university of oregon portland architecture program

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VALUES

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BEAUTY, SUSTAINABILITY & SOCIAL JUSTICE

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VALUE Joy

AAA Voices by Erik Hegre, Matt Linn, Nancy Cheng

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VALUE Positive Change

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CONNECT

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CONNECT to the City

by Marc Holt By Marc Holt

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CONNECT Cities to Nature

Image by Portland Sustainability Institute

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CONNECT to Green Innovation

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CONNECT to cities: Seattle Sept 29 - Oct 2

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CONNECT to Civic Leaders

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CONNECT to the Profession

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CONNECT to the Community

Brendan Soens at the Village Building Convergence

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CONNECT GENERATIONS Architects in Schools

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CONNECT Digital to Physical

By Nancy Cheng

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CONNECT Minds

Tmema’s Messa di Voce

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LEARN

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SIZE & its consequences Eugene Campus

•  Comprehensive university •  20,000+ students •  1700+ faculty •  Lively campus, small city

Portland Campus •  Specialized branch •  130 AAA students •  <100 affiliated faculty •  Tiny campus, lively city •  Shiny outreach center

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SIZE : AAA + Arch Eugene

•  6 departments + 4 programs

•  Mother ship •  29 Full-time Arch Faculty •  ~650 Architecture

students

Portland •  3 departments •  3 Full-time Arch Faculty •  14 Digital Arts BFA •  14 Product Design BFA •  93 Architecture

students

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Oregon – Core Curriculum

Design

Tech

History/

Theory

Media

Practice

Core Vertical Terminal

Const ECS ECS Structures AdvTech Const

Draw Digital Draw Mix

Space Place Human Race

Electives

History History History Intro

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Oregon Graduate Curriculum

1 2 3 3+ year M.Arch.

Design

Tech

History /

Theory

Media

Practice

4 B.A. / B.S.

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Oregon Graduate Curriculum

1 2 2 year M.Arch.

Design

Tech

History / Theory

Media

Practice

2 3 4 B.A. in Architecture

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Architecture Courses

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Digital Arts

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Product Design

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IMPROVE

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STUDENT RESEARCH Eugene Symposium, Oct 13

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RESEARCH through design

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RESEARCH SHAPING LIGHT

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RESEARCH SHAPING LIGHT – digital / physical

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Urban Architecture Typologies

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Oldtown / Chinatown Revitalization

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Tigard Suburban Pedestrian Nodes

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High Speed Rail Alignment

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Healthy Working Waterfronts

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Healthy Working Waterfronts

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Healthy Working Waterfronts

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Healthy Working Waterfronts

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Ecodistricts

Gateway Ecodistrict Water flow by ZGF

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JOIN US

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CONTEXT : City

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•  AAA Receptionist keeps listings from graduating students

•  Great transportation from less expensive neighborhoods

LIVING IN PORTLAND

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CONTEXT : Building

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CONTEXT : Studio

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CONTEXT : Studio

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CONTEXT : Fablab

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CONTEXT : Computer Lab

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CONTEXT : White Box Gallery

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Portland Student Action Council

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SUMMER – URBAN INSTALLATION •  studio •  design | build | reflect

•  led by Sara Huston

Burn Box collaboration with the Oregon College of Arts and Crafts

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CONNECT to the World

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CONNECT to the World

Amphibian Carpet by Selah Au, Bart Chui, Hins Cheung & Lewis Choi

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Foreign Study Programs Partner Programs •  Kyoto Japan (l. arch - summer)

•  EcoDistricts in Europe (l. arch - summer)

•  EcoCities in China (planning - summer)

•  Croatia (historic pres - summer)

•  University of Stuttgart

•  Danish Int’l Studies

•  Hong Kong University

•  National University of Singapore

•  Columbia U: NY / Paris

University of Oregon Programs •  Vancover Canada (spring)

•  Vicenza Italy (spring)

•  Rome Italy (summer)

•  Barcelona Spain (summer)

•  Tokyo Japan (spring)

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Spring

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Kyoto – Landscape Architecture

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Historic Preservation in Croatia

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SUMMER ABROAD

BARCELONA

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SUMMER URBAN DESIGN - PDX

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SUMMER URBAN DESIGN - PDX •  UO Professor Don Genasci •  Mark Raggett, City of Portland Urban Design Studio

•  William Tripp, Architect •  Anita Van Asperdt, Sustainable Landscape Architect

•  Michael McCulloch, Architect and Urban Designer

Site: Portal to SE Portland

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SUMMER – DIGITAL MEDIA REVIT : 8 weeks

Katalin Czege, C2K Arch

GRASSHOPPER sequence

- GH for Fabrication

Geoff Sosebee, SERA Architects

- DIVA for Lghting Analysis

Jeffrey Maas, Boora Architects

- GH / FIREFLY interaction Andrew Payne, Harvard

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Q&A

•  Nancy Yen-wen Cheng, nywc@uoregon.edu

BEAUTY, SUSTAINABILITY & SOCIAL JUSTICE