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ARCHITECTURE COURSES
Architecture courses cover subjects from introductory to advanced (elective) levels. Professional degree students are required to take introductory courses, followed by core curriculum requirements in the design arts and in design technology. A selection of advanced coursework (architecture electives) including approved courses in media, professional context and art/architectural history is required as well.
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LOWER DIVISION UNDERGRADUATE COURSES (Offered in Eugene)
Arch 283 and 284
Introductory Architectural Design Studio
This introductory design studio sequence of courses introduces fundamental concepts and considerations in environmental design. Through design exercises and studio critique, basic knowledge and skills are developed in order that the students can continue with intermediate studios and professional course work.
Arch 201
Introduction to Architecture
This course offers a structure of principles for making places for people. Lecture and lab sessions will examine places, design procedures and the use of architectural principles in general.
Arch 202
Design Skills
This course serves as an introduction to design process, methods and media. It is taught in conjunction with architectural studio for practical application of the lab exercises.
Arch 222
Introduction to Architectural Computer Graphics
This course serves as an introduction to basic skills for the computer. Through lecture and lab sessions students learn computer programs as applied to architectural illustration, drafting and design.
Arch 383/384
Intermediate Undergraduate Architectural Design I and II
This is the second year studio series for undergraduates. The studio projects will focus study on issues of context, activity support, spatial order, construction, structure and environmental control. There is an emphasis in the studio on schematic concept formation and subsequent architectural development.
UPPER DIVISION AND GRADUATE COURSES (Offered in Eugene)
Arch 407/507
Seminar
This course number has been established to cover a variety of seminar courses that are not necessarily offered every year and depend on the focus of the particular instructor.
Examples of seminar topics that have been taught recently are as follows:
-Site and Climate
-Design Judgement
-20th Century Scandinavian Architecture and Design
-Buildings of Louis I. Kahn
-Women and the Built Environment
-Portland Housing Study
-Study Stair Case Study: Design Development and Detail
-Sustainability in Architecture
-The Appearance of Daylight
-The Façade
-Desktop Lighting Simulation
Theory & Practice of Urban Design in the Portland Region
Arch 417/517
Context of the Profession
This course is an introduction to the professional practice of architecture and related careers. Through projects and presentations students learn about the legal and regulatory environment, firm organization and management, marketing and contractual issues and the construction process.
Arch 421/521
Analysis through Recording of Historic Buildings
Using field and laboratory techniques of graphic and written recording this course uses the study of local historic structure to develop understanding of construction and detailing methods and restorative measures.
Arch 422/522
Computer Applications in Architecture
This is a course developed to introduce students to computer applications in architectural design education and practice. Through lecture and laboratory students focus on the use of the computer in the design process as well as presentation techniques.
Arch 423 / 523
Intermediate Media for Design Development
Course gallery at the 423 / 523 level focuses on the development and application of graphic skills in relation to architectural representation and concept formation. Particular courses each term concentrate on various methods and techniques required to describe space, form, surface, and light.
Arch 424 / 524
Advanced Media for Design Development
Course gallery at the 424 / 524 level provides opportunity for instruction in specific media techniques for architectural analysis and design. Subject material will vary depending on the instructor.
Arch 425 / 525
Design Synthesis
This seminar type course studies the principles for the design of places for people. The course is taught through illustrated lectures, readings and discussions of projects.
Arch 426/526
Descriptive Geometry
This course provides proof and application of theorems of descriptive geometry. Particular drawings are studied including orthographic projection, intersections, developments, shade and shadow and perspective.
Arch 430/530
Architectural Context: Place and Culture
Through the study of historical and contemporary examples, this course develops a deeper understanding of how the design of buildings interacts with the physical and cultural contexts of human traditions, landscapes, settlements, cities and suburbs.
Arch 431/531
Settlement Patterns
Through the study of specific cultural settlements through history this course analyzes cities and settlements as three dimensional responses to physical context, culture and change. Implications of ideal models and utopian concepts and realization of place in the vernacular are focussed in various ways by the particular instructor.
Arch 432/532, 433/533
Settlement Patterns: Japanese Vernacular I, II
Japanese concepts of space and time, aesthetic and symbolic meaning, origins of form, and village structure. 432/532: space structuring principles in Japanese houses, the role of gardens. 433/533: village organization, principles of place making. Individual projects.
434/534
Vernacular Building
This course is a survey and history of everyday houses, public buildings and settlements built in cultures world wide. There is an emphasis in the course on building types, construction, human use and building process.
436/536
Theory of Urban Design I and II
In this course the cultural and formal ideas that underlie American and European Urban Design are examined through written and graphic examples from history through to modern day. Specific versions of this course focus on particular issues such as infrastructure, housing types, street environments and civic space.
438/538
Climate Analysis for Design
Using lectures and problem solving design exercises this course studies specific issues in buildings related to climate and human comfort.
Arch 440 / 540
Human Context of Design
This course uses theoretical principles, case studies and technical skills for assessing user needs, developing building programs, applying research findings to design, and evaluating performance of the built environment.
Arch 443 / 543
Social and Behavioral Factors in Design
The study and documentation of the patterns of human interaction with physical settings provides the basis for this course. Course material focuses on the application of social science paradigms and research in architectural programs, design and evaluation processes.
Arch 445/545
Housing in Society
Through lecture and discussion groups this course studies the history, theory and practice of housing design. An emphasis on social policy and emerging ideas in the design and provision of housing is applied while looking at historical and current examples.
Arch 447 / 547
Light and Color in Architecture
This course analyzes theory and application of light and color in architecture. In a project and laboratory format students develop an understanding of the implications and effects of light and color in space.
Arch 449 / 559
Architectural Programming
This course describes the theory and methods for uncovering and defining the requirements for an architectural project including the philosophic, sociological, operational, economic and contextual issues.
Arch 450 / 550
Spatial Composition
This course engages a fundamental framework of architectural experience realizing that inhabited space is the unique concern of the art of architecture and that architectural space is a means by which people measure their existence and expand their awareness. The framework of compositional principles are studied through historical examples in order to understand their role in the generation, perception and meaning of spatial organization.
Arch 458 / 558
Types and Typology
Types and Typology is a critical introduction to the theory of typology that categorizes urban and architectural forms by formal characteristics and cultural meaning. Lectures cover basic concepts, historical development and case studies.
Arch 461/ 561
Structural Behavior
This course develops a basic understanding of structural systems or elements and their implication on structural form. This understanding is fostered through lectures, laboratories and case study examples of historical and contemporary examples.
Arch 462 / 562
Wood and Steel Building Systems
This course studies the elements, connections and systems used in wood and steel structures from the perspective of the construction process as well as its implication on spatial and structural design.
Arch 463 / 563
Steel and Reinforced Concrete Building Systems
This course addresses the architectural implications of construction materials and structural systems and focuses on the structural planning of complex large scale buildings built of noncombustible construction systems.
Arch 469 / 569
Seismic Study
Seismic study looks at the interaction of earthquakes and buildings, how loads are applied and distributed through a structure. Lectures and projects analyze the influence of building configuration on response to earthquake loads.
Arch 465 / 565
Advanced Structures
This course involves the development of advanced analysis, design and planning of composite horizontal and vertical structural systems for buildings and infrastructure.
Arch 470 / 570
Building Construction
This course builds foundation knowledge of the concepts, skills and fundamental to structure, construction and materials.
Arch 471 / 571
Building Enclosure
This course covers the selection, design, detailing and performance evaluation of building envelopes including wood, glass, concrete, and masonry veneers and roofing.
Arch 472 / 572
Materials and Processes of Construction
This course develops awareness and understanding of the properties of building materials and processes of construction . The influence of materials and construction on design is analyzed and evaluated in lectures and laboratory sessions.
Arch 474 / 574
Preservation and Restoration Technology
The materials, structural systems, buildings and elements produced by historical technologies are studied through lecture and field gallery in order to develop understanding of their evolutionary, chronological and stylistic context. With this understanding the course outlines problems and solutions of deterioration and repair.
Arch 478 / 578
Architectural working Drawings
This course covers the methods and techniques of architectural working drawings as communication of the construction process through the use of case studies and student projects.
Arch 484 / 584
Intermediate Architectural Design
Architectural Design is a series of 'studios' taught each term. Within these studios design gallery is undertaken by the student involving comprehensive and integrative study over a wide range of project options. The course involves group discussion and gallery as well as individual design and criticism, lectures, field gallery, and public reviews.
Arch 485-486 /585-586
Advanced Architectural Design
The Advanced Architectural Design studios involve larger more complex design projects and are addressed for a two term sequence that allows more in depth and comprehensive design development .
Arch 491/ 591
Environmental Control Systems I
The course of study in Environmental Control Systems I uses lecture and project based learning to develop a deeper understanding of the relationship between architectural design and the environmental forces of sun, wind and light. The course is design centered and intended to foster the ability to quickly test architectural designs against fundamental ECS criteria informed by an ethic of wise and conservative use of environmental resources.
Arch 493 / 593
Solar Heating (3)
Continuation of solar energy topics from 491/591, 492/592, with advanced calculation procedures. Design implications and performance predictions for passive approaches to solar heating.
Arch 494 / 594
Passive Cooling (3)
Passive or natural cooling for buildings emphasizing design implications. Theory, application, and special problems in ventilation and storage mass, radiation, evaporation, earth contact and shading.
Arch 495 / 595
Daylighting (3)
Daylighting as an element of architectural design. Emphasis on models and photography to study the behavior of light. Case studies and presentation techniques.
Arch 503
Thesis (1-9)
Arch 601
Research: [Topic] (1-6)
Arch 602
Supervised College Teaching (1-6)
Arch 605
Reading and Conference (1-6)
Arch 606
Special Problems [Topic] (1-6)
Arch 607
Seminar [Topic] (1-6)
Arch 608
Workshop [Topic] (1-6)
Arch 609
Practicum [Topic] (1-6)
Arch 610
Experimental Course [Topic] (1-6)
Arch 611
Graduate Design Process (3)
Foundation knowledge, concepts and skills fundamental to design process and media subject areas.
Arch 612
Graduate Design Technology (4)
Foundation knowledge, concepts, and skills fundamental to structure, construction, and environmental control subject areas.
Arch 613
Graduate Design Arts (3)
Foundation knowledge and concepts fundamental to place response, human activity support, and spatial ordering subject areas.
Arch 619
Terminal Project (1-9)
Arch 620
Environmental Design Research (2-4)
Theory, methodologies, and techniques for research in design fields. Emphasizes principles and skills for investigating ideas, framing researchable problems, and conducting independent research.
Arch 661
Teaching Technical Subjects in Architecture (3)
Covers techniques for effective teaching. Focuses on one or more standard building-techology course in architecture and interior architecture.
Arch 690
Teaching Technology in Architectural Design (3)
Covers teaching techniques that integrate technical content in design project development. Applies techniques to traditional design studios or design-build apprenticeship.
Arch 680/681/682
Introductory Graduate Design (6,6,6)
Design projects and exercises intended to familiarize the student with fundamental concepts of environmental design. Emphasis on developing graphic skills and the capability for visual thinking that are essential to advanced studios.
Arch 683
Graduate Architectural Design: Option II (6)
Design to expand perception and response to issues in architectural design. Design as exploration of fundamental theoretical ideas. Studio projects require comprehensiveness and integrative study.
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UPPER DIVISION AND GRADUATE COURSES (Offered in Portland)
ARCH 407/507 Studies in Contemporary Architecture [3]
Introduction to selected major positions in late twentieth-century architectural theory and practice, from 1965 to the present. Each school of thought is represented by the work of several architects considered to be operating within similar theoretical guidelines. Since the work must be understood within an historical framework, students enrolled in the class must have a previous understanding of modern architectural history from 1750-1950.
ARCH 407/507 Housing Design [3]
The course examines the current state of multi-family housing design and construction in the United States, and the opportunities for change in the future. Examination of the current system of homebuilding and its response to a set of constraints imposed by codes, laws, economics, land tenure, marketing and convention. The goal is to understand constraints so that the architect can work within them and change them.
ARCH 407/507 Affordable Housing in the United States [3]
The need for affordable and low-income housing has become more critical in the past decade. It is an area of increasing concern and interest to architects, yet one in which they often find that they have little influence or control. Part of the difficulty is that architects usually focus upon a narrow range of design-related issues, without fully understanding the history, social context, financial intricacies or political issues of the problem. This class is intended to examine a broad range of housing issues, focusing on their effect upon affordable housing in the United States.
ARCH 407/507 Seminar: Italian Renaissance [3]
Examines ideas that led to the development of Renaissance architecture and urban form in Europe, from the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries. To demonstrate the importance of ideas, myth and tradition in the physical development of buildings and cities.
ARCH 407/507 Seminar: Modern Architecture Analysis [3]
Focus on case study contemporary buildings of various types and scales that are located in the Portland area. These buildings will be observed, examined and analyzed in terms of the intentions and principles underlying their design and the various building systems that work together to make those intentions manifest.
ARCH 407/507 Seminar: Principles of Urban Design [3]
Introduction to contemporary urban design theory and issues, with special focus on the Portland metropolitan area as a case study. The course reviews forces contributing to Portland’s national reputation as a “public city” with a strong civic culture. Examination of urban design policies and recent accomplishments in neighborhood and downtown revitalization, design of public spaces, innovative transportation-land use planning, and regional growth policies. Reading, discussion, visiting speakers and site visits. Study trips to neighboring cities in the Northwest region.
ARCH 407/507 Seminar: Case Studies in Contemporary Urban Design [3]
Critical examination of significant contemporary urban design projects and programs in North America and Europe. Urban design is examined as a multi-discipline process integrating physical, social, economic and political factors in concept formation and implementation. Case studies include recent projects in Vancouver, B.C.; Berlin; Bologna, Italy; New York; Providence; Newark; San Francisco; Seattle; and other major cities. The course includes readings, lecture-discussion, a case study research project and a study trip to major western cities.
ARCH 407/507 Environmental Architecture [3]
Lecture-discussion course focusing on the integration of environmental impacts into architectural design, including ecology, economics and social equity. The discussions illustrate examples of energy efficiency, sunlighting, resource and material selection, and the construction of healthy buildings.
ARCH 407/507 Integration of Building Systems and Environmental Resources [3]
Advanced technical discussion of the environmentally-sensitive integration of internal systems in buildings related to air, light, water and sound. Building types will include commercial high-rise, low-density retail and restaurants, educational buildings, community assembly buildings, industrial buildings, and multi-family residential. Topics will include site analysis, building massing and structure, resource efficient heating and cooling, ventilation for healthy indoor air quality, electrical lighting and daylighting, stormwater management and water conservation, acoustics, and low-toxic building material selection. Design emphasis will be for the three climate zones of the Pacific Northwest and economic impacts of design decisions on the construction budget.
ARCH 408/508 Architectural Programming [3]
Theory and methods of defining requirements for an architectural project, including philosophic, sociological, operational, economic and contextual issues. Students complete a full program study in parallel with their current studio project.
ARCH 408/508 Design and Financial Modeling [3]
Introduction to real estate development for design students. The class covers basic real estate markets and financial modeling to provide students with an understanding of how financial considerations influence building programs and design constraints. This class will be a broad overview with enough detail to allow students to do basic calculations of financial feasibility and design budgets.
ARCH 409/609 Practicum [5]
Internship in a Portland professional office. Students are placed in downtown architectural or planning offices for one term. The office provides the student with a paid honorarium and provides mentoring during the practicum period.
ARCH 410/510 Design Development [3]
Students will apply the technical knowledge acquired in preceding courses towards the full development of a studio project. Areas of focus include: building code [construction type, height and area, egress and accessibility], energy code, structural and mechanical systems design, building envelope, and integration of the building systems with the schematic architectural design.
ARCH 410/510 History and Theory of Modern Arch. [3]
Examination of the important developments in European and American modern architecture, 1890 to the present. Lecture-discussion. Students complete a term research project on a topic of their choice.
ARCH 412/512 Structural Planning [3]
Study of the relationship of structures and the structural engineer to the design team. Discussion of loads and forces, including seismic design criteria. Review of structural materials and systems. Visits to construction sites in Portland.
ARCH 417/517 Context of the Architectural Profession [3]
Introduction to the professional practice of architecture and related careers. Examines the professional, legal, and regulatory environment; firm organization and management; marketing; contractual issues; and the construction process.
ARCH 423/523 Adv. Media for Design Development [3]
Graphic representation as a language for architectural design and communication. Diagrams, sketch documentation and experimental graphics are investigated.
ARCH 424/524 Advanced Media-Computer Applications [3]
Advanced Applications of Digital Media in design. Introduces students to means of integrating programs and design media. Research on The Internet, Energy Scheming methods of analysis/ cognitive mapping and image manipulation.
ARCH 436/536 Theory of Urban Design I [3]
Examines the formal and cultural ideas that underlie American and European urban design. Ancient Greece to 1700.
ARCH 437/537 Theory of Urban Design II [3]
Continuation of Arch 436/437. 1700 to the present.
ARCH 458/558 Types and Typology [3]
Critical introduction to theories of typology that categorizes urban and architectural forms by formal characteristics and cultural meaning. Lectures and discussions cover basic concepts, historical development and case studies.
ARCH 471/571 The Building Envelope [4]
Focus on the weather envelope surrounding the primary structure. Examination of major material groups. Emphasis on selection of appropriate materials and their application to design contexts. Integration of architectural concepts with technical practice. Readings and detailing projects in lab sessions. Field trips to construction sites in Portland.
ARCH 484/584 Architectural Design Studio [6]
Design projects requiring comprehensive and integrative study over a wide range of project options. Individual criticism, group discussions, lectures and seminars by visiting specialists, public review of projects.
ARCH 485/585; 486/586 Advanced Arch. Design Studio [8+8]
A two term design project taken at the end of the studio sequence. Students select their own site and project, develop a program and prepare a comprehensive design project. The studios often focus on a general thematic topic of civic interest selected by the instructor. Investigation of urban design contextual issues, site analysis and design, conceptual architectural studies, definitive design and development of supportive building systems.
ARCH 601 Research [1-6]
Student generated research topic with faculty advisor.
ARCH 607 Seminar: Contemporary Architectural Theory [3]
Special seminar for incoming graduate students in the 2-year [Option II] program. Contemporary issues in architectural theory and practice. Comparative discussion and critique of work by significant contemporary architects in the world.
ARCH 683 Introductory Graduate Arch. Design Studio [6]
Design studio for incoming graduate students in the 2-year [Option II] graduate program. Design as exploration of theoretical ideas and their translation into architectural and urban spaces. Building tectonics are developed as they support and reinforce design concepts.
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INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
Courses offered by the interior architecture program make up a complete professional interior design curriculum that is enhanced with variable-topic electives and seminars. The study of interior design is interwoven with the study of architecture, particularly in the first two years. Introductory design studios, as well as core courses in design technology and the design arts are required for majors in both architecture and interior architecture. Mid-level design studios and professional courses offered by the program make up the bulk of the professional curriculum. These courses are taken by professional students in the undergraduate and graduate programs. A range of advanced seminars and electives offers students opportunities for in-depth study and research and a series of courses in the final year of study supports the development of a comprehensive project. For a complete overview of the curriculum please refer to the On-line Information Guide under admissions.
topLOWER DIVISION UNDERGRADUATE COURSES (Offered in Eugene)Arch 181/182
Introductory Architectural Design I, II (6)Architectural Design is a series of "studios" taught each term. Within these studios design work is undertaken by the student involving comprehensive and integrative study over a wide range of project options. The course involves group discussion and work as well as individual design and criticism, lectures, field work, and public reviews.
Arch 201
Introduction to the Profession (3)Course work, field trips, and lectures provide an introduction and background to the profession of interior architecture and design and to the academic program.
Arch 202
Design Skills (3)This course serves as an introduction to design process, methods and media. It is taught in conjunction with architectural studio for practical application of the lab excercises.
Iarc 204
Survey of Interior Architecture (4)Introduction to the theory of interior architecture. Design criteria explored through illustrated lectures and projects involving analysis of space.
Arch 222
Introduction to Architectural Computer Graphics (4)This course serves as an introduction to basic skills for the computer. Through lecture and lab sessions students learn computer programs as applied to architectural illustration, drafting and design.
Iarc 447 / 547
Color Theory and Application for the Built Environment (3)Use of color in the built environment including principal color systems, methods of color harmony, effects of visual phenomena, and various psychological, cultural and historical implications.
Arch 470
Building Skills (4)Introduction to the relationships between material properties, structural principles, construction processes, and architectural forms. Emphasizes wood and masonry systems.Iarc 448/548 (2)
UPPER DIVISON AND GRADUATE COURSES (Offered in Eugene)Arch 407/507
Seminar (1-6)This course number has been established to cover a variety of seminar courses that are not necessarily offered every year and depend on the focus of the particular instructor.
Iarc 417 / 517
Context of the Interior Architectural Profession (3)Social, economic and political forces influential in shaping the profession. Issues related to professional practice including contractual and specification documents, inter-professional relations, and trade resources.
Iarc 418 / 518
Building Design Regulation (3)Iarc 421 / 521
Analysis through Recording of Historic Buildings (3)Iarc 422 / 522
Computer Methods in Interior Architecture (3)Introduction to applications in computer-related design of interior space, especially related to design and presentation.
Arch 423 / 523
Media for Design Development (3)Course work at the 423/523 level focuses on the development and application of graphic skills in relation to architectural representation and concept formation. Particular courses each term concentrate on various methods and techniques required to describe space, form, surface, and light.
Iarc 424 / 524
Advanced Interior Design Development Media (3)Media issues related to design inquiry, development, communication, and design character. Use of perspective as a means of testing proposals for the proximate environment.
Iarc 444 / 544
Furniture and Accessories (3)Analysis of furnitire and cabinetry. Emphasis on design, development, methods of manufacture and distribution; furniture construction and techniques of shop drawing. Introduction to basic wood construction procedure.
Iarc 445 / 545
Thesis Preparation and Programming (3)Formulation of individual design thesis projects. Documentation of project issues, context, site, and building information, research, case studies, and programming.
Iarc 448 / 548
Thesis Programming and Research (2)Detailed programming and research for individual design thesis project. Includes documentation of design issues, research, case studies, and programming, as well as graphic presentation.
Iarc 449 / 549
Documentation of Thesis Research, Programming and Design (2)Written documentation of individual design thesis project. Includes documentation of design issues, research, case studies, and programming, as well as graphic presentation.
Iarc 471/571, 472/572
Materials of Interior DesignThe properties, manufacture, and application of materials used in construction and interior design; field trips to supply sources.
Iarc 473 / 573 (4)
Working Drawings in Interior ArchitecturePreparation of working drawings for project designed in interior architecture studio.
Iarc 475/575 (2)
Working Drawings for FurnitureDevelopment of full-scale working drawings and as-built drawings of furniture projects from furniture studio course.
Iarc 476/576 (3)
Historic FinishesHistoric paint and varnish finishes and methods of replicating them for application to restoration, rehabilitation, or new-construction projects.
Iarc 484/584 (6)
Interior DesignA series of creative projects in interior design; intensive analysis of design; methods of problem solving; individual criticism; review of design projects; group discussion and field trips.
Iarc 486/586, 487/587 (6)
Custom Cabinet and Furniture DesignProjects in design and construction of custom furniture, preparation of detailed shop drawings, shop procedure.
Iarc 488/588, 489/589 (6,6)
Interior Design Terminal ProjectStudent-initiated studies in interior design for the terminal project. Emphasis on comprehensive and integrative study.
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DESIGN STUDIO
The professional degree requirements include a full range of design studios from the introductory level to a two-term advanced studio which is considered the professional degree thesis. The introductory studios establish the comprehensive and integrative nature of the design discipline; the intermediate studios explore more detailed content integration in conjunction with fundamental classes; the advanced architectural design and interior design studios assume fundamental skills and knowledge across the curricular areas and are topical one term studios which focus on single projects; and the terminal studios focus for two terms on a programmatically complex, medium to large-scale building or project.
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PREVIOUS ARCHITECTURE STUDIO PROJECTS
Mixed-use Mid-Rise in Downtown Eugene
The High Rise Building as Body Metaphor: An Urban Tower in Vancouver, B.C.
South Shore False Creek, Vancouver, B.C.: Neighborhood Urban Design Concept and Catalyst
A Center for the Northwest Film Festival, Portland, OR
Squats as an analytical and generative model
Designing the 'New' in New England: Center for Population and Developmental Studies, Harvard, Cambridge, MA
Neighborhood Infill - Mixed-Use Residential Building for Formerly Homeless Inhabitants, Portland, OR
The Environmental Resource Center at University of Oregon
Head Office of the Fundacia Mies van der Rohe, Mointjuvic, Barcelona
An 'Almshouse' for New York City
Portland’s Boundaries and Edges
First Unitarian Church, Eugene, OR
La Placita - Hispanic Community Center/ Community for Hispanic Advancement
The American Center for Wine Food and the Arts, Napa Valley, CA
The International Glass Museum, Tacoma, WA
Washington State Maritime Museum, Tacoma, WA
A New M.H. De Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA
Native American Cultural heritage Center and National Memorial
Adaptive Reuse of Historic Portland Post Office
The Pier 70/Union Iron gallerys Historic District, San Francisco, CA
Emigrant Springs State Park - Environmental Education Center
PREVIOUS INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE STUDIO PROJECTS
Interior Architecture Design Studio Projects
A distinctive feature of our program is the design studio curriculum. Three long-standing policies distinguish our design studios from those in most other programs and these impact teaching and learning at every level. These are: 1) non-graded studios, 2) a mid-level curriculum that is vertically structured (graduates and undergraduates at various levels are mixed in the design studio), and 3) a tradition that all faculty teach design studio in addition to providing specialized instruction.
Interior architecture students take three (undergraduate) or two (graduate) beginning level design studios, four vertically structured IARC 4/584 Intermediate Design Studios, one IARC 4/584 Working Drawings studio, one IARC 4/586 Furniture Design studio and two IARC 4/588 and 4/589 Comprehensive Design studios. The mix of studios is carefully monitored for diversity of experience, since students may take a variety of paths in the mid-level studios. In the Intermediate 4/584 design studios there is a regular repetition of four basic studio "topics".
The four studio topics are listed as follows:
Place /Time /Culture
Place/Time/Culture studios focus student design investigations on a cultural, physical or temporal context. This may include projects that have sites with a particular evolutionary development or historical significance or programs that require students to interpret places and events and/or cultural conditions.
Recent studios offered under this topic include:
Mews Muse: Remodel of a London Mews
Istanbul Fotograf-Sinema-Video Vatfi: Center for the study of Film, Istanbul
3 + 3 + 3 Firehouse Studio: Three Firehouses, Three neighborhoods and three programs.
Working/Learning:
Working/Learning studios involve understanding how organizations and activities shape interior space and how to design for the needs of individuals and institutions. This type of studio typically includes programming/research to understand organizational structure, activities and adjacencies as well as the individual and collective needs of the users.
Recent studios offered under this topic include:
A Call Center for Royal Caribbean
A West Coast Office for McFarland Publishing
Understanding/Supporting User Needs:
Understanding/supporting user needs studios focus on a particular user group or a project with compelling physical design issues.
Recent studios offered under this topic include:
Room for Miracles: A Birthing Center
A Sports Medicine or Naturopathic Center
The New Inn for All Ages: A Living Learning Center for Campus Visitors
Concept/Media and Engaging the Senses:
Concept/media studios may be highly experimental or conceptual and/or may have a strong focus on the use of media to explore issues. This type could be focused on projects that demand a deep exploration of building systems and materials/details.
Recent studios offered under this topic include:
Lightfare: A New Restaurant in the Fox Tower
About an Advanced but Rooted Living Space, Barcelona
In the final year of study all interior architecture students complete a comprehensive design project. This three-term project integrates programming, research, and design process, as well as graphic, verbal and written communication, into an individual project conceived and executed by each student. Critical writing and thinking as well as problem solving skills are stressed. The comprehensive project serves as a vehicle for students to develop or reinforce specialized knowledge or explore specific theoretical questions.
ART HISTORY
The architecture and interior architecture subjects include coursework from introductory to advanced (elective) levels. Professional degree students are required to take the introductory courses, followed by required core courses in the design arts and in design technology, as well as approved courses in media, professional context and art/architectural history and a selection of advanced coursework (architecture/interior architecture electives).
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ART HISTORY COURSESARH 427/527
Greek ArchitectureOrigins of the Greek Orders and temple architecture ca. 900 to 400 B.C.
ARH 428/528
Roman ArchitectureArchitecture and building technology during the republican and imperial periods.
ARH 437/537
Romanesque ArchitectureArchitecture in Western Europe ca. A.D. 1000 to 1200. The period of monasteries, pilgrimages and Crusades.
ARH 438/538
Gothic Architecture I & IIArchitectureinWesternEuropeca.1130to1500 with an emphasis on northern France/Architecture in Western Europe ca.1130 to 1500 with an emphasis on England, Germany, and thearea outside northern France.
ARH 448/548
Renaissance ArchitectureExamination of the significant developments in architecture in Italy and the rest of Europe, 1400-1585.
ARH 449/549
Baroque ArchitectureExamination of the significant developments in architecture in Italy and the rest of Europe, 1585-1750.
ARH 460/560
18th Century ArchitectureExamines the development of modern architecture including the rise of archaeology, the impact of new technologies, and the appearance of the professional architect.
ARH 461/561
19th Century ArchitectureMajor developments in architecture in Europe,1800-1900. Special emphasis on such topics as the impact of eclecticism, industrialization, and urban growth.
ARH 462/562
20th Century Architecture
Major developments in Europe, 1890 to the present. Topics include the theory of international modernism and the rise of ethnic traditions.
ARH 463/563
Native American Architecture
General examination of building traditions among native peoples of North America. Explores cosmological symbolism, building techniques, materials, settlements, and influences of culture and climate.
ARH 464/564
American Architecture I
Major developments in American architecture from 1600-1800; includes vernacular traditions, late-baroque transplantations, and the effort to create national symbols.
ARH 465/565
American Architecture II
Major developments in American architecture from 1800-1900; includes the rediscovery of national symbols, the impact of industry, and the national focus on the single-family residence.
ARH 466/566
American Architecture III
Major developments in American architecture from 1885 to the present; emphasizes academics, the impact of international modernism, and the rediscovery of eclectic symbolism.
ARH 467/567
Chicago Architecture
Examines the development of architecture in this especially American city, focusing on the invention of the skyscraper and the suburban family home.
ARH 468/568
Oregon Architecture
Exploration of the development of architecture in the Oregon territory from prehistoric times to the present. Includes settlements, building types, urban planning, and civil engineering.
ARH 474/574
History of Interior Architecture I, II, III
Interior architecture as artistic expression. Includes the study of furnishings, textiles, and other interior traditions.
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