4:00–5:30 p.m.
Want to learn more about the emerging Mass Timber field? The Critical Mass Timber meetup series is for you!
Featuring 45 minutes of short panel presentations from experts followed by an open discussion, the aim of these immersive presentations and dialogues is to share expertise and promote productive discussion about Mass Timber in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
This meetup will explore emerging and future opportunities leveraging the power and flexibility of robotics to advance the way we design and create with mass timber from boards to buildings. The session will be moderated by Dr. Dylan Wood, Assistant Professor at the University of Oregon's School of Architecture and Environment.
Join the group online for this exciting afternoon of innovation and conversation on the future of timber construction! Make sure to RSVP to reserve your spot.
5:00–7:00 p.m.
A Comprehensive Approach to Sustainable Urban Design
Despite wide agreement about its importance to the future of humanity, sustainable urban design remains a complicated, largely fragmented field of practice. The diversity of issues, scales, disciplines, and contexts make it challenging to deliver integrated outcomes that measurably advance sustainability goals.
The Sustainable Urban Design Handbook hopes to change this–through the presentation of a comprehensive approach that makes sustainable urban design achievable in every project, at every scale, in every city. Authors Nico Larco, Professor at the University of Oregon, and Kaarin Knudson, Mayor-Elect of Eugene, Oregon, will share their work and introduce this comprehensive approach.
Drawing from best practices in the field and peer-reviewed research, The Sustainable Urban Design Handbook presents a framework that organizes more than 50 elements of sustainable urban design under five topics—Energy Use & Greenhouse Gas, Water, Ecology & Habitat, Energy Use & Production, and Equity & Health—and relative to four project scales. It is an accessible, graphically rich reference for educators, designers, planners, developers, officials, and anyone engaged with the creation of sustainable urban environments.
Speakers:
Nico Larco
Professor, Architecture and Urban Design, University of Oregon
Director, Urbanism Next Center
Co-Director, Sustainable Cities Institute
Principal, ELEMENT/Urban Design
Kaarin Knudson
Mayor-Elect, City of Eugene
Principal, Better Practice Design Workshop
2:00–5:00 p.m.
The TallWood Design Institute is hosting an "Open House" of the MPP Workforce Housing Prototype at Oregon State University in Corvallis. The house will be open to the public for tours with the opportunity to hear from key project leads. The University of Oregon's project showcases the thermal and seismic resilience of mass timber as a building product, while exploring a possible cost-effective solution to the housing crisis.
Thursday, November 7th, 2 - 5 pm A.A. "Red" Emmerson Advanced Wood Products Lab 3205 SW Washington Way Corvallis, OR 97331
The two-story, two-bedroom house spans approximately 760 square feet and was designed to serve as part of a "cottage cluster" or as an accessory dwelling unit (ADU). The completed house was built with prefabricated mass plywood panels, allowing the house to be 'flat packed', or shipped in pieces for an efficient assembly process. Phase one of the project focused on testing construction means and methods, including evaluating shipping efficiency and field assembly, and documenting labor and material costs. The prototype serves as a necessary "proof of concept" for potential builders and developers.
To join us, please RSVP using the Eventbrite link, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mpp-prototype-open-house-tickets-1041435791487.
5:00–7:00 p.m.
MATERIAL ISSUES tracks KoningEizenberg's investigation into matters, large and small, that impact the practice's approach to design of housing and community places.
Julie Eizenberg, FAIA, LFRAIA, Principal brings design vision, leadership, and expertise to the firm’s people oriented design approach. She is an astute observer leading investigations that reshape the way we think about conventional building typologies. Her focus on the user experience whether it is an individual, underserved community or the public at large brings an empathetic perspective that translates seemingly mundane programs into places of ease and generosity. Julie teaches and lectures around the world, served on many boards including Public Architecture and From Youth Inside films. She was awarded the AIA | LA chapter Gold medal in 2012, Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal in 2019 and the American Academy of Arts & Letters Architecture award in 2021. In 2020, Julie was honored as a Design Leader in Architectural Record’s Women in Architecture Awards.
5:00–7:00 p.m.
Build Interactions Collaboration, Methods and Media in Profession and Academics
Katharina Körber is a educator and architect currently serving as a Visiting Professor of Practice at the School of Architecture and Environment. She also leads the competition department at Lengfeld & Wilisch Architekten, specializing in large-scale conversion and multi-use projects
Körber actively engages her students in exploring contemporary architectural challenges, such as transforming church spaces into community hubs. She co-manages the design-build laboratory 'Baulab,' which focuses on creating community spaces using a mobile construction trailer. Her students have earned numerous accolades, including the 'Neuland Award,' 'adc Bronze Nagel,' and the 'Future Prize' from the Hessian Ministry of Economics.
As a studio partner with Fabian P. Dahinten at 'Kontextstudio,' Körber has brought to life a variety of small-scale projects, including a learning center for architecture students, and a community house for teachers in South Africa. Her work emphasizes the connection between people and materials.
A founding member and board member of 'nexture+,' a national network for junior planners in Germany, Körber is dedicated to advocating for the interests of emerging architects. She organized the 'Young Architects Day 2022' in Berlin, bringing together 300 students, educators, practitioners, and chamber representatives to strategize for the future of planning.
Körber is a member of the Association of German Architects and is committed to fostering a quality building culture. She earned her master's degree at Syracuse University as a Fulbright and DAAD scholar, where she was honored with the Alpha Rho Chi Medal. Through her multifaceted contributions, Körber continues to inspire the next generation of architects.
5:00–7:00 p.m.
In an era where wood is being revisited for its sustainable potentials, this talk will revolve around formal, spatial, and material explorations that attempt to produce new forms of knowledge around this medium.
Nader Tehrani
For his contributions to architecture as an art, Tehrani is the recipient of The American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize, the highest form of recognition of artistic merit in the United States. He is also the recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Design, and the Design Visionary by Cooper Hewitt and the Smithsonian Museum of Design National Design awards. Tehrani is Founding Principal of NADAAA, an interdisciplinary practice with a body of work in infrastructure, urbanism, architecture, and installations. Tehrani is also the former Dean of The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at The Cooper Union. The works of Nader Tehrani have been widely exhibited at MOMA, LA MOCA and ICA Boston.
4:00–5:00 p.m.
Join faculty member Clay Neal for a virtual fireside chat. He will share photos, play some Italian jazz, and cozy up with a cappuccino to answer questions about the program and the application process for the Architecture in Rome summer study abroad program.
Zoom link: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/92275889181
Apply by February 15! https://geo.uoregon.edu/programs/europe-italy/architecture-rome
5:00–6:30 p.m.
Join us to hear a Senior Lecturer of Landscape Architecture at the University of Hong Kong, Ms. Natalia Echeverri will discuss the integration of ecology into landscape architecture education and practice. Her lecture will highlight interdisciplinary collaboration challenges and showcase practice-based projects that address sensitive sites and transform traditional aquaculture landscapes in Southern China. The SDGs touched upon include Sustainable Cities and Communities, Climate Action, and Life on Land.
This event is housed by the Global Studies Institute along with the Association of Pacific Rim Universities and the School of Architecture and Environment. It is also sponsored by the Global Justice Program and Partnering with Student ASLA DEI Committee.
noon
Practicing: Development, Marketing, Strategy
Portland Professional Roundtable No.1
All students within the School of Architecture & Environment are encouraged to join.
Guests:
Sara Martin - Formerly LEVER Architecture & Selldorf Architects
Edward Running - FFA Architecture and Interiors
Chris Brown - Observation Studio
Location: Highland Hall, Portland, with online zoom link available
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.