5:00 p.m.
The upcoming lecture, Lessons from the Work of Marsha Maytum, FAIA, on October 14 at the College of Design. Bill Leddy will lead a poignant presentation on the works of Marsha Maytum and we hope to see you here in Eugene.
In an era of unprecedented change and challenge, Marsha Maytum, FAIA, helped to redefine the role of the architect in society. She believed that we can no longer afford to be simply form makers — we must learn to focus the transformative power of design and advocacy to lead our communities toward a just, resilient, carbon-neutral future for all. Design & Advocacy is a compendium of lessons learned during a nearly half-century career devoted to making the world a better place.
Join us in Eugene at the College of Design on October 14 starting at 5 pm for a rousing lecture followed by refreshments in Lawrence Hall's Hayden Gallery. We hope to see you there!
William Leddy, FAIA, is a Founding Principal of San Francisco-based LEDDY MAYTUM STACY Architects (LMSA), the 2017 recipient of the national American Institute of Architects Firm Award. For over three decades he has been a national leader in the design of environments that promote social justice, inclusion, and urgent climate action. LMSA has received over 175 regional, national and international design awards and has been recognized by numerous organizations including the American Institute of Architects, the French Institute of Architects, the Norwegian Association of Architects, the U.S. Department of Energy, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the National Building Museum. LMSA is one of only three firms in the nation to have received twelve or more national AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Green Project awards – the Institute’s highest recognition of integrated design excellence. Leddy has lectured widely and served as visiting professor at the Southern California Institute of Architecture and the California College of the Arts, as the Howard A. Friedman Visiting Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Pietro Belluschi Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Oregon. His 2010 design for the Ed Roberts Campus in Berkeley, California - an international center for the Disabled Rights Movement - is widely recognized as a national landmark of advanced Universal Design at a civic scale. The simple, replicable UD design strategies developed at the ERC have been applied to all the firm’s projects since, creating inviting public spaces that welcome everyone regardless of age or ability.
LMSA’s new book - “Practice with Purpose: A Guide to Mission Driven Design” - was published in 2023.
5:00–7:00 p.m.
Please join the UO Portland Architecture Program for an inaugural public lecture and celebration at their new home, Highland Hall, designed by LEVER Architecture with founding principal Thomas Robinson. This event is free and open to the public. Food and light refreshments will be provided. BIO Thomas Robinson is the Founder of LEVER Architecture, a 40-person firm based in Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles, California. The firm collaborates with communities and institutions to design buildings that elevate human experience and foreground social and climate justice. LEVER is recognized nationally for design excellence and pioneering work with mass timber construction. Thomas’ work encompasses multiple scales and types, ranging from a major expansion of the Portland Museum of Art to Adidas’ North American headquarters. In parallel with these projects, he has developed a research practice that creates and tests next generation building assemblies and sustainable tools—an effort supported by more than $2M in grant funding. For this commitment to groundbreaking design, LEVER was recognized by Fast Company as one of the world’s most innovative companies; and in 2017, was named to Architectural Record’s Design Vanguard and the Architectural League of New York’s Emerging Voices. Selected current projects include Maine’s Portland Museum of Art, Portland State University’s School of Art + Design, two libraries for Multnomah County, a multi-building campus project for NBCUniversal; and 843 N Spring Street, a development slated to become one of LA’s largest CLT buildings.
1:30–7:00 p.m.
We will focus on resilient design strategies for the built environment and how they relate to sustainable design, in harmony or opposition. Meet and share ideas and solutions with designers, researchers, and leaders, and join us for a project tour of a resilient-rated building and other activities. For more information and registration visit the Symposium website: https://reynoldssymposium.uoregon.edu/ Register early bird!
October 18's event will be held in Gerlinger Hall and Saturday, October 19's event will be held in Lawrence Hall, Room 177.
Keynotes: Evan Reis, Nicholas B. Rajkovich; Panelists: Victor Olgyay, John Reynolds, Ann V. Edminster, Carrie Brown, Gunnar Hubbard, Andre Le Duc, Craig Stockbridge, Chris Lowen, Dan McNally, Allison Anderson
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
noon
Ren DeCherney from Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute
CIRCULARITY
Ren is a licensed interior designer who uses her first-hand experience of the complexities of the building industry to help designers and manufacturers translate their sustainability pledges into reality. Prior to joining the Institute, she worked in Portland as a designer, where she took her firm PVC-free, making them the first firm in Portland to make such a commitment. She was then the Director of Industry Transparency at Source, a digital materials platform, where she synthesized design team needs and industry trends to integrate sustainability seamlessly into the design process. This included building various user tools, growing strategic partnerships, and developing all of the sustainability filters on the platform.
Every year, the built environment consumes 40% of materials, emits almost 40% of global carbon emissions, and contributes to 40% of waste sent to landfills. It’s time to clean up our act! The Cradle to Cradle Design Philosophy is the founding concept of the circularity movement and in this session you’ll hear about tools you can use to turn the philosophy into action. Attendees will be introduced to the circular economy, how Cradle to Cradle Certified® defines and measures the circularity of products, and immediate actions designers can take to integrate circularity into their practice. A circular economy could reduce global CO2 emissions from the built environment by 38% by 2050.
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.