{{Short description|American architect}} {{use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox architect | honorific_prefix = | name = Pascale Sablan | honorific_suffix = FAIA NOMAC | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Pascale Saint-Louis | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|03|27|mf=y}} | birth_place = Queens, New York, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | citizenship = | nationality = <!-- Use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT. --> | other_names = | occupation = Architect | years_active = | alma_mater = Columbia University<br>Pratt Institute School of Architecture | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | nocat_wdimage = | awards = | practice = Adjaye Associates<br>S9 Architecture<br>FXFOWLE | significant_buildings = | significant_projects = | significant_design = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | embedded = <!-- For embedding other infoboxes in this infobox --> }}
'''Pascale Sablan''' (born 1983) is an American architect and designer. She is the CEO at Adjaye Associates, New York Studio and became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 2021. Sablan advocates on behalf of women and BIPOC people in architecture as the founder and executive director of Beyond the Built Environment. She previously worked for FXFOWLE (now FXCollaborative) and S9 Architecture.
Sablan has served as the historian and president of the National Organization of Minority Architects. In 2024 Sablan was inducted into the NOMA Council, one of the highest honors to reach in the organization. She received the Whitney M. Young Jr. Award from the American Institute of Architects in 2021. Projects that she has contributed to include the Ancestral Chamber of the African Burial Ground National Monument, schools in Haiti, and the Bronx Point Project which includes the Universal Hip Hop Museum. She earned architectural degrees from Columbia University and the Pratt Institute School of Architecture.
In early 2025 Pascale published GREATNESS: Diverse Designers of architecture book with Oro Editions.
==Early life and education== Pascale Saint-Louis was born in 1983 in Queens, the second oldest of 10 children.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Speros |first1=Will |title=Rising Tide |url=https://www.nxtbook.com/emerald/hd/202303/index.php?startid=47#/p/46 |work=Hospitality Design |date=February 2023 |page=47}}</ref> She is part of the Haitian diaspora and speaks Haitian Creole.<ref>{{cite news |last1=D'Angelo |first1=Madeleine |last2=Lau |first2=Wanda |title=Pascale Sablan Wins AIA 2021 Whitney M. Young Jr. Award |url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/awards/pascale-sablan-wins-aia-2021-whitney-m-young-jr-award_o |work=Architect Magazine |date=December 9, 2020 |access-date=July 21, 2023 |archive-date=October 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006100822/https://www.architectmagazine.com/awards/pascale-sablan-wins-aia-2021-whitney-m-young-jr-award_o |url-status=live }}</ref> While painting a mural for a community center in Pomonok, Queens, when she was 11, she was told she would make a good architect.<ref name="Archpaper">{{cite news |last1=Medina |first1=Samuel |title=Pascale Sablan wants to bring equity beyond the built environment |url=https://www.archpaper.com/2021/02/emerging-voices-2021-pascale-sablan/ |work=The Architect's Newspaper |date=February 18, 2021 |access-date=July 21, 2023 |archive-date=February 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206094842/https://www.archpaper.com/2021/02/emerging-voices-2021-pascale-sablan/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Edwards |first1=Meghan |title=10 Questions With… Pascale Sablan |url=https://interiordesign.net/designwire/10-questions-with-pascale-sablan/ |work=Interior Design |date=August 24, 2020 |access-date=July 21, 2023 |archive-date=April 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419113049/https://interiordesign.net/designwire/10-questions-with-pascale-sablan/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She graduated from The Mary Louis Academy in 2001.
She earned her Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Pratt Institute School of Architecture in 2006.<ref name="NPR"/> While she was a student at Pratt, she interned with Aarris Architects,<ref name="Forbes"/> working on a project for the Ancestral Chamber of the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York.<ref name="NPR">{{cite news |last1=Romo |first1=Vanessa |title=Very few architects are Black. This woman is pushing to change that |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/03/12/1160836191/black-african-american-architects-architecture |work=NPR |date=March 12, 2023 |access-date=July 21, 2023 |archive-date=June 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629201857/https://www.npr.org/2023/03/12/1160836191/black-african-american-architects-architecture |url-status=live }}</ref> She earned her master's in architectural design from Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation in 2007.<ref name="NPR"/>
==Architectural career== Following her graduation in 2007, Sablan worked as an architect for FXFOWLE (now FXCollaborative) for 10 years as a member of its international studio.<ref name="Forbes"/> In 2014, she was licensed as an architect and promoted to associate at the firm after working for 13 years.<ref name="Archpaper"/> She was the 315th living Black woman to be licensed in architecture in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mavros |first1=Kara |title=Balancing Act: Pascale Sablan on Advocacy and Action |url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14680-balancing-act-pascale-sablan-on-advocacy-and-action |work=Architectural Record |date=June 9, 2020 |language=en |access-date=July 21, 2023 |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603024013/https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14680-balancing-act-pascale-sablan-on-advocacy-and-action |url-status=live }}</ref> While at FXFOWLE, she worked on design for the Museum of the Built Environment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pascale Sablan of FXFOWLE Architects |url=https://modelo.io/blog/index.php/pascale-sablan-of-fxfowle-architects/ |website=Modelo |access-date=July 21, 2023 |archive-date=April 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415061023/https://modelo.io/blog/index.php/pascale-sablan-of-fxfowle-architects/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She was a senior associate at S9 Architecture from 2017 to 2021. Sablan was hired as a senior associate at Adjaye Associates in 2021. In January 2023, Sablan was promoted to associate principal at Adjaye Associates New York studio.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Romo |first=Vanessa |date=Mar 12, 2023 |title=Very few architects are Black. This woman is pushing to change that |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/03/12/1160836191/black-african-american-architects-architecture |access-date=Mar 5, 2024}}</ref> She has worked on residential, mixed-use, and commercial projects in Azerbaijan, India, the United Arab Emirates, and Japan.<ref>{{cite web |title=Featured Member: Pascale Sablan, FAIA |url=https://www.aiany.org/news/featured-member-pascale-sablan-faia/ |website=AIA New York |date=February 3, 2021 |access-date=July 21, 2023 |archive-date=April 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419113046/https://www.aiany.org/news/featured-member-pascale-sablan-faia/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Sablan has been involved with the ACE Mentorship Program since 2012. She worked alongside students to design a school campus for the Association of Haitian Physicians Abroad in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, following the earthquake in 2010.<ref name="AR2020"/><ref>{{cite web |title=We Contain Multitudes: The 2018 Alumni Achievement Award Winners on Empathy at Work |url=https://www.pratt.edu/news/we-contain-multitudes-the-2018-alumni-achievement-award-winners-on-empathy/ |website=Pratt Institute |language=en-us |date=November 14, 2018 |access-date=July 21, 2023 |archive-date=June 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604235850/https://www.pratt.edu/news/we-contain-multitudes-the-2018-alumni-achievement-award-winners-on-empathy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Among Sablan's projects was the 540-unit residential Bronx Point Project which includes the Universal Hip Hop Museum and a community facility.<ref name="UArk"/>
Sablan advocates on behalf of women and BIPOC people in architecture. She is the founder and executive director of the platform Beyond the Built Environment,<ref name="AR2020"/> which originated in 2017. It is dedicated to promoting people of color and women within the field of architecture.<ref name="NPR"/> The group's 2017 exhibition ''SAY IT LOUD'' highlighted work by members of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA). By 2022, the group had staged 34 exhibitions around the world.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=Nafeesah |title=Why This Architect Thinks Activism Has to Be a Part of Design |url=https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a40081121/pascale-sablan-adjaye-associates-beyond-the-built-environment/ |work=House Beautiful |date=June 13, 2022 |access-date=July 21, 2023 |archive-date=March 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331035113/https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a40081121/pascale-sablan-adjaye-associates-beyond-the-built-environment/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She served as historian of NOMA and became president of the organization in 2021, the fifth woman to ever hold the position.<ref name="NPR"/><ref name="AR2020"/> In 2020, Sablan started the Great Diverse Designers Library, a directory of women and people of color in design and architecture.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brandon |first1=Elissaveta M. |title=This Digital Library Is Bringing Overdue Recognition to Marginalized Designers |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/this-digital-library-is-bringing-overdue-recognition-to-marginalized-designers |work=Architectural Digest |date=December 16, 2020 |access-date=July 21, 2023 |archive-date=February 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203124544/https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/this-digital-library-is-bringing-overdue-recognition-to-marginalized-designers |url-status=live }}</ref>
Sablan is a former president of the New York Coalition of Black Architects and has been on the board of trustees of The Mary Louis Academy.<ref name="Forbes">{{cite news |last1=Fazzare |first1=Elizabeth |title=Architect-Advocate Pascale Sablan Is Revising The History Of The Built Environment |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabethfazzare/2020/09/26/architect-advocate-pascale-sablan-is-revising-the-history-of-the-built-environment/?sh=762c41f6f20f |work=Forbes |date=September 26, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> She is on the board of directors of AIA New York<ref name="UArk"/> and gives lectures at universities.<ref name="UArk">{{cite news |title=Architect Pascale Sablan to Present 'I Was Asked to Stand' Lecture Online on April 5 |url=https://news.uark.edu/articles/56389/architect-pascale-sablan-to-present-i-was-asked-to-stand-lecture-online-on-april-5 |work=University of Arkansas News |date=March 30, 2021 |language=en |access-date=July 21, 2023 |archive-date=March 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330222701/https://news.uark.edu/articles/56389/architect-pascale-sablan-to-present-i-was-asked-to-stand-lecture-online-on-april-5 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2021, Sablan became the youngest AIA College of Fellows inductee at age 38. <ref name=":0" />
==Awards== In 2014, Sablan won the Emerging Professional Award from AIA New York/Center for Architecture. She was named member of the year of the National Organization of Minority Architects in 2015. In 2018, she won the Young Architects award of the American Institute of Architects.<ref name="AR2020">{{cite news |last1=Sitz |first1=Miriam |title=Pascale Sablan Wins 2021 Whitney M. Young Jr. Award |url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14914-pascale-sablan-wins-2021-whitney-m-young-jr-award |work=Architectural Record |date=December 9, 2020 |language=en |access-date=July 21, 2023 |archive-date=May 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522021459/https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14914-pascale-sablan-wins-2021-whitney-m-young-jr-award |url-status=live }}</ref> She became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 2021. She received the Whitney M. Young Jr. Award from the American Institute of Architects in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pascale Sablan, FAIA |url=https://www.aia.org/showcases/6347975-pascale-sablan-faia |publisher=The American Institute of Architects |access-date=July 21, 2023 |archive-date=April 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415061023/https://www.aia.org/showcases/6347975-pascale-sablan-faia |url-status=live }}</ref> She received the Architectural League's 2021 Emerging Voices award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emerging Voices 2021 |url=https://archleague.org/competition/ev21/#:~:text=The%20Architectural%20League's%20annual%20Emerging,landscape%20architecture,%20and%20urban%20design. |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=The Architectural League of New York |language=en-US}}</ref> She won three Anthem Awards of the Webby Awards program in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Niland |first1=Josh |title=NOMA's President-Elect Pascale Sablan takes home three inaugural Anthem Awards |url=https://archinect.com/news/bustler/8892/noma-s-president-elect-pascale-sablan-takes-home-three-inaugural-anthem-awards |work=Archinect |date=September 13, 2022 |language=en |access-date=July 21, 2023 |archive-date=January 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127110145/https://archinect.com/news/bustler/8892/noma-s-president-elect-pascale-sablan-takes-home-three-inaugural-anthem-awards |url-status=live }}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://www.adjaye.com/who-we-are/leadership/pascale-sablan/ Pascale Sablan] at Adjaye Associates *[https://www.beyondthebuilt.com/pascale-sablan Pascale Sablan] at Beyond the Built Environment
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