Social Agency Lab

Social Agency Lab People form the city forms the people. Design should reflect diverse peoples and support richer, more unique urban spaces.

Social Agency Lab is a collaborative of urban planners, designers, artists and anthropologists who believe that social relationships should be the basis for a generative design process of better urban places. Founded in 2011 in Austin, TX, we aim to set forth a design process that is inclusive and empowering to all intended and unintended users of the space in order to meet the needs of all potent

ial end users. We believe that urban design is a social process with a spatial outcome, while its implementation is a spatial process with a social outcome. We design for a multiplicity of identities, histories, and experiences. Through our practice and research, we seek to explore, expand and communicate our brand of theoretical, experimental and applied urbanism in four project areas: projects, products, pedagogy and publications.

More progress for Pioneer Park in SLC!
01/20/2015

More progress for Pioneer Park in SLC!

Salt Lake City is poised to introduce new housing options for the city’s most needy residents. Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker announced last Fall a six

SLC is also moving forward with new programs for homeless services!
08/25/2014

SLC is also moving forward with new programs for homeless services!

Salt Lake City has been rolling out a new strategy to deal with homelessness around Pioneer Park that officials say emphasizes the carrot over the stick. The centerpiece of that strategy is the police department’s new Metro Support Bureau Resource Center at 420 W. 200 South, directly in the heart of…

Social Agency's project on connecting commercial districts along Salt Lake City's 900 South corridor is featured in the ...
07/26/2014

Social Agency's project on connecting commercial districts along Salt Lake City's 900 South corridor is featured in the Salt Lake Tribune! We love it when our ideas help our partners build momentum and make change on the issues they care about.

Just hanging with Mayor Becker! No big deal :-)
06/06/2014

Just hanging with Mayor Becker! No big deal :-)

Social Agents Kate and Maria (and Social Agent Friend Rex) put together this entry to a "Designing for Free Speech" comp...
05/20/2014

Social Agents Kate and Maria (and Social Agent Friend Rex) put together this entry to a "Designing for Free Speech" competition in NYC. Take a look and vote!

A design for New York City by Maria Vidart-Delgado / Rex G. Baker IV / Katarzyna Balug

05/06/2014

Social Agents Maria Vidart and Kate Balug have a great new article in Critical Sociology that talks about Lab Camp 2 in St Louis!

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LabCamp #3 will be this summer in Salt Lake City!
04/09/2014

LabCamp #3 will be this summer in Salt Lake City!

11/25/2013

Once a year(ish) Social Agency Lab has a LabCamp, an opportunity for us to get together in one city and work with a local community group or organization to help build their capacity to achieve their own goals. If you're interested in working with us to build a LabCamp in the coming year, pop us a message!

Why yes. That is Social Ageny's own Sara Zewde with Kanye!
11/19/2013

Why yes. That is Social Ageny's own Sara Zewde with Kanye!

"Everything needs to actually be 'architected'," says the hip-hop artist.

03/14/2013

Our own Dr Maria Vidart has been selected as a Mellon Postdoc Fellow at MIT! Congrats Maria!

It's a big week if you want to see some Social Agency work... If you are in our around San Francisco, Kareeshma will be ...
11/12/2012

It's a big week if you want to see some Social Agency work... If you are in our around San Francisco, Kareeshma will be presenting at the Design Open Mic at Design Like you Give a Damn on Tuesday and Zakcq and Maria will be presenting a paper on Flexible Spaces at the American Anthropological Association on Friday! And in St Louis, a new exhibit on Pruitt-Igoe opens at Washington University on Friday!

Preservation Research Office: Specialists in the architectural history of St. Louis and its preservation.

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