Guerilla building projects.
Student-led design.
A new way of thinking about education, building, and work.
MISSION
BUILDING UP
BUILDERS
Our mission is to foster confident, community-oriented youth through the power of carpentry and craft. We team high school youth with professional carpenters and architects to create needed community projects.
Read the ManifestoOUR WORK
AWARD
WINNING
DESIGNS
Sawhorse students design and build projects from tiny homes for the homeless to libraries to garden infrastructure and beyond. Check out some of our favorites here.
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DESIGN
BUILD
CHANGE
THE
WORLD
PROCESS
Our students lead every step of the process. From conducting interviews and leading the design process, to running power tools and pouring concrete, they bring ideas from concept to completion.
DESIGN
The design process forces you to step into someone elses shoes, and understand the world from a new point of view.
BUILD
Learn to make a house. Learn physics. Work with a team to build projects that will be part of the community for years.
CHANGE
THE
WORLD
The design process forces you to step into someone elses shoes, and understand the world from a new point of view.
BRIGHTER TOMORROW
REVOLUTION
What does it mean to change the world? The change happens in people's minds, but also in the physical world. We want to make our world liveable, inclusive, and healthy for the people who live in it. That means we have to take ownership of our spaces, our tools, and our way of thinking.
LEARN
Our builds leave students with practical skills. See a problem, plan a solution, and bring the solution to life working with a team.
TEACH
We believe that collaboration leads to the best results, both for each builder and for the project as a whole. That's why we pair people of different ability levels to ensure everyone benefits.
GROW
The skills learned at Sawhorse are useful, both on the job site and off. Collaborative work, design thinking, and community engagement are crucial tools in an office, a classroom, and in the world.
