Architecture
Port approves UO acoustic research laboratory at the Mass Timber and Housing Innovation Campus at Terminal 2
The Port of Portland has approved a lease for the University of Oregon’s acoustic research laboratory planned at the Mass Timber and Housing Innovation Campus at Terminal 2. The Oregon Acoustic Research Laboratory is the research and development anchor tenant planned for the campus, where the Port is transforming a former marine terminal in Portland’s Northwest industrial area into a manufacturing hub to support Oregon’s growing mass timber industry, create new jobs and address the region’s housing shortage.
Test home heralds innovative, greener construction method
In the future, your new home might be delivered by flatpack like an IKEA bookshelf. Instead of a frame of two-by-fours, workers would assemble prefabricated panels that fit together like pieces of a gingerbread house — only much more precisely.
Small House, Big Impact - MPP Workforce Housing Prototype Impressions
Courtesy of the Oregon Mass Timber Coalition and OSU, the following video captures the impressions of the excited group of developers, builders, researchers, and community members who came to tour the MPP Workforce Housing prototype in Corvallis.
MArch Alumna Talks Fulbright Experience in Philippines
MArch '13 alumna, Olivia Mae M. Asuncion, talks about her Fulbright experience in the Philippines.
SAE Hires New School Head
Ulrich "Uli" Dangel is set to join the School of Architecture & Environment as its new head.
Four SAE Students Honored in METROPOLIS Future100
Four SAE students were honored by METROPOLIS as part of their Future100 program. Click to see who was selected!
Finding Comfort in the Details
In the spring of 2023, Rigel Wakil, BArch '24, was talking with his classmate, a Student Ambassador named Honour Colby, about an exciting opportunity. Thanks to the Hart Howerton Fellowship, he earned an opportunity to explore and research traditional Japanese inns, Ryokans, on a planned research trip later that summer. Close to a year later, Wakil returned to the College of Design and presented his findings to the School of Architecture & Environment (SAE).