University of Oregon DAE Lecture Series - Updated

The University of Oregon Department of Architecture and Environmental Studies invites you to the next presentation in their 2021-22 Lecture Series:

May 17, 5:00pm
Symposium: On Spacial [In]justice: An Interdisciplinary Exchange
Lawrence Hall 115, 206

Opening Notes | 5-5:20pm | LA 115
Session ONE | Presentations | 5:20-6:30pm | LA 115
Session TWO | Conversations | 6:30-7:30pm | LA 206

This in-person symposium, organized and hosted by the School of Architecture & Environment, as part of its Design for Spatial Justice (DSJ) Initiative, will explore conceptions and practices of spatial [in]justice by inviting voices and synthesizing knowledge from multiple disciplines, thereby creating an exchange across and beyond disciplinary boundaries. It features short inputs by ten speakers (Session One) from diverse disciplinary and research backgrounds, and also includes roundtable discussions (Session Two) led by the School of Architecture & Environment’s current cohort of Design for Spatial Justice Fellows.

Speakers include Robert Clarke (Architecture), Sophia Ford (Environmental Studies / Geography), Elisandra Garcia (Architecture), Julieta Gil (Art & Technology), Yekang Ko (Landscape Architecture), Laura Pulido (Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies), Junichi Satoh (Architecture), Emily Eliza Scott (History of Art and Architecture / Environmental Studies), Sarah Wald (Environmental Studies / English), and Jean Yang (Landscape Architecture).

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May 20-21
2022 Reynolds Symposium: Aalto : Light
White Stag Blocks & Mt. Angel Library
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May 26, 5:30 | Eugene and Zoom
Marshall Brown 
Recurrent Visions

 Marshall Brown is an architect, artist, and scholar. Among other accomplishments, he has represented the United States at the Venice Architecture Biennale. His work is in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Contemporary Photography, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Marshall Brown is also an Associate Professor at the Princeton University School of Architecture where he directs the Princeton Urban Imagination Center. His first book, Recurrent Visions: The Architecture of Marshall Brown Projects will be published in June 2022 by Princeton Architectural Press, and his second book, The Architecture of Collage, will be published in October 2022 by Park Books in conjunction with a solo exhibition at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

LEVER Architecture Receives COTE Top Ten Award

The 2022 COTE® Top Ten program is in its 26th year and highlights projects that meet the AIA Committee on the Environment's rigorous criteria for social, economic, and ecological value. The COTE® Top Ten Plus designation denotes projects with exemplary performance data and post occupancy lessons.

AIA recently announced the 2022 COTE® Top Ten Awards. Among the recipients of this award was LEVER Architecture’s Meyer Memorial Trust Headquarters. Congratulations to LEVER!

Eugene Middle Housing Public Hearing April 18th

After two years' work, Eugene's proposed Middle Housing Code is at City Council! The Public Hearing is next Monday, April 18 at 7:30 PM. The meeting agenda is on the City of Eugene website, and it includes the Zoom link.

The Council will be acting on the Planning Commission's unanimous recommendation that addresses our community's affordability and climate-responsive housing goals, and includes a unique path to incentivize Affordable Housing. 9

It's time to edit and submit that letter you've been crafting in your head. Address written testimony HERE.

Then compose your thoughts to share with Council Monday evening. Signups start at 7 pm. Consider your strategy to speak early - or late - and signup accordingly between 7 and 7:30.

If you need a prompt, go to the Better Housing Together website for more info, including a couple of new infographics.

Read Randy Nishimura's blog on this process from April 9.

The Planning Commission recommendations are on the City's website

Speak up!