Fall Conference Sign-up

These conferences will take place in 477C (behind the Materials Resource Center down a corridor with a window) unless otherwise noted. Please contact me by text message to schedule a conference as I will be available Wed and Thurs. Nancy…

7 Problems & Solutions

I. Wood joints II. What are the key issues that your project needs to address?  How can you make an environment that fosters change? U.S. Income Distribution Portland Demographics State of the Re:Union podcast by Al Letson The Drop-out Crisis:  (Rosemary…

6 Site, Program, Biomimicry

NOTES FROM WEEK 6: I. Site Analysis Examples: – Jenna LH Smith’s Revitalizing the Rose thesis blog – Matthew Nick Byers’ Gateway Transit Centre II. Programming examples: – Alice Peterson’s Gateway Education Center – Jared Barak’s A Place to Make for…

5 Craft and Technology

I.  Traditional Ways of Making & New Digital Fabrication Andrew Kudless’ Seacraft studio Eggs : developing an expertise in making Craft: mark of the hand / WabiSabi How technologies are changing practice Walter Benjamin: The Work of Art in the  Age…

4 Making

1. Organize sculptural objects without any presentation. Discuss in small groups and report back: A. Meaning: – What can we read from the visual expression? – How do we contextualize the object? (that is, see it in terms of a…

2 Class notes & Portland trip

SUNDAY OCT 11th FIELD TRIP (Map) 9:50am Meet Lee Jorgenson at Holst Architecture, 110 Southeast 8th Avenue, 10:20am Meet at ADX  417 SE 11th Avenue for 45 min tour, ~30 min Q&A with Sarah Marshall, Education Director 11:40am Take #70 bus…

1 Learning Spaces

1 Learning Spaces

Here is a web post for our class.  Here is a link to a PDF from Rocky Mountain Institute on design process: 2010-10_X_10 Principles Here is the links to my social bookmarking site: Thriving through Making Diigo outliner. Pattern and Grasshopper…

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