SEED is an annual six-week paid internship structured holistically around introducing young high school students to the world of design. The program, which began in 2018, is an intensive deep dive into collaborative project work, office culture, and design fundamentals. The SEED program works closely with Sasaki to provide the students with access to world-class projects and the people who design them. Over the course of the summer, students work on their own group project, spend time with Sasaki professionals in design charrettes, learn valuable hand sketching and computer drawing skills, and so much more.

Applications for the SEED program open each spring. Learn more.

In 2020, the Sasaki Foundation translated this six-week internship into an online curriculum. SEED Online will shut down on March 8, 2024. We plan to relaunch a new version of the curriculum later in 2024.

Architecture/Design Thinking Week is a paid career exploration workshop introducing Boston Public high school students to the design industry. The program is an annual partnership between the Boston Society for Architecture and the Boston Private Industry Council, with collaboration from local design firms. Staff from Sasaki, the Sasaki Foundation, Goody Clancy, Finegold Alexander Architects, and HMFH Architects facilitate each day of the workshop, which takes place during February school vacation week. Participating students work through a design prompt, gain new design skills, and learn to communicate their ideas ahead of a final presentation. The program serves as a pipeline to nonprofit design programs and internships, including SEED.