For many Buffalo, NY residents, highways like the Kensington Expressway and the Scajaquada aren’t just transportation corridors; they’re a part of personal histories and neighborhood identity, for better or worse. Dr. Lauren Fischer has long been interested in exploring how infrastructure systems and neighborhoods evolve in cities that have seen population decline. A couple years ago, that pursuit brought her to Buffalo.

Architecture studio sought to make manufactured housing affordable, durable, energy efficient and accessible.

UB architecture graduate students design housing for a vacant building at the complex and contribute to a book project.