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2013-2014 - INSTRUCTOR: GERRY GAST (Gast Hillmer Urban Design)

E A S T B A N K C O M M U N I T Y C H U R C HC E N T R A L E A S T S I D E W A T E R F R O N T , P O R T L A N D O R

The Central Eastside Waterfront is a unique urban opportunity to restore a healthy river-based lifestyle with robust water recreation and access, where you can play in the water and catch a salmon on your bike or kayak ride home. The church grows from the character of river life, using its metaphors, materials, and forms to root it in the district and support the life of the community. Horizontal connections support the congregation’s desire to worship god by engaging and being part of the community life around it, drawing congregants out into the community to love others.

A. Glulam arch beams - 12”x24”B. Glulam longitudinal beams - 6”x24”C. Concrete colums - 12”x24”

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D. Roof Assembly - 3”x8” T&G deck, insulation, vent space, 5/8” plywood sheathing, copper shingle roofingE. Infill shear walls - CNC stud framed & sheathed

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F. Curtain wall - aluminum mullion lattice gridG. Folding glazed door track systemH. Window system - butt glazedI. Clerestory band - butt glazed

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LOTUS ARTISAN Designed as a non-profit occupational woodworking training community in Sri Lanka that helps adolescents and young adults recover from the trauma of homelessness. The site is located in a National Mangrove Forest and Wetland between a tidal river and highway. The complex must maximize shading, capture the prevailing breeze crossing the highway, buffer road noise, and provide a sense of protection for students. The design includes integrated rainwater harvesting, wastewater treatment, and photo voltaic electricity generation.

SPRING 2012 - INSTRUCTOR: SUSAN JONES, FAIA (atelierjones)

ARCHITECTURE 584 — WINTER 2013INSTRUCTOR — DON GENASCI

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EAST ELEVATION PERSPECTIVE

ENTRY APPROACH AT BURNSIDE

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C H A R L E S M . M Y E R S C O M M U N I T Y C E N T E RProposed as part of a public plaza to mark both the historic entrance to Washington Park at West Burnside Street and the entrance to Portland from the West Hills. German immigrant Charles Myers was the first park superintendent, improving the park from 1885 until his death in 1901. The plaza, community center, and branch library are part of a larger urban plan to return West Burnside to a pedestrian-oriented urban boulevard.

WINTER 2013 - INSTRUCTOR: DON GENASCI, AIA

ARCHITECTURE 584 — WINTER 2013INSTRUCTOR — DON GENASCI

WEST ELEVATION

EAST ELEVATION PERSPECTIVE

ENTRY APPROACH AT BURNSIDE

NORTH ELEVATION

SOUTH ELEVATION

SOUTHEAST ELEVATION

ARCHITECTURE 584 — WINTER 2013INSTRUCTOR — DON GENASCI

WEST ELEVATION

EAST ELEVATION PERSPECTIVE

ENTRY APPROACH AT BURNSIDE

NORTH ELEVATION

SOUTH ELEVATION

SOUTHEAST ELEVATION

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BALCONY INTERMISSIONAMPHITHEATER

BEAVERTON PERFORMING ARTSPACE: A CATALYST FOR THE CREEKSIDE DISTRICT

SPRING 2013 - INSTRUCTORS: JIM KALVELAGE, AIA & JOE BALDWIN (OPSIS)

‘...forms guided by program and

place...linking human activities and traces in the geographical and cultural

landscape...supplying interconnections to ease communication and erode institutional barriers...procession, mingling,

interchange...the idea of a communal theater made to enhance human action, promote

enjoyment of light, space, view...and appeal to a physical sense of movement.’

“ Through these spaces we can conceive ourselves to move...”

‘...between city grid and topographical contours exist opportunities for

a landscape typology...the idea of a social landscape, an attempt to

stitch together the patchwork of existing communities and topography.’

COMMUNITY MUSIC INSTITUTE A Suzuki strings children’s training program. The 10,000 sf program includes a performance hall, large and small classrooms, studios for individual lessons, and community gathering space. The site is a 15,000 sf corner lot on a residential/commercial seam in Eugene, Oregon. The design creates a central, enclosed community gathering space surrounded by the other volumes and strongly connected to the neighborhood.

FALL 2011 - INSTRUCTOR: PETER KEYES