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The School of Architecture & Environment is nationally recognized for its innovation and sustainability research including the design of buildings, interiors, landscapes and communities. We are committed to the principles of civic responsibility, environmental sustainability, international understanding, and interdisciplinary education. The School of Architecture & Environment is located on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene and in Highland Hall in our northeast Portland campus.

1:15

Full-Time Faculty-to-Student Ratio

$1.7M

Scholarships and Aid Offered to Graduate Students Last Year

Top 4

Sustainable Built Environments & Adaptive and Resilient Design

150+

Students Involved in Faculty Research

Top 10

Healthy Built Environments

85

Terms of Graduate Fellowships Offered Annually

Explore Mass Timber in the Built Environment with UO

The University of Oregon's School of Architecture & Environment (SAE) is uniquely positioned among design schools thanks to its proven expertise with mass timber. SAE and its partners have substantive knowledge of mass timber research, especially in the built environment, with unprecedented access to diverse faculty expertise and numerous state-of-the-art laboratories.

 

 

The Student Experience

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The School of Architecture & Environment is a creative and rigorous design community, where faculty and students engage to solve real-world problems in a collaborative and supportive setting. The School of Architecture & Environment is located on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene and in Highland Hall in our northeast Portland campus. The school also connects students and firms with a list of available job opportunities on the student website. Click here for more information.

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Alumni Spotlight

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Talisa Shevavesh, MArch '14

In an age of digital rendering, Talisa Shevavesh demonstrated the potent value of physical model-making with a 20-by-30–foot model proposal for the redesigned Portland International Airport. A model builder for ZGF Architects in Portland, Shevavesh made the design come to life with incredible attention to detail such as a woven wooden roof, greenery-filled interiors, and tiny travelers.

“I want to highlight how delightful it is to have models as part of the architectural process,” Shevavesh has said of the project. She added that it is special to have a project that's so technology-heavy (e.g., much of the roof was generated using computer algorithms) yet be able to verify the design using an artisanal process.

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Social Connections

Events

Lewerentz Divine Darkness: Film Screening with Director Sven Blume
May16
Lewerentz Divine Darkness: Film Screening with Director Sven Blume May 16 UO Portland Innovation Building
gradCONNECT: Disabled and Neurodiverse Graduate Student Time Together
May20
gradCONNECT: Disabled and Neurodiverse Graduate Student Time Together May 20
Launching Innovation with Mandy Butler and Pam Saftler, TVA Architects
May21
Launching Innovation with Mandy Butler and Pam Saftler, TVA Architects May 21 UO Portland Innovation Building
McKeown Lecture - "Thinking Through Soil" with Professor Montserrat Bonvehi Rosich
Jun2
McKeown Lecture - "Thinking Through Soil" with Professor Montserrat Bonvehi Rosich Jun 2 Lawrence Hall