Download pdf - University of Oregon Portland Architecture Program

nancy cheng – uo architecture - october 2009


VALUES

Lighting fixture by Matt Linn


BEAUTY, SUSTAINABILITY & SOCIAL JUSTICE


VALUE Joy

AAA Voices by Erik Hegre, Matt Linn, Nancy Cheng


VALUE Positive Change


CONNECT



CONNECT to the City

by Marc Holt By Marc Holt


CONNECT Cities to Nature

Image by Portland Sustainability Institute


CONNECT to Green Innovation


CONNECT to cities: Seattle Sept 29 - Oct 2


CONNECT to Civic Leaders


CONNECT to the Profession


CONNECT to the Community

Brendan Soens at the Village Building Convergence


CONNECT GENERATIONS Architects in Schools


CONNECT Digital to Physical

By Nancy Cheng


CONNECT Minds

Tmema’s Messa di Voce


LEARN



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


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


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


Oregon Graduate Curriculum

1 2 3 3+ year M.Arch.

Design

Tech

History /

Theory

Media

Practice

4 B.A. / B.S.


Oregon Graduate Curriculum

1 2 2 year M.Arch.

Design

Tech

History / Theory

Media

Practice

2 3 4 B.A. in Architecture


Architecture Courses


Digital Arts


Product Design


IMPROVE

Lighting fixture by Erik Hegre


STUDENT RESEARCH Eugene Symposium, Oct 13


RESEARCH through design

AAA Voices by Erik Hegre, Matt Linn, Nancy Cheng


RESEARCH SHAPING LIGHT


RESEARCH SHAPING LIGHT – digital / physical


Urban Architecture Typologies


Oldtown / Chinatown Revitalization


Tigard Suburban Pedestrian Nodes


High Speed Rail Alignment


Healthy Working Waterfronts








Ecodistricts

Gateway Ecodistrict Water flow by ZGF


JOIN US



CONTEXT : City


•  AAA Receptionist keeps listings from graduating students

•  Great transportation from less expensive neighborhoods

LIVING IN PORTLAND


CONTEXT : Building


CONTEXT : Studio


CONTEXT : Studio


CONTEXT : Fablab


CONTEXT : Computer Lab


CONTEXT : White Box Gallery


Portland Student Action Council


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

•  led by Sara Huston

Burn Box collaboration with the Oregon College of Arts and Crafts


CONNECT to the World


CONNECT to the World

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


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)


Spring


Kyoto – Landscape Architecture


Historic Preservation in Croatia


SUMMER ABROAD

BARCELONA


SUMMER URBAN DESIGN - PDX


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


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


Q&A

•  Nancy Yen-wen Cheng, [email protected]

BEAUTY, SUSTAINABILITY & SOCIAL JUSTICE