SFNOMA Project Pipeline Architectural Summer Camp is an excellent opportunity for middle school students (age 11-14) and high school students (14-18) to learn STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Architecture and Math) skills. This workshop is part of a national initiative by over twenty NOMA chapters across the country called Project Pipeline - the mission is to help diversify the architecture and planning professions by focusing on providing youth from underrepresented cultures interested in architecture and community planning into the career "pipeline" at the early stages of development.
The camp is designed to expose youth to the built environment, architecture fundamentals, and the profession. Students collaboratively address community-focused issues through creativity and design innovation with a real project site, while learning about sketching, diagramming, technical drawing, model making, and more. The curriculum was created to equip, empower and educate youth through architectural design and engineering techniques.
Camp Info:
Will be hosted at the following three locations:
Academy of Arts University Campus (San Francisco Camp) 06/16/2025 - 06/22/2025 - (6 Day Camp)
Laney College Campus (Oakland Camp) 07/11/2025 - 07/13/2025 - (3 Day Camp)
Gensler Office (San Jose Camp) 08/08/2025 - 08/11/2025 - (3 Day Camp)
Open to middle school and high school students
What the Students will Learn:
Learn about architecture, design, planning and community development
Learn from real architects, designers, and community members.
Gain design and leadership skills through designing a project.
Project and on site visits / tours
Days at a Glance:
San Francisco Camp:
Day 1 - Site Tour / Lunch/ Intro to AEC
Day 2 - Bubble Diagram, Programming, Collage
Day 3 - Firm Tour / Floor Plans & Sections
Day 4 - Lecture / Elevations / Model Making
Day 5 - Presentation Practice / Refine Drawings & Model / Pin Up Drawings
Day 6 - Refine Model / Presentations / Certificate
Oakland Camp:
Day 1 - Site Tour / Lunch / Bubble Diagram & Programming
Day 2 - Floor Plans / Sections / Model Building
Day 3 - Refine Drawings / Model / Presentations
San Jose Camp:
Day 1 - Site Tour / Lunch / Bubble Diagram & Programming
Day 2 - Floor Plans / Sections / Model Building
Day 3 - Refine Drawings / Model / Presentations
** "Sign - up Below for Youth Participants and Volunteers" **
** "Sign - up Below for Youth Participants and Volunteers" **
Who We Are
SFNOMA has hosted a Project Pipeline camp for over 10 years in the Bay Area. This year, we have dedicated and named our camp after our visionary past director and camp founder “Prescott Reavis”. His legacy will live on through the continued efforts of Project Pipeline.
Our mission is to empower young people to affect change in their community through design. Using the city as the classroom and connecting young people to real-world architects and planners, we foster the next generation of design professionals, civic leaders, and changemakers. We advocate for increased inclusiveness, diversity, fellowship, equity, and excellence in design.
How It Works
Now entering our fithteenth year working in the San Francisco Bay Area, we are very excited to be holding an in-person 6-day camp June 16 -22, 2025. Full scholarships are available to those families who have financial challenges and a promising student. The scholarship application portion is at the bottom portion of the registration form.
Feel free to send any questions to project-pipeline@sf-noma.net
Our Camp Chairs are dedicated to the Project Pipeline Program! Check them out!
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How to Join
Are you interested in joining our amazing volunteer committee in being instrumental with guiding students through all stages of design using provoking and fun exercises?
Allow architectural investigation and analysis through drawing, model building, diagramming and research?
Engaging with the local professional community through interviews and site visits, encouraging mentorship opportunities?
Working closely with architects and designers to create designs for their communities?
If you’ve answered “YES” to any of the questions above, then you have arrived at the perfect place and we want you to join our Project Pipeline Camp Volunteer Committee. Please click on the “Volunteer” button below to start the first steps in becoming a volunteer.
Volunteers:
Are you looking for a summer camp for your school age youth at the age of 11-13 and high school students at an age of 14-18? The Project Pipeline Architectural Summer Camp wil introduce essential elements of architecture and design concepts and work both individually and collaboratively to address community-focused issues and dynamics of cities and neighborhoods. They will learn about environmental design professions and strengthen STEAM skills through design techniques with a fun and challenging curriculum with any of the 3 summer camp sessions mentioned above.
Throughout the camp they will use their creative thinking skills to design their own project with its own site and program. Students will be sketching, diagraming, drawing, and model making. The camp aims to equip, empower, and educate youth through architectural design to build confidence in the design process, public speaking, and presentation skills. If you’ve answered “YES”, then this is the perfect summer camp for your youth. Please click on the “Youth Participant” button below for your youth to participate in the “Project Pipeline Architecture Summer - San Francisco Camp”.
Youth Participants:
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Thank you to our 2024 Sponsors
Thank you to our 2024 Sponsors
Open Amount - $650+
Bronze - $2500
Silver - $5000
Gold - $10,000
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Diamond - $15,000
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Platinum - $20,000
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