This webpage was created by University of Oregon Architecture students taking Nancy Yen-wen Cheng's Arch 484-584 Architectural Design Studio in Fall 2009, part of the Sustainable Cities Initiative.

Precedent Study

Ross’s Landing Park and Plaza Chattanooga Tennessee started as a harbor city and latter became one of the worst places to live in the US. At one point the city officials decided that they were going to improve their city by fist reaching out to the citizens and asking them what they wanted changed. Once they […] […]

i charrette

After our presentation Sina and I met with some students from Eugene. We had some difficulty in our collaboration because we were working on different sites. Despite the differences we were able to speak in broad terms about schematic use of concepts like nodes, paths, and landmarks to create a memorable place. As Sina and […] […]

Collaboration.

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Plaza Design

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Rockwood Transit Stop and Plaza

For the past week, Drew and I have been working on developing a plaza and platform design for Rockwood Station in Gresham. We have started the process by looking at design goals that had previously been determined by Ziba (a Portland based design consultancy), the Rockwood community as well as Trimet. In addition to these […] […]

Wednesday’s Charrette

Having the chance to meet with Brooke Mullers class today was eye opening from a number of perspectives.  First off I am now all the more glad that I am doing my graduate studies here in Portland.  I can not imagine paying money for a degree where they throw early year undergraduate and graduate students in the same […] […]

Schematic Site Design

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Taking a ride on the Green Line

So this weekend I checked out the newest MAX line through downtown to PSU.  I chose this line because it was newest, and had some interesting station design besides traditional shelters.  One of the things I noticed about the Green Line stops were that they had different paving than other streets throughout downtown.  The roads were treated with brick pavers around the pedestrian walkways (sidewalks, crosswalks, etc.) […] […]

Got My Mac Back But No Software Left!!!!

So the saga continues.  I received my beloved MBP back today with all new inner and a shinny new top case but was given a horrible surprise.  I have no software installed and my PC partition no longer exists!!!!Its going to be a long night! […] […]

precedent studies

I am interested in public spaces that successfully execute the major programatic elements of this design problem. These elements include fountains, seating, sculptural art and shelters. The work of Lawrence Halprin has been a part of my life since my early teens. I spent time on his Water Garden on the East Campus of the Capital […] […]