Innovate
Working with a range of housing typologies allows for uncovering and implementing strategies to increase housing affordability, resilience, and quality. Themes may include alternative and emerging housing types and alternative homeownership models. Leverage individual projects/collaborations to educate communities on the value of research, planning, design, investment, and execution at all scales (neighborhoods to construction methods). Innovation may also incorporate new materials, construction methods, and other technologies that advance the livability, affordability, or performance of homes.
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Forget Me Not Memory Care Housing
Location: Hays, KS Year/Timeline: 2024 Area of Focus: Housing for Seniors with memory issues (Dementia, Alzheimer’s) Department/Courses Involved: IAID- APDesign, KSU – Capstone Studio (IARC 810) Led by Professor Vibhavari Jani Executive Summary: As Dementia rates rise among aging populations, the need for thoughtfully designed memory care housing is increasingaround…
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Oak and Roots Housing Community
Location: Raliegh, NC, USA Year/Timeline: 2024 Area of Focus: Affordable Housing for emerging professionals Department/Courses Involved: IAID – APDesign, KSU – Capstone Studio (IARC 810) Led by Prof. Vibhavari Jani Executive Summary: In a post-pandemic reality, social isolation has intensified, driven by remote work and lingering effects of distancing practices.…
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Aging In Place: Senior Housing Design for Assisted Care
Location: Omaha, Nebraska Year/Timeline: 2024 Area of Focus: Housing Design for Assisted Living Department/Courses Involved: IAID – APDesign -KSU, Capstone Studio, led by Professor Vibhavari Jani Executive Summary: Interior Architecture Graduate Students Grace Hedrickson, Matthew Virgil, and Sarah Wright reframed assisted living as “Continued Living,” shifting aging from a model…
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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…
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Micro Apartments for Young Professionals
Location: Kansas City, MO Year/Timeline: 2020-21 Area of Focus: Micro Housing Department/Courses Involved: Interior Architecture – Advance Interior Architecture Studio (IARC 823) Led by Professor Vibhavari Jani (Design) and Associate Professor Kutay Guler (Programming) Executive Summary: Aaron Burson, an Interior Architecture graduate student, in his thesis project, explored an important…
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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…
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Prescription Housing for the Housing Insecure Community
Location: Phoenix, AZ Year/Timeline: 2018 Area of Focus: Housing to promote Health and Wellness among Housing Insecure Community Department/Courses Involved: IAID, APDESIGN, KSU – Advance Interior Architecture Studio, (IARC 823), Led by Professor Vibhavai Jani, and Riyadi Adiyaverman Executive Summary: Abigail Reese, a graduate Interior Architecture student at Kansas State…
