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.

Class Agendas

Mon Nov 9, 2009

  • Review in classroom 555

Fri Nov 6, 2009

  • Desk crits

Wed Nov. 4, 2009

  • Share Case Studies
  • Desk Crits
  • Optional Grasshopper Help session

Mon, Nov. 2, 2009

  • Bullseye Glass Studio factory tour
  • Desk Crits

Fri Oct 30, 2009

  • James Harrison and Bill Taylor on Sculpture and Grasshopper parametric programming

Wed Oct 28, 2009

  • Pinup & Charette  with Brook Muller’s studio

Mon Oct 26, 2009

  • Schedule
  • Check-in :  Zotero & top references
  • Group crits

Oct 19, 2009

1:00 Bob Hastings and Deb Joran from Trimet, then David Byrne of Hennebery Eddy discuss station design

~3:00 Discussion followed by desk crits

  • conclusions from shading exercise
  • major considerations  for the station design (site & development forces)
  • ? how to integrate making with overall design
  • MIDTERM moved to Mon. Nov. 9 starts 1pm in 5th fl classroom.

REMEMBER to bring laptops for research session with Karen Munro on Wednesday.

Oct 16, 2009

Review of Assignment 2 with Dave Brugato, Jason Qujada and Justin Hunt

Oct 14, 2009

1:00-2:00 Jason Stenson discusses daylighting and shading for office buildings, ESBL, 1st floor WSB

2:00-3:40 desk crits

4:00-5:30 Lisa Heshong webcast (121 SW Salmon St at 1st)

Oct 12, 2009

1pm-3pm Nancy Clark Brown

3pm-4:50pm Announcements, check-in & worktime

  • Website notes: Blog posts with Comments can be siphoned onto Pages
  • Schedule for Wed:  ESBL 1pm-2pm, Webcast 4pm-5:30pm
  • Space for Pettinari
  • Diagramming light: optional PPT

Oct 9, 2009

– 12:00 Take eastbound Blue Line Max to Gresham City Hall station.
– 1:00-1:30: Meet Gresham facilities manager Dave Brugato in City Hall lobby, 1333 NW Eastman Pkwy, just north of City Hall station.
– 1:30-2:14: Civic Drive Station site
– 2:14 : take westbound MAX to Rockwood 188th station
– 2:30-3:00: Overview of Rockwood by Michael Parkhurst at former Fred Meyer site in Rockwood at 18709 SE Stark St
– 3:00-3:30: local perspectives from Rockwood
– 3:30-4:00: students work on place-recording / information gathering
– 4:00-4:15: gather at Rockwood MAX station to discuss station sites

Oct 7, 2009

  • 1:00-3:20 Review student work (start in studio, go to library classroom for darkness)
  • 3:20-3:50 Discuss readings
  • 3:50-4:20 Introduce new project, review schedule
  • 4:20-4:50 Plan Site Visit

Oct. 5, 2009

I. Check-in about progress

? Daylight modeling experience (heliodon, artificial sky in ESBL),  tools for next project (Energy Scheming, Ecotect)

? Rhino Grasshopper interest

II.  Class website & RSS & Fair Use Guidelines
* Quick overview
* Creative Commons – an alternative to traditional copyright that encourages sharing
* Stanford University Library’s Copyright & Fair Use Overview: thorough, well-written
* Test yourself with the Copyright Challenge – a fun way to learn.

III.  Small Group discussions of images & modulators

Today’s goal:  everyone has a strong design direction to explore (optical phenomenon, material, physical configuration, method)

1:55  Group 1 sina, zach ellen

2:35  Group 2 adina, casey, bill

3:15 Group 3 kate, john, drew

3:55 Group 4 kathryn & jason