Urban Lab Yerevan Institute for Democratization of Urban Planning is a multi disciplinary research based non-profit design practice. It is aimed to advocate the community's rights on influencing the decision making process of the built environment based on participatory design and highlighting the social role of architects, planners and related specialists, who are responsible for shaping built environment. The establishment of the organization was announced during Pecha-Kucha Night of Yerevan at November 8, 2011.