HOPES: panels

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Green Begins with Team: Panel Discussion with the Design Team for the Lillis Business Complex
Saturday April 17 9:00-10:30 am Lawrence 206

As the number of completed projects with sustainability as a design goal grows worldwide, it is becoming increasingly apparent that success in green building follows from success in team building. The recently completed Lillis Business Complex accommodates several sustainable strategies, including natural ventilation, solar power generation, and daylight integration. Members of the design team will be on hand to explain how these strategies were put into practice and how a team effort made the project.

C. Mark Penrod: Vice President and Principal Mechanical Engineer with Balzhiser and Hubbard Engineers: Lead the mechanical design and stayed with the project through construction
Jim Krumsick: Principle Electrical Engineer with Balzhiser and Hubbard Engineers: Lead the electrical design and stayed involved during construction.

Kent Duffy: Architect, AIA and Principle with SRG Partnership: Took business school from conceptual design through design development.

Hussain Mirza: Architect, AIA and Principle with SRG Partnership: Managed project for schedule, budget control, etc.

Building Better Fish: Teaching Wild Behavior to Hatchery Raised Chinook
Saturday April 17 9:00-10:30 am Lawrence 278

This panel will begin with a presentation from Kevin Higgins, Landscape Architecture undergraduate, U of O, on his comprehensive work to date titled, "Building Better Fish: Teaching Wild Behavior to Hatchery Raised Chinook." The mainstay of the project explores a redesign of the McKenzie Salmon Hatchery, located east of Springfield, OR. This undertaking illustrates how human induced physical elements-typical to current hatchery practices support a variety of negative behavioral responses in hatchery fish over time. The redesign of MSH will aptly assist hatchery Chinook's behavioral development, and encourage conduct that is more like their wild brethren, thus increasing survival among these fish to responsibly augment dwindling wild runs.
After his presentation, he will be joined by local Fisheries Biologist Stan Van de Wetering, and one of this year's keynote speakers Brock Dolman for a discussion of the issues surrounding developing better fish hatchery techniques.

Kevin Higgins is an undergraduate student of Landscape Architecture and is
also pursuing a minor in Geography at the U of O. Current interests
include: kayaking, propagating native wet prairie species, stormwater
gardening and volunteering for the Stream Team. He also enjoys hanging out with his cat.

Stan van de Wetering is a fisheries biologist currently working in the the natural resources division of the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians. His work involves the conversion of a traditional state fish hatchery into a facility which promotes salmon reproduction using natural and less intrusive methods.

Brock Dolman (see keynote bio)

Integrating Ecological Design into Professional Practice
Sunday April 18 9:30 - 11:00 am Lawrence 279

The design profession is redefining itself in light of growing environmental awareness and social concerns. The contemporary professional must balance the pressures to produce work that is creative and within a budget while also striving to maximize environmental responsibility during construction and through the lifecycle of the project. Collaboration and coordination through design and construction between design professionals, engineers, consultants as well as the building owners can have a range of benefits. The design professions are seeing more multi disciplinary teams, including LEED certified members as well as ecological design and sustainability consultants as team members, to integrate ecologically responsible and socially responsive ideas into their projects. In this panel, led by UO alumni, we will look at resources and examples to educate ourselves, our coworkers, our boss, and our clients to the wide range of options available in materials and technologies that minimize the negative social and environmental impacts of our projects.

Hannah Wear - Eric Lloyd Wright & Associates, Architecture & Planning
Hannah is Chief Associate at Eric Lloyd Wright & Associates, Architecture & Planning in Malibu, California and serves as Project Manager for a number of diverse jobs. She feels it is important to assess the needs and parameters of her clients in order to appropriately integrate innovative solutions that are thoughtful and effective to provide for these needs. She is a specialist in passive and active solar design and has hands on experience working with photovoltaics and wind power system installations as well as experience with conventional and alternative construction methods. Hannah has been studying the cultivation and the many uses of bamboo as well as bamboo joinery for a number of years and has led several bamboo construction workshops in Oregon and California. Hannah achieved her Master of Architecture degree from the University of Oregon and served as HOPES Treasurer from 1995 - 97 and Co-Chair for the 1997 - 98 school year.

Noah Friedman - Pyatok & Associates
Noah holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Oregon and was Co-Chair of the 5th Annual HOPES Conference "Equity and Ecology". For the last three years Noah has been working at Pyatok Architects in Oakland, California. Noah's work at Pyatok has focused on the design of affordable housing, community planning and urban in-fill development. He has also worked as a volunteer for local non-profit housing developers providing much needed conceptual design and planning services as well as helping to run community design workshops. These experiences have reinforced Noah's belief that more equitable housing solutions are integral not only to the "Green" design movement but also to the overall health and sustainability of human societies.

Wildlife Habitat in an Urban Center
Saturday April 17 2:00-3:30pm Lawrence 206

Situated near the Willamette River, the new federal courthouse district in Eugene offers an opportunity to develop a riverfront that will serve as a cultural focus in downtown Eugene. What is the role of wildlife habitat in this urban context? We will explore this case study as a catalyst for a discussion about approaches to designing wildlife habitat in populated urban places.

Founded in 1899, the American Society of Landscape Architects is the national professional association representing landscape architects. ASLA promotes the landscape architecture profession and advances the practice through advocacy, education, communication, and fellowship. The University of Oregon, student chapter of the ASLA, sponsors this panel.
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~landarch/about/LA_asla.html

Robin Hostick, BLA from the University of Oregon, has practiced landscape architecture in Oregon, Maine and Munich, Germany since 1993. Robin currently works as a landscape architect for the City of Eugene, where private practice experience both internationally and at the Portland firm of Mayer/Reed, have given him a unique perspective on current design challenges and potential in Eugene. Robin has recently created development concepts and alternatives for the Federal courthouse and the Eugene Millrace project.

Dr. Bart Johnson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Studies Program at the University of Oregon. Both his teaching and research focus on the integration of ecological principles into landscape design, planning and management, with a particular emphasis on ecological restoration. He is the lead editor of the recent book "Ecology and Design: Frameworks for Learning", and is the UO lead for an international consortium on urban ecology education.

Nan Laurence, Associate Planner, City of Eugene, has worked on urban design, policy development, andcomprehensive planning issues for 20 years. She has been with the City of Eugene since 1997, concentrating on downtown issues. Prior to this
position, she worked with Lane County, Oregon; Alexandria, Virginia; and in Lowell, Newton, and Boston, Massachusetts. Nan has a Master of Architecture from the University of Virginia, a Master of Regional Planning from Cornell University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology/Sociology from Earlham College.

Josh Cerra (M.L.A., B.A. Biology) is an environmental designer with 10 years of prior experience in the natural resource sciences and land management fields. Since entering the landscape architectural profession, he has integrated ecology and design on landscape restoration, open space, bioengineering, and sensitive-habitat design projects. Josh often works with institutions to secure grant funding for projects. He currently works at David Evans and Associates Inc. in Portland.

Natural Ventilation Strategies: Case Studies of the Pacific Northwest
Saturday April 17 2:00-3:30 Lawrence 278

Natural ventilation, or more specifically the use outside air for fresh air or cooling a building or its occupants, is an environmental strategy well suited for the climate of the Pacific Northwest. Professor G.Z. Brown will provide an overview of climatic consideration and a brief analysis of various techniques for reducing a building's cooling load and then will moderate the case study presentations of three architects from regional firms. Mike Shea, project manager at at Fletcher Farr Ayotte Architects in Portland will present the Hood River County Library. Narada Golden, designer at BOORA architects, will address natural ventilation strategies employed in his firm's designs of public school buildings. Finally , Dietrich Wieland of Group McKenzie will talk about the American Honda NW Regional Headquarters, the first LEED gold certified building in the state of Oregon.

Mike Shea is a project manager at Fletcher Farr Ayotte Architects inPortland, OR. Recent projects include the Hood River County Library, using natural ventilation, and the Salem Sustainability Pilot Project, an office building for the State Department of Human Services, using 100% displacement ventilation and daylighting. He is currently managing sustainability aspects of the design of the Vancouver Hilton Hotel and Conference Center, and the new visitor center at Mt. Ranier National Park.

Dietrich Wieland is an associate with Group Mackenzie in Portland. He received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the UofO in 1997. As a LEED Certified Professional, Dietrich is working to integrate sustainable design approaches to his firm's projects, which include commercial, retail, athletic failities, mixed-use, and industrial projects. As chair of Group Mackenzie's "Green Committee", Dietrich is also an advocate of sustainable business practices.

Narada Golden has worked as a designer, green building advisor and LEED manager at BOORA Architects for over 4 years. He has worked on cultural, educational and residential projects throughout the country and managed the LEED certification process at BOORA for Clackamas High School, The Dalles Middle School and Taylor Street Development. Narada, a former H.O.P.E.S. volunteer and U of O alumni, has also contributed to a culture of ecological thinking within BOORA by organizing efforts such as Build Green BOORA, office wide Natural Step training, Northwest Earth Institute discussion courses and sustainable design peer reviews.

G. Z. Brown, Professor of Architecture and Director of the Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory, has been a faculty member of the University of Oregon since 1977, teaching Architectural Design, Environmental Control Systems, and Climate Analysis. In the last ten years Brown has provided daylighting and other energy design assistance for architects, engineers, and building owners for 10 million square feet of buildings and has completed over $14 million in externally funded research. He has co-authored two books, InsideOut: Design Procedures for Passive Environmental Technologies (2nd edition,1992), and Sun, Wind and Light: Architectural Design Strategies (2nd edition, 2001), as well as Energy Scheming 3.0, software for energy analysis at the schematic stage of the design process. He is currently at work on a white paper on natural ventilation in the Pacific Northwest.

Creating Responsible Design Solutions
Saturday April 17 9:00-10:30 am Lawrence 279

The unique opportunities and challenges of addressing ecological design issues in today's architecture firms will be explored through the experiences of UO alumni who are currently working in design or architecture firms. We will discuss the importance of balancing the pressures of the budget with achieving environmental and social responsibility. The panelists will show examples of their work experiences and projects to provide inspiration for us to reach for creative ways to be artistic and responsible in the pursuit of our own work.

Jason McLennan - Elements, a division of BNIM Architects
Jason McLennan serves as Director of Elements, the sustainable design consulting division of BNIM Architects, one of the pioneers in the green architecture movement. As the Director, he leads the office's efforts to improve the environmental performance of projects and is currently involved in research in the areas of energy efficiency and resource conservation, indoor air quality, daylighting and passive and appropriate technologies and design projects in multiple states around the country.
Jason is an adjunct professor at the University of Kansas where he has taught couses on Green Architecture, daylighting and technology. He is a former Director of the Solar Information Center at the University of Oregon where he helped disseminate information on sustainability and green architecture. He is on the national board of the AIA Committee on the Environment and the technical board for the US Green Building Council's LEED rating system. He is also a member of the Sustainable Buildings Industries Council and the American Solar Energy Society. Jason has been published in several journals, conference proceedings and books and he currently writes a column called The GreenEdge for Environmental Design & Construction magazine. His upcoming book, The Philosophy of Sustainable Design, will be published in 2004 by Ecotone Publishers.

Brian Murtagh - Bolighus Architecture, Portland Oregon
Brian has an Option III Masters of Architecture degree from the University of Oregon, and was Co-Chair during the first HOPES conference in 1994-95. For the past four years Brian has been a Project Manager at Bolighus (Bo'-lee-hoos) Architecture in Portland, Oregon. Their designs are in the modernist tradition and the firm specializes in buildings that are well integrated into their surroundings, with seamless transitions between indoor and outdoor spaces. Brian is currently a member of the steering committee for the Portland chapter of the AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE). He is also a member of the advisory board to Portland Community College's (PCC) Sustainable Building Certificate Program, and a member of the Humboldt Neighborhood Design Advisory Group for the PCC Cascade Campus Expansion
project. Brian will discuss a number of topics that are part of the small architecture firm's daily dynamic. Balancing the firm's modernist design approach with integrated / sustainable design and the client's desires presents challenges that often require innovative solutions. In discussion of two or three current residential projects, Brian will focus on building siting, material selection, alternative technologies, shading approaches and passive cooling solutions.

Matthew J. Swett - Taproot Design, Lake Whidbey, Washington Matthew Swett, is a licensed Architect and co-founder of Taproot Design LLC; a design firm with strong ecological roots. Along with his business partner and wife, Sarah Birger, he seeks to infuse idealism into realism and evolve the conventional into the intentional. He has a multi-faceted approach to design which encompasses not only the physical aspects of sustainability, but extends to include the more elusive qualities of time, spirit, and the nature of the sacred.
His work ranges from the small and experimental to community centers and institutions. Over the years, he has worked with Ross Chapin Architects where he helped to develop prototypes for community housing. Among the many citations, this work received two of Sunset Magazine's prestigious Honor Awards. While with Hellmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum (HOK), he developed an industry wide environmental material questionnaire and worked on such high profile projects as the greening of the U.S. Postal Service, and the EPA building in Triangle Park. He has taught architecture at Seattle Central Community College and lectured on numerous occasions. While at the University of Oregon, he helped to establish the Solar Information Center which we then co-directed from 1993-1995.

Politics and Architecture
Saturday 3:30-5:00 pm Lawrence 206

This HOPES panel will discuss how well current buildings and architecture trends reflect modern political and cultural issues. This relates to issues of gender equality, poverty, sexual orientation, racial equality, and uprising security issues. We will also explore what is the role sustainable architecture plays, or should play, in our changing political environment. Especially how women in architecture are taking part in this trend. We will also raise the question; if a building does not relate to current or future political issues, is it sustainable? We will also discuss how the design process is changing in relation to political issues and how much influence political trends have on architecture as well as architecture on trends. We hope to focus this discussion on the important role that women play in this process and how this affects the culture in our designs and work environments.

The Student Association for women in Architecture (SAWA) is a group that strives to promote gender diversity and equality with in the School of Architecture at the University of Oregon through various activities throughout the academic year. These activities include a display of
Women Architects in the Hearth each term, guest speakers who are women from the field of architecture, peer studio critiques, and activities with other student organizations in order to work towards a common goal. In the future we hope to establish a mentor program within the
academic and professional communities.

Ananya Roy (see keynote bio)

Hannah Wear (see bio Integrating Ecological Design into Professional Practice panel)

Asia Wright is the events coordinator and west coast representative of Architecture for Humanity (http://architectureforhumanity.org), a nonprofit organization that promotes "architectural and design solutions to global, social and humanitarian crises. Through competitions, workshops, educational forums, partnerships with aid organizations and other activities, Architecture for Humanity creates opportunities for architects and designers from around the world to help communities in need." Asia is especially concerned with the temporary needs housing of refugees and IDPs (internally displaced persons) overseas, and the plight of the homeless in the US. Through her work with Architecture for Humanity and activism with Dignity Village in Portland, OR (http://www.outofthedoorways.org/) and other grassroots initiatives, Asia is acting to bridge the gap in design and implementation of innovative housing solutions for both of these underrepresented groups.

Asia Wright has recently assumed the position of
Project manager/facilitator for the refugee/tent city project and the
HIV/AIDS Mobile Clinic project.

Virginia Cartwright, Associate Professor
A.B., 1975, California, Berkeley; M.Arch., 1981, Oregon.
Professor Cartwright's interest is in developing the spatial and formal aspects of architecture in response to climate, light and sun. She has done work on the role of atria and courtyards as daylighting strategies, and on the relationships between lighting strategies and the formal/compositional aspects of buildings. This work has included studies on the buildings of the prominent Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, and consulting work on lighting in contemporary building design. Professor Cartwright administers the Baker Lighting Laboratory of the Department of Architecture.Professor Cartwright teaches architectural design as well as courses in daylighting, electric lighting, site and climate, and a seminar on the architecture of Alvar Aalto.

Sustaining a Culture of Building
Saturday April 17 3:30-5:00 Lawrence 278

This panel will begin with a presentation from a UO Architecture student, who spent one year studying in South Africa where he designed and built the "Mayinje House": a dwelling built through the employment of local workers and two homeless men using many reused, recycled, and 'waste stream' resources. The project was budgeted the same cost psf as the government subsidized homes that are poorly built and provide little comfort from the heat and cold. The end result provides a delightful dwelling space with far superior thermal performance, and a place in which the occupants themselves were able to participate.

After his presentation he will be joined by a professor here at UO, Howard Davis, and the Belluschi Fellowship visiting professor and Architect from South Africa Jo Noero to discuss how the Culture of Building plays out within the context of Cape Town, South Africa, and how we can work to enrich and sustain our own "Culture of Building".

Upon completion of a BS in biology in 1992, Jonathan Ferrari spent three years in Chile with the Peace Corps. During this time he worked in the environmental sector with soil conservation programs, and with sustainable technologies for rural communities. While in Chile he obtained funding for, and directed the design and construction of a potable water system for a small indigenous community. After returning from Chile he spent a year building custom houses with a small contracting firm and then became an independent contractor. His most significant achievement during this time was the design and construction of an elaborate 360-sf, studio tree house, for the children's book author David Kirk. With Mr. Kirk he also designed a paper-airplane launcher for a permanent science exhibit at the Roberson museum, and developed prototype children's furniture for Target stores. In 1998 he was asked to return to Chile by the Crisis Corps after a severe earthquake in Northern Chile. During the following six months he surveyed and documented damage to more than 200 homes and designed a low cost, seismically resistant 50-sm straw-bale house system as a contextually sensitive alternative for the destroyed adobe houses.

Before starting graduate school Jonathan was invited by Resource Assistance for Rural Environments (RARE-Americorps), and the City of Boardman, Oregon to manage their Downtown Development Master Plan. Last year Jonathan received an Ambassadorial Scholarship from Rotary International, giving him the opportunity to study for a year at the University of Cape Town. He is currently a MArch candidate at the UO and an MPhil candidate at UCT.

Howard Davis B.S., 1968, Cooper Union; M.S., 1970, Northwestern; M.Arch., 1974, California, Berkeley
"My research is concerned with how understandings of the social frameworks within which buildings are built can point toward ways to improve the built world as a whole. This work, which grew out of my association with Christopher Alexander in Berkeley, includes studies of vernacular architecture; building history in 18th century London and late 19th century New York; housing work with low-income communities in south India; and contemporary initiatives in design and building. Much of this work is described in The Culture of Building, to be published in 1999 by Oxford University Press. New research interests include contemporary European architecture and its production, mixed-use buildings, community-based initiatives in south- and southeast Asia, and American architectural education. In addition to the project in India, my professional work has included a series of residential design projects in Eugene; and presently concerns educational buildings."

Jo Noero is the Director of the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Until 2000 he was the Ruth and Norman Moore Chair of Architecture at Washington University and Director of Graduate Studies. He is involved at all levels in the School, in particular teaching studio work in the Bachelor of Architecture degree programme.
An internationally recognised architect, Jo's work has been widely published and exhibited throughout the world. He is an honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He has lectured and taught in the UK, Portugal, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Botswana, Namibia, and throughout the United States.

Planning and Design for Sustainability
Saturday April 17 3:30-5:00pm Lawrence 279

What does it take to develop and evaluate large-scale ecological design projects? At all levels of planning, design, and implementation, close attention needs to be paid to keeping things on track. This panel will explore some of the resources available to assist in the pursuit of green design and discuss current trends in green building design and where some of these trends may be headed. These alumni panelists will share their experiences in researching, promoting, and implementing ecological design and green building materials and technologies in their projects and provide insight into developing more appropriate and responsible ways of building.

Narada Golden - BOORA Architects
Narada Golden has worked as a designer, green building advisor and LEED manager at BOORA Architects for over 4 years. He has worked on cultural, educational and residential projects throughout the country and managed the LEED certification process at BOORA for Clackamas High School, The Dalles Middle School and Taylor Street Development. Narada, a former HOPES volunteer and U of O alumni, has also contributed to a culture of ecological thinking within BOORA by organizing efforts such as Build Green BOORA, office wide Natural Step training, Northwest Earth Institute discussion courses and sustainable design peer reviews.

Vahram Massehian - Campus Planner, Univ. of California, San Francisco
Vahram is a graduate of the Landscape Architecture program at the University of Oregon and proud alum of HOPES. He is currently working on the development and implementation of a LEED based evaluation criteria to be used on major renovation and new construction projects at UCSF. He also sits on the sustainability committee at UCSF, which looks at cross-campus environmental opportunities for the university. Previous to his work at the University, Vahram worked for a San Francisco based environmental consulting firm and the San Francisco Planning Department.

Michael Zaretsky, a graduate of the University of Oregon Architecture program is an architect with 10 years of experience in all phases of design and construction working in the U.S. and in Denmark. He has been a small business owner for residential sustainable design/build company for two years. He is a designer with experience integrating 3-dimensional computer modeling throughout the design and presentation process. He spent three years with EHDD Architects, San Francisco, CA,
working on large libraries and laboratories in California and was project designer and LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) administrator for the University of California at Merced lab from conceptual design through construction documents.

Eco-Living on Campus: Experiments in Residential Sustainability
Sunday April 18 9:30-11:00am Lawrence 206

Exploring what sustainability may mean in our everyday lives and in
the buildings where we live is an important challenge to take on. All
over the country, universities are starting to recognize the important
role that institutions of higher education must play in this
challenge. This panel has representatives from four different schools
(including the UO) who will talk about their real life experiments in
sustainable living on or near campus.

Jo Rogers graduated from the University of Oregon's Environmental Studies
graduate program last term and served as the coordinator of the CASL
project - a primarily student-run organization working to secure a
conventional house and yard from the University of Oregon that will
gradually be converted into a dynamic exploration of residential
sustainability. At the present time, the project has received written
commitment of a University-owned property and is currently negotiating
the specific terms and location.

Kerry Case holds a Masters degree in Environmental Studies and a
Graduate Certificate in Non-Profit Management from the University of
Oregon. She is currently lives in Northern Utah, where she is the
Program Coordinator for the Utah House: Utah State University's
sustainable building demonstration house and learning center.

Brooks Cavin, III, AIA is a Professor of Architecture and Faculty
member at the John T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies at Cal Poly
Pomona. Professor Cavin teaches design studios which emphasize the
integration of energy issues with the other aspects of design. He has
taught a lecture course on "Sustainable Materials and Methods of
Construction". In addition, he teaches the "built form" lecture and
lab courses that emphasize the interrelationships between buildings,
landscape and climate. He received a grant for a "Greenhouse of the
Future" demonstration project at the Lyle Center.
In addition, Cavin is a co-founder of a private architectural
practice, Claremont Environmental Design Group, Inc., located in
Claremont, California. The work of this firm focuses on regenerative
design and sustainable environments including school campus and
building design.

Krystal Rogers is double majoring in International Studies and Art
with a minor in French. She discovered her passions in life through CCAT and
has long term goals to facilitate sustainable development and sustainable
living practices in developing communities abroad.

Garrett McSorley is a senior in Environmental Science with a
concentration in Appropriate Technology and Renewable Energy. He is
working to use energy efficiency as a local economic development tool
and is motivated by the philosophy of "students teaching students," which
CCAT embodies.

This Panel is sponsored by CASL
The mission of the Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Living (CASL) is to demonstrate ecologically and socially sustainable technologies and living practices in a residential setting, to provide hands-on experiential learning opportunities for the University of Oregon and surrounding communities, to collect and disseminate information about such technologies and practices, and to facilitate original research in this field. CASL is dedicated to challenging the notion that living lightly is difficult or burdensome.
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~casl/

Closing the Loop in Ecological Design: From Education to Practice
Sunday April 18 9:30-11:00 am Lawrence 278

The University of Washington's Forum on Conservation and Urban Sustainability (FOCUS) is hosting a workshop discussion of ecological design education in the Northwest. This dialogue is intended to assess the current state of affairs, existing opportunities and challenges, and what steps should be taken to improve the integration of ecological design education and practice. This interactive session will explore innovative solutions to bridging the gaps between communities, universities, and professions.

Judy R. Walton is Executive Director of the Education for Sustainability Western Network (EFS West), a professional association of individuals and universities in the western U.S. and Canada working to make sustainability a foundation of all higher education, from research and curriculum to operations, buildings, investment and outreach. Dr. Walton holds a Ph.D. in geography from Syracuse University and has published several scholarly articles and book chapters. She serves as adjunct professor in the Department of Geography at Portland State University, where she offers occasional courses on sustainable cities, urban parks & open space, and other topics. In the mid-1990s Dr. Walton worked as a green building consultant in Seattle, Washington, and from 1999 to 2002 was a leader in campus sustainability efforts at Humboldt State University. She obtained her M.A. in geography from San Diego State University (1992) and a B.A. in political science from the University of California San Diego (1979).

Oliver Neumann holds a professional degree in architecture from the Technical University in Berlin, Germany, and a Masters in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University in New York. Prior to joining the University of British Columbia School of Architecture as an Assistant Professor in 2003, he taught at the Hochschule fuer Wirtschaft, Technik und Kultur in Leipzig, Germany, at the UBC School of Architecture and as the 2002-2003 Oberdick Research and Teaching Fellow at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. At UBC, he is teaching design studios in the graduate and undergraduate program, theory seminars and media courses and is involved in the development of the curriculum of the newly established Environmental Design undergraduate program (ENDS). Current research focuses on environmental aspects of contemporary wood fabrication technologies as well as on planning developments on the University of British Columbia campus.

Ronald Kellett is a Professor of Architecture and director of the neighborhoodsLAB in the Center for Housing Innovation at the University of Oregon. The neighborhoodsLAB is a teaching, research, consulting and community service group created to improve the integration of environmental issues and values with neighborhood scale planning and design.
J. (Justin) Irons is currently completing the final quarter of his Masters of Architecture at the University of Washington, Seattle. J. engages his landscape architecture background and interest in urban ecological design to increase interdisciplinarity in his college, bring focus on ecological design, and create a participatory framework for academic reform. Most significant is his role in the creation of FOCUS (Forum on Conservation and Urban Sustainability) in December of 2002.

Chris Chatto is a second year Master of Architecture student at the
University of Oregon. In addition to his work as the publications
coordinator for the EDC, Chris is currently a graduate research fellow at the Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory, doing consulting for energy efficiency on architectural projects in design development. Before coming to the university, Chris worked as an environmental activist, public interest advocate, and policy researcher on issues ranging from energy development, campaign finance reform, and city planning.

Heather Flint is a planner and designer with HABITATS, a Eugene based design/build firm that does buildings, landscapes and ecological planning. While pursuing a graduate degree in urban design and planning at the University of Washington, she worked with the Northwest Center for Livable Communities and was a founding member of the Forum on Conservation & Urban Sustainability (FOCUS). Prior to this she worked with small firms doing architectural design and environmental policy, and with the Santa Barbara County Planning Department in redevelopment and comprehensive planning.

Implementing Appropriate Materials and Technologies
Saturday April 17 2:00 - 3:30 pm Lawrence 279

This panel will look at projects that put to use materials and technologies that are environmentally sound and also show an array of styles and aesthetic intentions, from the warm and comforting, to the hard and technological. To make an informed decision in the evolving world of ecological design, it is essential to know the options available and be able to determine what is appropriate for a particular situation. This panel will look at implementing appropriate materials and technologies such as solar energy systems, earthen building materials, roof ponds, the use of low impact, reusable and recycled materials and other ideas through these presentations by HOPES alumni. As part of our conversation, we will discuss establishing a culture that is respectful of natural systems while also providing for reasonable human needs.

Jocelyn Zanzot - EMU Solar Installation, University of Oregon
Jossie graduated from UO in 2003 with a Masters in Landscape Architecture. While in school she co-directed the Solar Information Center and the EDC and managed the Solar Powered EMU project. Her interest in low impact and regenerative living stretches back many years and she maintains a respect for nature and hope for future generations at the core of her projects. She continues to practice regenerative design in Davis, California.

Alfredo Fernandez - Department of Architecture, UNLV
A graduate of the University of Oregon, Alfredo is currently an Assistant Professor of Architecture at UNLV and has also taught architecture and environmental control systems courses at Ball State University and Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. As part of his responsibilities at the UNLV, Alfredo is the director of the Natural Energies Advanced Technologies Laboratory (NEAT Lab). Alfredo has published many articles and has written a chapter on the history of thermal comfort standards in an edited book by the Autonomous Metropolitan University of Mexico. He recently received the best research paper award in 2003 by the Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC). Alfredo's externally funded research has focused on thermal comfort and passive solar heating, with a recent emphasis on the application of roofpond design.

Kevin Parkhurst - Design Integration Group
Kevin is an environmental planner and Project Manager with Eric Lloyd Wright & Associates, Architecture & Planning and President of Design Integration Group, an ecological design consultation and construction company currently working on projects in Southern California, Oregon, Jamaica, and Ghana, West Africa. Kevin's current work is focused towards the evolution of the principles and aesthetics of Organic Architecture supported by the insights of ecological design and our current environmental understandings. Kevin is a Director of Wright Way Organic Resource Center, a not-for-profit social and environmental education organization based in a rustic 24 acre site atop the Santa Monica Mountains above Malibu. He also sits on the Board of Directors of Global Community Development Institute and the Planning Board of the Asantewaa & DuBois University of Ghana, West Africa. Kevin is currently the founding and acting Director of Development for New Designs Charter School, a newly formed 6 -12 school that has recently earned approval of their charter to operate through the Los Angeles Unified School District.