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Special Programs
Design Build | Oira Italy Field School | Habitat for Humanity | Pacific Northwest Field School | Study Abroad | Teaching Technology | Summer Academy | Internships
Design Build
Offered by the Departments of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, the goal of the Design/Build course is to offer experience in all facets of the building process. Generally, the first term is devoted to pre-design, programming and schematics; design development and contract document phases; and procuring the required building permits. The final phases engage students in “hands-on” site preparation and construction of the project. A project is chosen from a list of possible projects submitted by public and non-profit agencies. Ideally, the projects are of a scope enabling their completion within a period of 3-6 months (one to two terms). Past projects include the Lawrence Courtyard; the U of O Kiln Shed; the Millrace Shelter, the City of Coburg Bandstand, Springfield’s Millrace Overlook, the U of O Millrace Footbridge, and the Dorris Ranch Interpretive Center.
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The Oira Italy Field School
The Oira Summer Field School, offered jointly by the Historic Preservation Program and the Department of Architecture, provides in-depth exposure to the traditional building methods found in the in the deep, granite sloped Ossola Valley in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. Students work along side master masons and craftspeople observing and gaining hands-on experience. Regional scholars provide lectures and workshops. Students study, explore and document the cultural history of the valley including mysterious megalithic ruins, Roman ruins, medieval villages standing as they did in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, castles and breath-taking landscapes.
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Habitat for Humanity
Students working with local Habitat for Humanity chapters have organized weekend work parties. The most recent volunteer effort took the students to Harrisburg, Oregon, where they worked on the rough framing for a small house over a period of weekends, Spring 2006.
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Pacific Northwest Field School
Offered by the Historic Preservation Program, the Pacific Northwest Field School provides participants with the opportunity to experience construction and preservation techniques firsthand. The field school is normally offered during mid-August to mid-September in repeatable one-week sessions. Each week is designed to offer a different focus and present opportunities to learn and apply a variety of skills while a certain theme runs through the entire program. Sessions include tours of the local area, and a range of seminars covering preservation techniques framed within three concentrations: preservation theory; design and technology; preservation planning and cultural resource management; and resource identification and evaluation.
Past faculty at the Field School have come from the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department, Oregon State University, the University of Oregon, and the professional community. Past projects include significant historic structures located on local, state or federal parkland: Wilkins Ranch house, Pt. Reyes, CA; Block House, Ebey’s Landing, Nat’l Historical Reserve, Whidbey Island, WA; Thompson’s Flouring Mills, Shedd, OR; Railroad Ranch, Harriman State Park, Island Park, ID; Jesse Honeyman Memorial State Park, Florence, OR.
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Teaching Technology
For more than three decades, the Department of Architecture at the University of Oregon in Eugene has been in the forefront of teaching the integration of architectural design with building technology. This integration has been facilitated by our policy of having all faculty teach both design studios and subject courses. While most of our graduates are recognized as having a strong ability to combine design and technical issues in the process of building, perhaps the best measure of our success is the large number of our alumni who are currently teaching both design and technical subjects at universities world-wide*. To make our approach to the integration of design and technology more widely available in a systematic way, we have initiated a program in Teaching Technical Subjects in Architecture, leading to a certificate in this area. The program should be of interest to those already teaching at the university or community college level, to architecture students anticipating a teaching career, or to practitioners who wish to gain perspective and academic experience that will benefit them if they wish to move into teaching.
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Summer Architecture Academy
In 1983, the department founded the Summer Architecture Academy. This Eugene-based program is an intensive six-week "career discovery" program for students ranging from high school juniors and mid-career professionals considering a change of career. Summer Academy students complete a design studio, a media course, and attend workshops in environmental design topics: architectural technology, place response, spatial ordering, landscape architecture, interior architecture and the professional context.
For more information visit the Summer Academy website.
The Summer Architecture Adademy recently earned an EDITOR'S CHOICE award for "Best Quality" in early college programming, as selected by Robert Hydrisko, Editor of EARLY COLLGE PROGRAMS (the first book ever written on America's precollege and college enrichment programs).
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Internships
The off-campus practicum is available to students after the third year (or six design studios). The student receives credit for ARCH 409/509 Practicum or IARC 409/509 Practicum for completing 160 hours of experience in a professional office. The office agrees to provide a range of experiences for the student. 160 hours is approximately equal to three months of half-time employment. The student is often working half-time for wages at the same time as the practicum. All students are encouraged to have a professional office experience prior to taking their terminal studios (ARCH 485/585, 486/586, IARC 488/588, 489/589).
The architecture practicum coordinator is Otto Poticha, AIA, Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture and NCARB certified.
The interior architecture practicum coordinator is Linda Zimmer, IIDA, IBD, IDEC, Associate Professor and program director for Interior Architecture, and NCIDQ certified.
Practicum coursework is also available in Portland, during the regular school session and summer session. John Cava, AIA, Adjunct Assistant Professor, is the director of the Portland Practicum program.
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