University of Oregon
ARCC Member Unit:
Department of Architecture
1206 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1206
Phone: 541-346-1432 (Chad Bush, office administration)
Fax: 541-346-3626
ARCC Representative:
Alison G. Kwok
Associate Professor
Department of Architecture
1206 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1206
Phone: 541-346-2087
Fax: 541-346-3626
e-mail: akwok@uoregon.edu
Profile:
The Department of Architecture offers rigorous undergraduate professional programs in
architecture and interior architecture, and graduate first-professional and
post-professional programs in architecture and interior architecture. These programs are
fully accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) and Foundation for
Interior Design Education and Research (FIDER).
The Department also offers a wide variety of specialty programs: The Portland Urban
architecture program is now housed in the newly purchased and remodeled building in
Portland, Oregon's historic Yamhill District; There are study abroad opportunities in
Rome, Japan, Germany and Denmark; Summer studios are offered; Design-Build classes and
studios are a popular choice for students who want real world building experience.
Many student run organizations add to the richness of the program: The
Ecological Design Center, a graduate forum, the immensely successful conference
Holistic Opportunities for Planet Earth Sustainability (H.O.P.E.S.) held at Oregon every
spring, and students chapters of professional
organizations, to name a few. A lecture series brings architects, designers and
educators in the field to the school.
The Department attracts students from throughout the United States and from
abroad. Currently there are about 500 architecture students within the program, of which
approximately 150 are graduate students. If you are interested in learning more about the
Department of Architecture please continue to explore within our web site, contact the
Department by phone or come to Eugene for a visit.
University of Oregon Department of Architecture
CENTER FOR HOUSING INNOVATION
The Center for Housing Innovation (CHI) is a non-profit, multi-disciplinary research
center of the University of Oregon. The Center was established in 1989 to advance
knowledge and professional expertise related to the planning, design, construction and
production of housing and the communities of which it is a part. CHI undertakes research,
educational and community service projects, many related to issues of energy and
environmental conservation at neighborhood and building scales. Recent funded activities
include: computer-based tools for public participation in neighborhood planning and
design, energy and building technology, development of design construction prototypes,
innovative applications of wood products and, consulting services to government, industry,
community and professional clients.
NET ENERGY COMMUNITIES
Net Energy Communities, a project of the Center for Housing Innovation is a suite of four
computer-based tools to support and inform public participation in the workshop and design
charrette processes common to the early phases of neighborhood planning. The four tools
include: a Site Modeler -- a tool to improve access to visual information and imagery
about a site and its context, an Elements of Neighborhood tool -- an "electronic
notebook" to bring examples of the building blocks of neighborhoods (housing,
commercial and civic buildings, open spaces, streets and paths and infrastructure)
"to the table" in workshop settings, a Scenario Modeler to build neighborhood
plan scenarios and, a Scenario Calculator to extract quantitative data create performance
reports. The U.S. Department of Energy, the National Urban and Community Forests Advisory
Council, the City of Eugene, the University of Oregon, and the Center for Housing
Innovation have funded NEC for Housing Innovation. http://neighborhood.uoregon.edu/
ENERGY STUDIES IN BUILDINGS LABORATORY
The Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory’s (ESBL) mission is directed at
understanding how buildings and related systems determine energy/resource use; develop new
materials, components, assemblies, whole buildings and communities with improved
performance; and developing design tools that enable professionals to design more
efficient communities and buildings. In the past 8 years, ESBL have completed 10.4 million
dollars of research supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Bonneville Power
Administration, Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Department of education Pacific
Northwest Laboratories, National Endowment for the Arts, Oregon Department of
Transportation, utility companies and industry. G.
Z. Brown has developed a daylighting laboratory with an artificial sky and
heliodon is newly set up in the University of Oregon's Portland program building
which serves not only the students but the larger professional community. http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~esbl/
INSTITUTE FOR A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT (ISE)
The University of Oregon established the Institute for a Sustainable Environment in 1994
to address the issue of the long-term sustainability of the Earth's major environmental
systems. The ISE studies: 1) the ways in which the biophysical world is being transformed
by human actions; 2) the cultural, social, political, and economic forces causing these
transitions; and 3) the ways in which the biophysical world can be sustained. Our specific
Research Goals are to: 1) clarify, document, and encourage existing and potential
collaborative environmental research projects at the University of Oregon, 2)
identify
promising external sources of support for high priority research projects; prepare ISE
proposals; secure funding, and 3) become self supporting through funded research cost recovery
from ISE generated research grants. http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~enviro/
University:
The University of Oregon is a comprehensive research university where five generations
of outstanding leaders and citizens have studied since opening in 1876. Today's students,
like the 157,000 alumni who graduated before them, have access to the most current
knowledge in classes, laboratories, and seminars conducted by active researchers. In turn,
by sharing their research through teaching, faculty members are better able to articulate
their findings and to integrate their specialized studies with broader areas of knowledge.
Their students learn that knowledge is a vital and changing commodity and that learning
should be a lifelong activity.
UO students select their courses from departments and programs in the College of Arts and
Sciences and from six professional schools and colleges. Some 770 full-time and 380
part-time faculty member-and 1,200 graduate teaching and research assistants-serve as
mentors, colleagues, and friends to the 17,200 undergraduate and graduate students
currently enrolled at the university. Although most students are from Oregon, about 35
percent are from other states and 10 percent from other countries. The mix of backgrounds
gives students a chance to know people they might not meet otherwise-a real asset in a
world where national and international relations often affect everyday life.
Teaching, research, and a spirit of sharing are characteristics of the campus learning
community. In the past year, faculty members and students engaged in active research
programs have brought the university more than $57.5 million in research grants, primarily
from federal agencies. UO science departments receive national attention for their work in
such areas as computer science, genetics, materials, optics, and neuroscience. Seven UO
professors belong to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and six
faculty members have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
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