The Student Architecture and Design Initiative (SADI) is a non-profit organization that will inventory, recognize, celebrate, and promote the outstanding work of student architects and designers around the globe.  We have always enjoyed the creative and diligent thesis work of both undergraduate and graduate architecture and design students.  While some universities briefly post their annual student showcase, SADI intends to improve access and documentation by:

• Systematically canvassing the work of thousands of students at more than 600 global institutions
• Organizing and curating the collection to optimize search, research, and viewer enjoyment
• Archiving collections to support longitudinal studies of student architecture trends and influences
• Publishing annual abstracts of the best student work, both online and in print
• Recognizing selected students and awarding cash prizes at the annual SADI ceremony
• Promoting student projects for commissions and providing a nexus for employers

Architecture and design thesis projects demand immense passion and creativity.  These gems -- at turns daring, radical, naive, artistic, impractical, and beautiful -- are too quickly discarded as students pursue more rigid career trajectories.  We want to celebrate this work and demonstrate its artistic contribution.  The Student Architecture and Design Initiative will be the definitive repository of academic architecture.

Our first Global Student Showcase launches in the Spring of 2010.