Agate Street Dormitory for the University of Oregon: Photographs of drawings

01/01/1991

Drawing

Four drawings showing the complex pattern of positive outdoor spaces which emerged from the process of forming building volumes in parallel with the shaping of open spaces.

Photograph:

1) Initial volumetric sketch of the buildings in relation to formed open spaces
2) Initial site plan
3) Floor plan of the four buildings and the positive outdoor spaces they form
4) The positive outdoor spaces shown in black

Content of

Project 1 Items

Agate Street Married Student Housing 1990 to 1993

Agate Street, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in 1993

Student Housing including four buildings with twenty apartments for married student families; first phase of construction of the Amazon Plan.

References

Scientific Research 2 Items

The Unfolding of Public Space and Gardens as Positive Space

Outdoor space is positive when it is shaped just as a room is shaped. It has a contained character, it is bounded by walls, fences, natural vegetation, enclosure of some kind. It looks into other positive spaces, some larger, some ...
Design and Construction is one Integrated Making Process

The design process of a project and its construction process are united into one continuous and intertwined making process, unfolding in a step-by-step sequence. Design ends together with the completion of the construction process. "Making" is a conception of the ...