Nichiha USA Donates Fiber Cement Cladding to University of Kansas Students’ Project Home
Graduate architecture students to install Nichiha’s architectural wall panels on sustainable avant-garde home
Nichiha USA, a premier provider of innovative building material solutions, has donated more than 2,500 square feet of its elegant Miraia architectural wall panels to students taking part in a special project at the University of Kansas. Known as Studio 804, the effort is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 operation that builds sustainable and inventive building solutions.
Studio 804 is a student-run capstone option for graduate architecture students at the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design. Each year, participants undertake a housing project from concept to creation. The program affords aspiring architects an opportunity to not only design their vision, but to personally facilitate its build. In previous years, the program undertook the construction of homeless shelters and even projects for the university itself. Their 2023 focus is called “432 Indiana House,” a chic, local home that focuses on sustainable living.