This page is for sharing weblinks, books, & events relevant to the class. 

 

Events

 

Updated course schedule

 

• Tues Feb. 27 from 6-9pm: Public Forum on Rasor Park Mixed Use Center, River Road Elementary School, 120 West Hilliard Lane
• Wed Feb. 28: Architecture Dept Professional Firms Day
• Fri Mar 2:  1:15 pinup, 5:00 Light & Space Lecture
• Fri Mar 9 & Mon Mar 12:  Presentation Rehearsals
• Wed Mar 14:  Final Review in 279 LA from 2:00pm-6:00pm NEW TIME & PLACE

 

 

Handouts

 

Description

Syllabus

Assignment 1 - Community

Assignment 2 - Site Response : First Steps

Midterm Reflections

Assignment 4 - Building Design

Assignment 5 - Landscape

Sustainability Handout

Final Presentations & Evaluation Criteria

Final Review Schedule

Exit Interviews

 

What does cohousing look like? What will Eugene's Mixed Use Centers be like?

Portland Cohousing field trip itinerary + maps

Eugene: River Road Site + Crescent Village Mixed Use Center intinerary + maps

Eugene: Crescent Village story by Chad Kirkpatrick, rowhouse drawings & townhouse drawings by Rowell Brokaw.

 

 

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Housing Design: Density& Massing

 

• Arcadia in Carrboro, NC (recommended by Alex Daniell)
• Explaining Residential Density (includes great massing axons)
• Visualizing Density
• Housing Prototypes
• Minnesota examples
• Eugene Small Lot Infill Examples

 

• Eugene Housing Examples - possible Field Trip

 

• Cohousing-L Listserve discussion with searchable Archives

 

Site Information

 

• Site Photos from a recent trip to the building site at 505 River Road.

(Click the "ALL SIZES" button at the top of each image to download large images)

• More Site Photos focusing on greater context
• A diagram of major trees. (small - medium - large)
• Site Analysis: Spatial Environment.pdf
• Site Analysis: History.pdf
• Site Analysis: Traffic.pdf
• Elevations: North House (.dwg), South House (.dwg), River Road Elevation (jpg)
• Aerial view (hybrid) earth ppers combined flat.pdf

Green Design

 

• Sustainable Building Technical Manual...this is where it's at! (1.3mb .pdf file)
• The Living Building Challenge by Cascadia Green Building Council

 

     Sun Study Graphics

• Winter Noon Shadows on site plan by Joy Rackley
• Cumulative site shadows by Scottish Green Building Guide

 

     Rainwater Graphics

• Axonometric of Urban Rainwater flow & drains
• Annotated Site plan showing rainwater flow
• Axonometric of rainwater flow through planters & fountains by Jesse Varela & Anthony Varela
• Axonometric from Desert Botanical Garden
• Axonometrics of Barn Rainwater runoff
• Illustrated How to Harvest Rainwater
• Plans and section of Rainwater strategies

 

     Rainwater Techniques

• Waste & Water case study
• Rainwater Seattle
• Rainwater harvesting illustrated from India

  Seasonal monsoons and drought make water harvesting very critical in India.  Under "Rural", this website shows traditional low-tech ways to catch rainwater.  Under "Urban", it shows components and techniques with clear illustrations.

• Rainwater FUN!
• Rainwater Catchment Barrels - These are not pretty but there is some good info here.
• Large Scale Catchment - A much larger scheme with some good documentation. Perhaps a site-wide solution.
• Catchment Costs & How to's - Some quick figures on how catchment system costs. (and a video)
• Ole Errson's Catchment System - A local (from PDX) has created an affordable potable system. (news diagram photo)

 

Landscaping & Native Plantlife

 

• Guide for Using Willamette Valley Native Plants Along Your Stream (1.2mb .pdf file)

- Biosystems Analysis Group - www.biosys.orst.edu

• Appropriate Native Plants for Restoring Willamette Valley Landscapes (24kb .pdf file)

- Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides - www.pesticide.org

• Caring for Streamside Areas in the McKenzie Watershed: A Landowner's Guide (620kb .pdf file)

- McKenzie Watershed council - www.mckenziewc.org

 

Program

 

• Program.doc

 

Commonhouse Floorplans

 

• Champlain Valley Cohousing, Charlotte, VA
• Mosaic Commons, Berlin, MA
• Sonora Cohousing, Tucson, AZ
• Yulupa Cohousing, Santa Rosa, CA

 

 

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Winter 2007 Case Studies

• Cohousing and the Greater Community
• Demographics & Organizational Types
• Community Gathering Spaces
• Waste & Water

 

 

Elements of a Case Study

 

adapted from the AIA Case Study Development Guidelines: http://www.aia.org/ed_casestudies_guidelines

 

• a concise abstract describing the most significant elements of the case and identifying key team members, including the client and user representatives. (no more than one-half page)
• learning objectives that articulate the topics to be studied and provide a guide to understanding the lessons learned from the project (a few bullet points)
• perspectives, including protocols for decision-making, stories of practice, innovative ideas, and the value placed on innovation, measures of success, and graphic illustrations. Various “voices” should be considered.  
• analysis and reflection on the specific relevant details of the case, focused on a particular topic or considering a series of issues. The analysis may include measures of success or difficulty, often reconstructing decision-making to understand a project’s flow. Can include concerns, issues, design considerations, project development.

 

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