11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Career & Networking Fair, 11-3 p.m. The School of Architecture & Environment hosts an annual winter term Career and Networking Fair. Professionals representing a range of careers in architecture, interior architecture, landscape architecture, and more attend to help students learn about their organizations and internship/job opportunities. In the past, both in-person and virtual formats have been used.
Reception, 3-4 p.m.
3:30–4:30 p.m.
Join Global Education Oregon for an information session on our summer 2025 Agriculture in the Built Environment program! This info session will provide you with additional program and application information.
To learn more about the Agriculture in the Built Environment program, visit our website here: https://geo.uoregon.edu/programs/asia-singapore/agriculture-built-environment
The Agriculture in the Built Environment program's final application deadline is March 15, and the deadline to be considered for scholarships is February 28, 2025.
You can join the virtual information session here: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/92270396835
noon
Join Global Education Oregon for an information session on our summer 2025 Agriculture in the Built Environment program! This info session will provide you with additional program and application information.
To learn more about the Agriculture in the Built Environment program, visit our website here: https://geo.uoregon.edu/programs/asia-singapore/agriculture-built-environment
The Agriculture in the Built Environment program's final application deadline is March 15, and the deadline to be considered for scholarships is February 28, 2025.
You can join the virtual information session here: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/95682106640
noon
Join Global Education Oregon to learn more about the summer 2025 Art and Architecture in London program! This is a 3-week program led by Joyce Cheng, a faculty member in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture, and features many experiential learning opportunities through visiting galleries, museums, performances, and other excursions.
To learn more about the Art and Architecture in London program, visit the webpage here: https://geo.uoregon.edu/programs/europe-united-kingdom-england/art-and-architecture-london
Join the virtual information session here: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/96862881082
4:00–5:30 p.m.
Professor Ken Tadashi Oshima will examine the history of Japanese architecture and urbanism through the lens of Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel and its transpacific legacy, connecting scholars and practitioners across the Pacific.
The event is open to the public. Beverages and light bites will be provided.
Event Sponsors:
Department of History
School of Architecture and Environment
Yoko McClain Lecture Series, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
Center for Asian and Pacific Studies
5:15–8:15 p.m.
Registration for this year’s HOPES [30] Conference is open! HOPES is an annual student-organized conference on sustainability in design and this year’s theme is RESURGENCE. Hosted at Lawrence Hall from the afternoon of Thursday, April 10th to 5pm on Saturday, April 12th. Register with the QR code for free food and students who attend all 3 days qualify for 1 free design credit! Learn more at our website.
HOPES [30] has invited speakers from across disciplines to talk about cultural resurgence. Confirmed speakers for this year are:
- Lisa & Leaf Hillman
- Dark Matter University
- Shamichael Hallman
- Dr. Fernando Ortiz-Moya
- Bailey Morgan Brown Mitchel
- Jaime Andrade Lopez
Student panels include topics of materials, history & current events, and food & landscape futures. With researchers from our very own University of Oregon, Oregon State University, University of Washington, and Cornell University, don’t miss this opportunity to see the projects that bring us HOPES.
Throughout the Conference will be smaller activities perfect for spending a relaxing Spring Term afternoon with your friends. Make fashion out of trash, attend a workshop, listen to poetry, see a film screening, or compete in the Egg Drop! Design a work of artful trashy fashion and watch it walk down the catwalk worn by a UO professor on Saturday, April 12th.
Join us for the RESURGENCE.
5:00–7:00 p.m.
Tim Hursley is an architectural photographer based in Little Rock, Arkansas. In the 1970s, he apprenticed in his native Detroit with Hungarian architect and photographer Balthazar Korab. His career has centered around photographing contemporary architecture, including the works of Moshe Safdie, Frank Gehry, and Marlon Blackwell. Museum commissions have included MoMA, the Guggenheim, and the Israel Museum. Hursley's photographs of Auburn University's Rural Studio span thirty years and are chronicled in three books by Princeton Architectural Press. In 2004 PAP published Brothels of Nevada: Candid Views of America's Legal Sex Industry. Other notable series include Andy Warhol's last factory in New York, polygamist communities in the West, and funeral homes in the rural South. Hursley spends his free time primarily in Arkansas's delta region, documenting aging main streets, industrial agrarian structures, aerial agricultural landscapes, and duck blinds in the Mississippi Flyway.
5:00–7:00 p.m.
Amanda Loper, AIA, LEED AP, is a Principal at David Baker Architects, a collaborative architecture and urban design firm based in California and Alabama. With nearly two decades of engaged architectural experience, Amanda focuses on the big-picture potential of sites as well as overseeing the details that create unique built environments. Amanda established DBA_BHM—the firm’s Southeastern studio in Birmingham, Ala.—in 2016, drawing on more than 10 years experience designing urban infill housing, large-scale framework plans, and housing policy in the San Francisco Bay Area. Amanda holds degrees in both Architecture and Interior Architecture from Auburn University and is an alum of Rural Studio. She recently co-authored 9 Ways to Make Housing for People, DBA’s framework for community-forward design, and she writes and lectures frequently to bring social awareness to issues of housing and density within the urban setting.
This event is in-person on the UO Portland campus and is free and open to the public. A Zoom option is also available. Please register at this link. Meeting ID: 993 1419 2956
5:30–7:30 p.m.
Join UO’s Portland Architecture Program for a screening of the new documentary feature film, Lewerentz Divine Darkness, followed by a Q&A with Director Sven Blume.
UO Portland Room 121 Innovation Building 2811 NE Holman St. Portland, Oregon 97211 Time: 70 minutes + Q&A See the trailer here. About the Film: Sigurd Lewerentz is one of the most famous Swedish architects, considered a master of the profession internationally. His unique solutions were decades ahead of their time. Lewerentz did not want to be filmed or interviewed. His person, like his buildings, is surrounded by a mysterious aura. But in a root cellar in Lund, there is an unknown treasure. Film reels and audio tapes recorded by the architect Bernt Nyberg with Lewerentz during his last years are stored here. From the cellar, a cultural-historical journey begins, where the stylistic traces of Lewerentz within Nordic architecture become palpable. Classicism and modernism converge in a poetic brutality that awakens our deepest and most archaic cultural memories.
Filmmaker: Sven Blume is a Stockholm-based film director specializing in documentary filmmaking. He graduated from the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts in 2013 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Documentary Film. Since then, he has worked extensively as a director on documentary projects and has collaborated across disciplines within fine art, architecture, music videos, and dance.His latest feature-length documentary, Lewerentz Divine Darkness (2024), explores the work of architect Sigurd Lewerentz and marks his second film on architecture. Since its world premiere in spring 2024, the film has had a national cinema and broadcast release in Sweden and approximately 100 special screenings/festivals in 25 countries worldwide.
His previous films include Crooked Lines of Beauty – My Grandfather, the Architect Carl Nyrén (2021) and For Somebody Else (2020), a documentary about surrogate mothers in the United States, along with several short films. Blume's films have received critical acclaim, winning awards and being screened at festivals worldwide, as well as in museums, galleries, cinemas, and on public broadcasters in multiple countries. In recognition of his contributions to film, he became a member of the Swedish Film Academy in 2023.
5:00–7:00 p.m.
Join UO’s Portland Architecture Program for a reception and public lecture event celebrating the design of the Innovation Building at our new campus in NE Portland with Mandy Butler and Pam Saftler of TVA Architects. 5:00pm PST (talk at 5:30pm) Wednesday, May 21
UO Portland Innovation Commons (3rd Floor) Innovation Building 2811 NE Holman St. Portland, Oregon 97211
Zoom link Meeting ID: 971 9590 1469
About: Renovation holds a unique power to honor the past and embrace the future. More than a fix or an upgrade, it’s an opportunity to elevate the very essence of a building—revealing its hidden potential, respecting its original character, and reimagining it for contemporary needs. By thoughtfully reconsidering how an existing structure can support modern uses, renovation transforms constraints into catalysts for creativity—allowing designers to rethink space, introduce modern technologies, improve performance, and strengthen a building’s connection to its history, place, and purpose.
Join TVA Principals Pam Saftler and Mandy Butler as they share stories and strategies from three recent renovation projects at the University of Oregon: Huestis Hall and Friendly Hall in Eugene, and the Innovation Building in Portland. While each project presented distinct architectural and programmatic challenges, they all shared a common thread: the transformative power of renovation. This talk will highlight TVA’s pursuit of the “twofer”—a single design move that solves a problem and delivers added value. Whether through aesthetics, user experience, or sustainability, the twofer is smart, efficient, and impactful.
MANDY BUTLER, AIA Mandy Butler is a Principal at TVA Architects, where she leads the design and planning of complex, high-performance learning environments—including science and technology research facilities, laboratories, and hands-on teaching spaces. With deep expertise in programming and planning, she creates spaces that meet the technical and functional needs of students and faculty while supporting evolving teaching methodologies. Mandy brings a strong command of technical requirements, regulatory standards, and stakeholder priorities to every project, resulting in adaptable, forward-thinking designs that are both effective and inspiring.
Her recent work for the University of Oregon includes the Huestis Hall Deferred Maintenance Project, multiple research and teaching lab renovations in Klamath Hall, and the Innovation Building Renovation on the Portland campus. She also recently led UO stakeholders through programming for the renovation of Friendly Hall.
Mandy holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Oregon and has served on the College of Design’s Dean’s Council, offering strategic insight on development, diversity initiatives, and community engagement.
PAM SAFTLER, AIA, IIDA Pam Saftler is a Principal at TVA Architects with nearly three decades of experience shaping projects that elevate the human experience through thoughtful design. With a foundation in architecture, environmental design, and urban planning, Pam is adept at transforming complex programmatic requirements into spaces that are both highly functional and inspiring.
She has led numerous higher education initiatives, bringing together diverse stakeholder groups to create adaptable, high-performance environments that support hands-on learning, collaboration, and innovation. Her portfolio includes major renovations, laboratory upgrades, and makerspaces that enhance the daily experience of students and faculty alike.
Pam’s recent work for the University of Oregon includes the Huestis Hall Deferred Maintenance Project, renovations to Klamath Hall, and the Innovation Building Renovation on the Portland campus. She is currently leading the renovation of Friendly Hall, the third-oldest building on the Eugene campus.