Cultivating a forum for dialogue and networking opportunities between students and professionals practicing ecological and sustainable design, the student-led Ecological Design Center hosts the HOPES (Holistic Opportunities for Planet Earth Sustainability) Conference each spring. Our programs and faculty are nationally recognized for their innovation in environmental sustainability research in the design of buildings and communities. Grounded in a unique multidisciplinary structure, the Department of Architecture includes programs in Eugene as well as an urban architecture program based in Portland. Winds, whereas the north façade shelters a variety of window configurations that are screened from the sun by a series of metallic ‘eyebrows’ that effectively create a art piece as well as a shielding system. We play out our belief that – as well as identifiable ‘teaching’- the experience of a good school is made up of friendship, atmosphere, nuance intriguedness and inspiration. A central part of architectural education is the design studio, in which students learn through hands-on experience in design. All students enrolled in studios are assigned their own workstation within a space dedicated to their studio group and available for use at all hours. Here, a group of students are presenting a set of drawings (based off a computer model created in Rhino) and a physical scale model at an early point in the design process-the schematic design-to a small audience of two visiting architecture faculty members from other institutions.

by christenasalcido | Jul 8, 2024 | Computers, Software