School Age Studio [Fall 2025]

Available on select School District of Philadelphia (SDP) half-days and full-days, we offer a hands-on, project-based design workshop that allows students to be designers in a studio. Students will learn the design process through activities and exercises to design and build a project individually and/or as a team. Each studio introduces how we see design everywhere and projects based on one or more design disciplines.

• $45 School Age Studio for Morning (9:30AM-12:30PM) or Half-Day (12:30-3:30pm): Includes a snack with a pick-up option available to Moffet Elementary School
• $20 Extended Care 3:30-5:30pm: All attendees encouraged to bring a snack during Extended Care
• Each studio has a maximum of 10 students
• Instructors are design professionals of varied disciplines
• All materials included

• Sept 12: Pop Up Park in a PARK(ing) Spot

• Oct 2: Set Design from Stories
• Nov 4: Fancy Hats
• Nov 24: Design A Light
• Nov 25: Fun Food Packaging
• Dec 12: What's the Day? Design a Calendar

Erike De Veyra, designer, project manager, and founder/head coach of Design Gym, demystifying design to designers of all ages and levels through tools, activities, workshops, experiences, and providing expertise to increase access and representation in the design industry. Erike uses (her twenty years) of training and experience in architecture to design and develop initiatives, public programs, and experiences for clients and the design curious.

Design Discipline/Interest: architecture, landscape architecture, sustainable design, movement

Accessibility:

• There is a zero-step entrance into the building with steps and chair lift to bring you to our floor.
• Upon reaching our floor it ramps down to our studio.
• The building was an existing building, in our space there is small 1.5- to 3-inch lip between the two areas of our space that has been highlighted with purple light to see the change in levels.
• One accessible bathroom are available on our floor.
• Please reach out with other specific accessibility questions or requests and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.

Available on-site:

• Two bathrooms on our level, with one (1) accessible bathroom.
• There is a communal kitchen with a sink, microwave, and a refrigerator.
• Water fountain and refilling station.

Travel details:

is located in the Norris Square neighborhood in North Philadelphia/Olde Kensington area of Philadelphia.

• Walking: Cross-streets of Hancock and Berks.

• Biking:
• Bring your bike into the building, or use the bike room is in the loading dock area along Hancock Street
• Indego Bike Stations available at 2nd & Norris Sts (2 blocks away), Front & Berks Sts/Berks MFL (3 blocks away)
• Accessible via SEPTA:
• Berks stop on the Market-Frankford Line (3 blocks away)
• Bus Route: 3 on Berks Street, 57 on N. American Street (2 blocks away)
• Driving: Street parking is available immediately on the block of the building, and two-hour parking north of Berks Street.

Health Precautions:

• Masks are optional, but are encouraged for any attendees who choose to wear one. We respect our guests choices on this matter.
• If you are not feeling well, please consider wearing a mask or joining us at the next workshop.

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