Professor Judith Sheine (pictured at left) joined the School of Architecture and Allied Arts in December as new head of the Department of Architecture. A nationally recognized educator and architect, she comes to Oregon from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Tom Fortier, BArch ‘81, has joined HOK's San Francisco studio as vice president and director of science and technology practice in San Francisco. Fortier, AIA, LEED AP, will guide the group's strategic initiatives while leading individual projects.
"Feminist Art and the Counterculture" is the topic of a talk by History of Art and Architecture Associate Professor Kate Mondloch at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on Wednesday, February 20, at 5:30 p.m.
Keeping cities economically prosperous, livable, healthy, and environmentally sustainable will require new approaches and innovations in all city systems.
A lecture by Intel innovation strategist and UO in Portland instructor Herman D’Hooge on January 31 in Portland will discuss how urbanization affects a city’s infrastructure, resources, and services, and how “smart city” design can help.
Associate Professor Kate Mondloch will discuss new media artist Mariko Mori’s multimedia installation “Wave UFO” during a talk at noon January 23 in the Jane Grant Conference Room, 330 Hendricks Hall, 1408 University Street, on the UO campus. The presentation is open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.
Mondloch is associate professor and director of graduate studies at the UO Department of the History of Art and Architecture. Her talk is entitled “Mind Over Matter: Mariko Mori and the Neuroscientific Turn.”
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA) and Master Capital Management are hosting an inflatable architecture design contest inspired by the 1970s designs of an experimental architectural group and artist collective. Submissions are due February 1.
All architects, artists, designers, students, faculty, and members of the public are welcome to enter. The JSMA encourages both professionals and amateurs to create teams of three to five people to explore the possibilities of inflatable design.
The 2013 Recruitment Fair at the University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts will be held Thursday, February 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Lawrence Hall on the UO campus. The event enables employers, current students, and recent graduates to engage first-hand with one another about career opportunities. Friday, March 1, is set aside for candidate interviews.
Bruce Bonine, BArch ‘67, has spent 45 years providing architectural consultation and medical planning services worldwide. After serving as principal at NBBJ for 23 years, in 2004 he founded Medical Facility Innovations, Ltd., of Mercer Island, Washington, which focuses on creative and transformational medical center design worldwide.
“In November, the head of the Americans for the Arts came to Eugene to present the results of a national arts and economics study in which UO arts and administration students played a key role. Randy Cohen (photo at left), vice president of research and policy for Americans for the Arts, presented the findings to the Eugene arts community.
Architecture and landscape architecture students in the “OregonBILDS 2” studio at the University of Oregon are designing prototypes for an annual series of classes that will design and build a residence every year, with profits from each unit’s sale poured into a fund to make the program self-perpetuating. A grant from the UO Meyer Fund for a Sustainable Environment helped launch the idea.
