Nico Larco, Assistant Professor
Email: nlarco@uoregon.edu
B.Arch, B.Arts (Cognitive Psychology), 1996, Cornell University
M.Arch, M.C.P. (Urban Design), 2001, University of California, Berkeley
My area of research, related to both my academic and professional background, focuses on the nexus between architecture and urbanism. One line of inquiry I am pursuing is the question of how architecture contributes, creates, and engages the urban environment a priori of any larger scale urban design intent. What specifically, within the realm of architecture, can a building contribute to the urban. Asking this question of architecture enables it to act at scales that urban design is often unable or restricted from addressing.
I am also interested in alternative patterns of development in Suburbia. There is currently a shift occurring within the peripheries of our cities as social constructs and physical realities collide. The re-development of suburbia holds enormous promise both as an adaptation to changing sociology and in the potential for a more sustainable approach to existing forms of development. Multidisciplinary approaches to architecture and urban design will be critical in how this transformation takes shape.
