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COMMUNITY AND 

PARTNERSHIPS

COLLABORATING WITH COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO SERVE EQUITY, JUSTICE, AND THE BETTERMENT OF LIVES.

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Story Home Installation
Seattle, Washington
Through an installation replicating a typical 8’ x 12’ tiny house,
Story House presents video portraits with perspectives on homelessness from individuals who have had lived experience. These stories are part of a video interview pilot project...
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DENSHO Acoustic Improvements
Seattle, Washington
 
AWBS provided plans and specs for acoustic design improvements for the new DENSHO's installations for documenting oral histories from Japanese Americans.
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Seattle Black Spatial Histories Institute
Seattle, Washington
 
AWBS is helping Wa Na Wari in their pursue of activating their property in Judkins Park as a permanent home for the Seattle Black Spatial Histories Institute (SBSHI), Wa Na Wari’s community story training project.
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Story Boards Installation
Seattle, Washington
 
Through an installation featuring oral histories, music, and art, Story Boards shares the personal stories of residents of Seattle’s Central District.
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Rainier Beach Action Coalition
Seattle, Washington
AWBS participated as middleman by connecting the RBAC's Food Innovation Center with Fivedot Architects whom design and completed the building improvements, facade and interiors for the new phase of RBAC's Food Innovation Center. More is to come for the Rainier Beach community by future projects and the Henderson Street recreation.  
Child Academy
Tembisa Township, South Africa
 
AWB's help was requested to develop a design concept to build a security wall to surround the school to keep students safe from random violence. The school also sought landscape support to create opportunities for food cultivation.
El Centro de la Raza
Seattle, Washington
 
El Centro de la Raza is the leading voice and a hub for Seattle and King County’s Latino community. Through a comprehensive set of programs and services, El Centro empowers members of the Latino community as fully participating members of society. 
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The BLOCK Project
Seattle, Washington
 
AWBS works in collaboration with Facing Homelessness to bring safe and dignified housing to people experiencing homelessness in the City of Seattle. BLOCK hosts families provide homes as a compassionate and collaborative solution for a person experiencing homelessness.
Deboche Nunnery
Khumbu Region of Mt. Everest, Nepal
 
AWB is supporting the critical renovation of the Deboche Convent, one of the oldest Buddhist nunneries outside of Tibet. The project will work on renovating the living quarters and the design of a new meditation center.
Hinge House
Seattle, Washington
 
Architects Without Borders-Seattle volunteers worked with Sawhorse Revolution to develop a design for a tiny home to be located in one of Seattle’s Nickelsville communities. This home is one of the components in Sawhorse Revolution’s larger project, the Impossible City – a project to build houses and needed infrastructure...
Phinney Ridge Neighborhood Association
Seattle, Washington
 
Architects Without Borders was approached by the Phinney Neighborhood Association (PNA) – a vibrant non-profit community hub in North Seattle  to convene a design charette on behalf of PNA.
Habitat for Humanity
King County, Washington
 
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AWB has maintained an active relationship with Habitat for Humanity – Seattle/South King County and has been involved with several projects, which in some cases are ongoing.

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Helping Link
Seattle, Washington
 
Helping Link-Một Dấu Nối, located in Seattle is a Vietnamese community center supporting and strengthening the local Vietnamese community. The center began as an organization providing English language classes to the Vietnamese community in partnership with students from the UW.
Sibling House
Seattle, Washington
 
Sibling House is a local non-profit organization providing support to licensed foster and relative placement homes in an effort to keep the kids together while in foster care. Support includes mentoring and support for the caregivers, clothing, furniture...
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