Design Like a Girl Mentor Program

Design Like a Girl is open to young people between the ages of 11-14 to learn first-hand about careers from professional women from the architecture, construction, and engineering fields.  In each themed workshop, participants will go on a local field trip and come back to the District Architecture Center to design and build a three-dimensional structure.  The four workshop dates coincide with DCPS’s no school days on Mondays and Fridays.

The dates of the workshops:

  • Friday, October 11, 2024 - Fundamentals of Architecture
  • Monday, November 4, 2024 - Engineering & Construction
  • Friday, January 17, 2025 - Interior Architecture: Sustainable & Biophilic Design
  • Monday, April 7, 2025 - Landscape Architecture

Created in 2015, the goal of the Design Like a Girl Mentor Program is to promote diversity and inclusion within the industry. WAF hopes to open a door that might eventually lead to greater equity and representation in the profession.

Spaces are limited to 12 participants. 
Cost: $125 for all 4 workshops
Please submit applications by October 1.  For an extension, please contact Youth Programs Manager, Heidi Sohng, hsohng@aiadc.com, 202-908-2804

Application  

WAF provides scholarships for all its classes.  If you are facing a financial hardship please contact Mary Fitch for a code that will provide a 50% discount. We ask that you only use this option if you are facing financial challenges. If further discounts are required, please contact Mary to discuss. 
 
 

This program is supported by generous grants from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and VMDO DC Architects LLC.

 

Location:

District Architecture Center

421 7th Street NW

Washington, D.C. 20004

 

Questions? Contact Heidi Sohng

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