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The article presents the discussion on the state's housing crisis. Topics include entire parcel around the station became a parking lot, and the linear five-block parcel became an urban wildland of blackberry brambles; and farmhouses cheap enough for mailmen and jazz musicians to buy, build claptrap chicken coops and grow weed in the backyard.

It raises a typical weatherboard cottage on stilts, infilling the space below with shared services, an office and a small, one-bedroom apartment. The Scale of the House proposes a series of cellular dwellings across three sites, addressing a need for alternative models of density that maintain the scale and identity of the suburb. Perspective In recent years, various state governments and universities have sought to re-imagine suburban housing for tomorrow. [Extracted from the article]

Dan Rockhill's University of Kansas-based Studio 804 created these two small houses on a quiet residential street in Lawrence, Kan., in response to the area's changing demographics, which suggest a growing need for more small and affordable homes. A narrow shed-roofed extension along the west flank of both houses contains front and rear entries and a galley-style kitchen. The 650-square-foot studio house features an open plan, while the 1,000-square-foot house has a single enclosed bedroom with a semi-private area that can be used as an office or second bedroom. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on the establishment of RVIA Small Homes Service (SHS), which aimed at popularize the modern home and make it available to public. It mentions that a speculative project by other Architects, the Offset House proposes to densify existing suburban houses by subdividing them internally, and turning private backyards into a shared space. It states that the Moriyama House in Tokyo, Japan designed by architect Ryue Nishizawa, deconstructs the home into small blocks.