Architecture+Design is for students who love to build, tinker, whittle, carve, craft, make street art, or fill sketchbooks with drawings of cars, products.
08/22/2025
Supplies for Architecture and Design, a project from Ms. Tara Help me give my students the supplies they need to draw and build models in their Architecture and Design class! It's essential for students have appropriate supplies and tools to successfully ...
07/11/2025
My students and I are raising funds for a design build project - the outdoor design lab! They designed the space last spring, and they hope to build it this coming school year. Funds will cover the cost of all materials needed for the project, as well as a portion of our contractor’s time. My students will be building the project under guidance from professional builders and myself. Please consider making a donation if you can! We have a donor who will match the funds if we raise $20k. You can read more about the project in the link below. I have been planning this project for over a year, and we finally received approval from the San Francisco Unified School District! I’m super excited for my students to have this opportunity, but we need to raise the funds to make it happen! Thank you for considering!
Outdoor Design Lab: Fostering Creativity, Community, and Curiosity This year, the Architecture + Design (A+D) Class of 2026 has undertaken a design-build project to improve and revitalize an unused and overgrown pocket of outdoor public space at Ruth Asawa School of the Arts.Students have spent several months going through an iterative design process, investigating...
05/08/2025
05/08/2024
Learn how to etch this Thursday, May 9, with Quinn Romano (A+D student)
12/11/2022
The Ruth Asawa SOTA A+D 2022 Winter Showcase was fantastic! So proud of all the hard work my students have done this semester. This is just a sample of the wonderful and creative projects they worked on. Thanks to everyone that came to see the showcase! It was nice to see our studio space filled with so many people. Cheers!
12/10/2022
The A+D Department at SOTA was honored to receive a Community Alliance Award on Thursday, December 8. It’s wonderful to see our hard work and dedication recognized.
Presented by the Center for Architecture + Design in collaboration with the American Institute of Architects/San Francisco (AIASF), the Community Alliance Awards honor the individuals, firms, and organizations whose overall work, leadership, and dedication shape the character and vibrancy of our communities and the future of our built environment.
In recognition of their contributions to the advancement and enrichment of the quality of life in the Bay Area through their commitment to design excellence, the Center for Architecture + Design strives to acknowledge these extraordinary individuals and organizations for their service to the community. Their continued efforts to engage, educate, collaborate, and advocate elevates the value of design and its impact on the experiences of our daily lives.
Ruth Asawa School of The Arts, Architecture + Design Department, is the recipient of the The Sandra I. Vivanco Education Award, which recognizes an individual or organization who upholds the values to inspire students, peers and the community that extends beyond the boundaries of the pedagogy into practice.
12/05/2022
Honored to share that the Architecture + Design Department at Ruth Asawa SOTA is a recipient of one the AIASF Community Alliance Awards this year. Feeling very proud of my work and my students.
Sign up to attend the 2022 Community Alliance Awards on Thursday, December 8th, from 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM.
Join us in celebrating the mission-driven accomplishments of our award recipients who make San Francisco and the communities beyond our city limits beautiful, vibrant, and resilient! Since 2015, the Community Alliance Awards has honored over 100 individuals, firms, and organizations whose overall work, leadership, and dedication have shaped our communities' character and vibrancy and the future of our built environment.
Register by clicking here: http://ow.ly/BXv950LNXq2
Cost: At-the-Door: $35 | Online Registration: $25 | Student: $15
*Registration includes a lunch ticket
Note: Online ticket registration closes Wednesday, December 7th, at 11:59 PM
12/04/2022
The A+D Winter Showcase is coming up this week. Come see what the architecture and design students have been creating this semester!
Thursday, December 8
5-7pm
A+D Studio, Rm 330
Ruth Asawa SOTA
555 Portola Drive, SF
06/03/2022
Congratulations A & D Class or 2022! We are so proud of you. Thank you Tara Jo Siegel for your dedication, stimulating curriculum, and nurturing of all the students. Your studio is the place to be!
Happy Summer to all!
05/14/2022
The A+D Spring Showcase was truly inspirational last night! This exhibit only displayed projects students have worked on since January. What a year!
04/20/2022
Waffle Structures! No computers and no laser cutters. Students crafted these completely by hand! 💥