Research at Daphne’s Hometree

A Living Laboratory for Coherence-Based Healing

Daphne’s Hometree is intentionally designed as a living laboratory — a place where rigorous, ethical, consensual research occurs alongside world-class care. Research is never a requirement for residency or scholarship. It is an optional opportunity for residents to contribute to science while receiving the highest standard of support.

Our research program is guided by three unchanging principles:

  1. Resident-Centered and Voluntary Every study requires ongoing, informed consent. Residents may join, pause, or withdraw at any time without affecting their housing, scholarship, or access to any service. Capacity is assessed supportively and repeatedly.
  2. Translational and Practical All research is designed to produce immediate, usable improvements in care while generating knowledge that can benefit disabled people nationwide. We study what actually works in real life — not in artificial lab settings.
  3. Moral Unambiguity Research revenue directly funds the 100% scholarship model. We do not profit from disabled people’s participation; we profit from advancing science and teaching the world how to provide better care. This creates a virtuous cycle: better outcomes lead to stronger data, which leads to more funding, which supports more residents.

Core Research Domains

Hometree studies the full Coherence System — the integrated effects of Fibonacci/golden-ratio geometric design, garden therapy, animal therapy, art therapy, music therapy, and Coherence Circles peer mediation/restorative justice.

Key focus areas include:

We use procedural generation (NSGA-II algorithms) to continuously optimize the physical environment and therapeutic circuits for maximum benefit. This research itself becomes patentable intellectual property.

Value Created by Research

For Residents