Welcome to the Sandbox

Bring Meaningful Ideas to Life

Areté supports collaborations that involve research, incorporate artistic processes and interventions, and engage communities outside the academic and artistic worlds.

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Through our Sandbox Residency Program, Areté offers groups of academics, artists, professionals, and students the financial resources and physical space to interact, exchange ideas, and work on projects that marry their interests towards a common goal.

Sandbox Co-Lab provides a co-working space and additional support to interdisciplinary groups with externally funded projects tackling urgent social and environmental issues.

An initiative of the Sandbox Programs to connect individuals from various disciplines and have them build ideas and address a problem area together.

Bridging Communities for Collaboration and Empowerment

Esteemed guests from The Asia Foundation (TAF), Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (CHD), and talented artisans from Sulu came together at Areté's Eduardo J Aboitiz Sandbox Zone for the Sandbox Soiree.

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Meet the Residents

Developing Evidence-Informed Digital Materials To Prevent Bullying

In partnership with the Department of Education, the team of “Developing Evidence-Informed Digital Materials To Prevent Bullying” aims to develop digital materials on bullying prevention.

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Project Kalikhasaan

Project Kalikhasaan sees potency in art as response in addressing 'nature-blindness' among urban residents.

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Pawikan Do It Together!

Pawikan Do It Together! aims to bring the message of sea turtle conservation to the Ateneo community and beyond through examining the cultural importance and protection efforts of the Pawikan Conservation Center (PCC) in Morong, Bataan.

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The Well-Being Project

The Well-Being Project explores children’s perspectives on well-being by guiding them through a series of creative and hands-on workshops that includes art, storytelling, and music.

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Concrete Jungle 2.0

Concrete Jungle 2.0 is a sustainable urban initiative focused on developing self-healing concrete, inspired by natural processes and local materials, to improve infrastructure resilience.

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Habi Projects

Habi Projects is a nomadic and transdisciplinary art initiative grounded on ecological justice and community engagement based in the Philippines.

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WaterFALL

WaterFALL: Water For All is developing an atmospheric water generator to aid communities that lack access to clean and consistent water.

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Mapping Stories

Mapping Stories: Integrating Geospatial Data in the Loyola Schools' Campus Mobility aims to utilize geospatial frameworks to design an interactive map of the Loyola School campus that "tells stories".

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