Professor Howard Davis of the UO Department of Architecture has collaborated with MercyCorps Northwest and the Collaborative for Inclusive Urbanism to launch UO Portland Design Assistance | Design Build, a partnership between UO students and faculty in the UO Department of Architecture. The venture welcomes all interested design students, mentors, and supporters from allied fields to join and engage with the project. Read more on the A&AA blog. 

Above: Architecture graduate students talk to a Portland-area micro-entrepreneur about his space. The students are part of the UO Portland Design Assistance | Design Build partnership. Photo courtesy Howard Davis.