Nancy Cheng

Univ. of Oregon Architecture Department head Nancy Yen-wen Cheng, RA, LEED AP researches how design tools and approaches shape outcomes, with a specialization in how craft and computation can stimulate the creative process. She has developed expertise in manipulating sheet materials to create light-modulating structures and has researched how surface relief patterns can increase convective cooling. She has developed fold and slot joints that give structural rigidity to foldable sheet structures and is eager to apply them to rapidly deployable refugee shelters.

The Cheat Sheet/Condensed Info

Published by Nancy Cheng on January 13, 2013

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Biomimcry: Designing with Nature

Published by Nancy Cheng on January 13, 2013

Above is an image of Scotch Broom, which is a plant species found in Sullivan’s Gulch (an area located next to my site). I decided to take a look at this species in particular because of the mechanism of how it disperses the seeds and found that it would integrate into an architectural building system […]

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Ecosystem and Organism

Published by Nancy Cheng on January 11, 2013

Ecosystem and Organism

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Growing with Lents

Published by Nancy Cheng on January 10, 2013

This blog catalogues the ongoing development a proposal for a new building sited in Lents, Oregon. It is envisioned as a place that serves the community and city, by bringing together the trappings of physical production under one roof. … Continue reading →

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Savannah, Georgia

Published by Nancy Cheng on January 6, 2013

Trustees Theater SCAD Eichberg Hall SCAD Telfair Museums: Jepson Center for the Arts I have just returned from the American Institute of Architecture Students’ 56th annual, and my fourth, Forum. Held in Savannah and hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design, this year’s conference focused heavily on historic preservation, adaptive reuse, and community […]

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