Evaluate

By extending research and service work through established assessment frameworks, we can evaluate project outcomes to establish a database, report and disseminate findings that advance the current state of knowledge, support funding opportunities, scale up interventions, and advocate for policies and initiatives that support affordable housing development and access to housing resources for all residents.

  • Reimagining Housing Futures: Community-Centered Brownfield Redevelopment in Salt Lake City, Utah

    Reimagining Housing Futures: Community-Centered Brownfield Redevelopment in Salt Lake City, Utah

    Stakeholder/Partners: The Other Side Village, Technical Assistance to Brownfields, U.S. EPA Location: Salt Lake City, UT Area of Focus: Housing to Brownfields Department/Courses Involved: Landscape Architecture and Regional and Community Planning Project Funding: EPA TAB PIs: Susmita Rishi and Shakil Kashem Executive Summary: This poster presents findings from an ongoing…

  • Zoned out: land use policy and the unhoused in Des Moines, Iowa

    Zoned out: land use policy and the unhoused in Des Moines, Iowa

    Stakeholder/Partners: Unhoused Community of Des Moines Location: Des Moines, IA Area of Focus: XYZ Department/Courses Involved: XYZ Graduate Student: Bethany Stock MRCP 2025 Mentor: Dr. Susmita Rishi Executive Summary: According to a recent HUD report, at least 582,500 Urban Americans are unhoused on any night. The US Midwest, known for…

  • Building Codes and Housing Resilience: Homeowners’ Perceptions on Sustainable Rebuilding

    Building Codes and Housing Resilience: Homeowners’ Perceptions on Sustainable Rebuilding

    Stakeholder/Partners: Displaced Homeowners (study participants) Location: 2018-2020 (California), 2021-2024 (Kansas) Timeline: 2018-2024 Area of Focus: Disaster Displacement, Building Codes, Housing Resilience, Rebuilding Department/Courses Involved: Interior Architecture Executive Summary: Assistant Professor of Interior Architecture Mariana Junqueira presented a paper titled “Building Codes and Housing Resilience in California: Displaced Homeowners’ Perceptions on…

  • Riley County Home Energy Evaluation

    Riley County Home Energy Evaluation

    Area of Focus: Construction, Energy Efficiency Departments Involved: Architecture Executive Summary: Assoc. Prof. Michael Gibson and architecture student Megan Cantu worked with a local non-profit developer to evaluate the energy performance of a recent build, whose homeowners were reporting high energy bills. Description: During an unseasonably cold winter, the owners…

  • Better Housing Consortium First Open Meeting

    Better Housing Consortium First Open Meeting

    Introduction  The Kansas Better Housing Consortium kicked off its first open meeting with a warm welcome and lunch at noon. Attendees had the opportunity to network and share their enthusiasm for the consortium’s mission before diving into the day’s agenda. In attendance were diverse stakeholders invited by APDesign faculty and…

  • Double-Wide Lives: realities of chasing the American dream in its mobile home parks [MHPs]

    Double-Wide Lives: realities of chasing the American dream in its mobile home parks [MHPs]

    Stakeholder/Partners: Various Manhattan, KS Mobile Home Park Residents Location: Manhattan, KS Area of Focus: Mobile Home Parks Department/Courses Involved: Regional and Community Planning Masters Thesis. PI: Dr. Susmita Rishi Graduate Student: Kylee Jennings MRCP 2024 Executive Summary: Today, the US faces an unprecedented housing crisis where in no State can…

  • Lean Tech, High Performance: Balancing Affordability and Technology in Net Zero Housing

    Lean Tech, High Performance: Balancing Affordability and Technology in Net Zero Housing

    Area of Focus: Affordable Housing Technology, Net Zero Housing Department/Courses Involved: Architecture Author: Michael Gibson, AIA, NCARB, LEED A.P. Executive Summary: U.S. homes, with a median age nearing 50 years, are part of a convoluted legacy of production methods prioritizing inexpensive materials and straightforward construction. Consequently, residential buildings end up…

  • Transforming Issues in Housing Design

    Transforming Issues in Housing Design

    Area of Focus: Housing Research Editor: Assoc. Prof. Kutay Gular, Interior Architecture Executive Summary: Transforming Issues in Housing Design delivers a comprehensive vision for the design, philosophy, psychology, efficiency, and constitution of housing. This collection of articles explores many of the most pressing and relevant issues related to the ongoing transformation…

  • Wounded Veterans Supportive Housing

    Wounded Veterans Supportive Housing

    Stakeholder/Partners: SAVE Organization Location: Keats, KS Year/Timeline: 2015-17 Area of Focus: Supportive Housing to Prevent Veteran Suicide Department/Courses Involved: IAID – Capstone Studio led by Professor Vibhavari Jani Project Funding: K-State Center for Engagement and Community Development Executive Summary: SAVE, a Manhattan-based organization, partnered with the IAID Capstone Studio at…