project pipeline summer camp

project pipeline 2026

Project Pipeline will be held across 4 Saturdays this summer:

  • Saturday July 25, 2026

  • Saturday August 01, 2026

  • Saturday August 08, 2026

  • Saturday August 15, 2026

This year’s theme is: Futuristic Design


NOMA Mission

Our mission is to empower young people to affect change in their community through design. Using the city as the classroom and connecting young people to real-world architects and planners, we foster the next generation of design professionals, civic leaders, and changemakers.  We advocate for increased inclusiveness, diversity, fellowship, equity, and excellence in design. 

NOMA History

Project Pipeline was born at the 2002 NOMA conference in Fort Lauderdale. Then-president Paul Taylor asked Drake Dillard and David Kirk to research and establish a plan for the camp that would introduce minority students with a focus on black students to architecture with the ultimate goal of creating more licensed black architects.  The first camp was held in 2006 in Cincinnati by the South West Ohio NOMA chapter. Since then dozens of camps have been held in more than twenty cities. In 2012 a formalized curriculum was implemented nationally. 

View Photos from Project Pipeline 2025

Frequently Asked Questions

Contact us for more information: projectpipeline@philanoma.org