Participatory Design
Participatory Design fosters the development of leadership skills in students who are interested in using their design abilities and knowledge to serve society, in particular clients from underserved communities and nonprofit organizations.
Recent projects include:
- Support for the renovation of a storefront in Kansas City, Kansas, for use by the Dotte Agency, and Community Housing of Wyandotte County
- Construction of the moCOLAB, a mobile community center made from an Airstream trailer which was renovated by KU Architecture students
- Dirt Works Studio's student-built rammed-earth structures for the University of Kansas Field Station and an outdoor pavilion for Audio Reader
- Proposals for urban infill maker-spaces in Kansas City, Missouri
- Participation in the Spring Greening program by architecture students who have been transforming a house into a community center in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans
- A pop-up community space for KCUR Public Radio
- Community engagement for green infrastructure in the Argentine neighborhood in Kansas City, Kansas
- A stage for EPIC Park in Kansas City, Kansas
- Senior housing designs, including two proposals that were national finalists in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Innovations in Affordable Housing competition
- A new orthopedics wing for Tenwek Hospital in Bomet, Kenya
MoCoLab
Learn how KU architecture students changed an Airstream Travel Trailer into the KU MoCoLab to provide a way for researchers to connect to local communities. The KU Office of the Provost funded the MoCoLab with a Strategic Investment Grant.