The “OurStory: Creating Aging-Ready Housing” exhibition by the University of Nebraska College of Architecture’s FACT Studio, takes aim at the housing crisis and aging population with a new concept for infill housing and accessory dwellings in the Omaha metro and beyond.

The exhibition focuses on a new housing product, also called OurStory, that was designed during a Fall 2024 semester-long process by 13 graduate-level architecture students who are members of FACT (Fabrication And Construction Team) a collaborative student designbuild studio at the University of Nebraska College of Architecture. The project is under the mentorship of Jeffrey L. Day, FAIA, Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and founding partner of Actual Architecture Company. The OurStory exhibit explores project design goals and the process used to create the broadly applicable housing system.

“Affordable housing occurs at the intersection of policy, finance, and design,” Jeffrey Day said. “The focus of this exhibition is on design, informed by the other two realms. OurStory argues for a repair of the single-family house to address housing needs in existing neighborhoods, vacant odd-lots, new dense developments, to accommodate aging in place, and to uncover new opportunities for the home.”

“We are designing for the needs of an aging population because it benefits every person and every neighborhood to consider older adults an asset, and to keep seniors close to the communities and people they love for as long as possible,” said Jessica Scheuerman, founder and executive director of Livable Omaha. “Everyone wins if we have more options for aging-ready ADUs and infill housing.”

The exhibit will run from December 16 through January 10 and will be viewable during the Dundee Bank’s operating hours, Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Architect Jeffrey L. Day, FAIA, will give a gallery talk on January 3 during BFF Omaha’s First Friday art walk.