Living with Water Tours

May - April 2018
As members of the Bionic Team for the Bay Area Resilient by Design Challenge, the Studio worked with community- based advocacy groups, including Canal Alliance, Canal Welcome Center, and Resilient Shore, to create the Living with Water tours. This series of public walking, biking, and kayaking tours brought public awareness to the effects of sea level rise on a frontline community where segregation has concentrated its majority Latinx residents, many of whom live below the poverty line, in one of the lowest-lying areas of the San Francisco Bay. These events brought the public into conversation with scientists, designers, planners, government officials, businesses, and advocacy groups who are working to make the San Francisco Bay Area resilient to the climatic challenges ahead. The tours were offered free of charge to the general public, with meals provided. The Bionic Team earned the National ASLA Award of Excellence: Communications Award in 2019.

Pedal In!

September 17, 2017
Created for the opening of The Commons, a public gathering space at the Headlands Center for the Arts, the Studio hosted a public bike ride featuring a series of talks focused on bicycling as a way of claiming public space from our city streets to our parklands.

Field Lab

October 2016
As Designers-In-Residence at the Exploratorium, the Studio for Urban Projects created a Field Lab along the San Francisco waterfront to examine the effects of sea-level rise in the San Francisco Bay. Over the course of a month, the Field Lab was a venue for public discussions, hands-on workshops, a research library, and film screenings.

Studio for Urban Projects Storefront

2009-2012
The Studio for Urban Projects ran a storefront in San Francisco’s Mission District, in collaboration with Susanne Cockrell & Ted Purves (Amityworks), Phil Ross, and Amy Franceschini (Futurefarmers) who collectively programmed the space. The Studio hosted a series of public events featuring more than one hundred invited speakers. The storefront was transformed from our working studio by day into a public venue evenings and weekends for panel discussions, film screenings, workshops, meals, and classes. Public programs focused on the sustainability of cities, from urban agriculture and equitable food systems to increasing biodiversity, active transportation, and climate resiliency. Among the many speakers featured in these events were: Scientists Robin Grossinger and Eric Sanderson; Government Officials John Norquist, Robin Abad-Ocubillo, Andres Power, Gillian Gillette, and Peter Brastow; Writers Allison Arieff, Tim Beatley, Novella Carpenter, John Gillis, David Gissen, Sandor Katz, Mike Lydon, Darrin Nordhal, and Professors Margaret Crawford and Jennifer Wolch; Designers John Bela and Douglas Burnham; Advocates Jad Daley and Leah Shahum; Activists Chris Carlsson and Amber Hasselbring; Filmmakers Sam Green and Judy Irving; Curator Matthew Coolidge; Historian Gray Brechin; Housing Expert Tomiquia Moss; and Archivist Rick Prelinger.

Reclaim Market Street!

October 2011
Reclaim Market Street! was an exhibition and series of street interventions created by the Studio for Urban Projects to augment the community engagement process in remaking San Francisco's central boulevard. By staging a series of events, from biking and walking tours to temporary playgrounds and film screenings, the Studio engaged the public in reimagining the street from interventions that engaged the public in changing the street.

Public Orchard

September 2010
An architectural pavilion and public park programmed with a series of talks, workshops, film screenings exploring food security, urban foodsheds, and public space created for the 01SJ Biennial.

An Unnatural History of Golden Gate Park

September 25, 2008
This audio tour in seven episodes strolls through Golden Gate Park exploring the history of the park and the role that this evolving landscape plays in the social and ecological life of San Francisco. Created by the Studio for Urban Projects.