Virginia Cartwright, Assistant Professor
Email: vcart@uoregon.edu
A.B., 1975, California, Berkeley
M.Arch., 1981, Oregon. (1986)
Professor Cartwright's interest is in developing the spatial and formal aspects of architecture in response to climate, light and sun. She has done work on the role of atria and courtyards as daylighting strategies, and on the relationships between lighting strategies and the formal/compositional aspects of buildings. This work has included studies on the buildings of the prominent Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, and consulting work on lighting in contemporary building design. Professor Cartwright administers the Baker Lighting Laboratory of the Department of Architecture.Professor Cartwright teaches architectural design as well as courses in daylighting, electric lighting, site and climate, and a seminar on the architecture of Alvar Aalto.
