Freedom by Design: New Season, New Project

Freedom by Design is a purposeful community service program which allows architecture students to gain real world experience through design and construction solutions. Every year, thousands of people are confined in their homes with no way to access stairs, bathrooms or even their front yards. Freedom by Design serves to correct these shortcomings by providing ramps, grab bars and other means by which residents may access parts of their own home and not feel trapped.


Not only does Freedom by Design serve to help with accessibility issues, it is also a community outreach program. This includes helping residents in the area with projects around their homes. This semester, Freedom by Design is embarking on a new project to reach out to the community via the city of Southfield.


The LTU AIAS chapter was called upon by the City of Southfield's building inspector to build a storage shed for a family in need. Although this project is not solely design based, it will require people to focus on building materials, donations, technical drawings and documents. This project will go quickly so the hope is to get it done within the next few weeks. 

As part of the chapter goals for the coming year, Freedom by Design is going to implement certain changes in order to reach out to the community more effectively and get members more involved. Community outreach through design and construction is by far one of the most effective ways to gain perspective from student about how their ideas can truly be translated into a project he or she can see and experience today. 


There is a meeting tonight in the UTLC building room T410 at 9PM. Come prepared to design and construct!!