2024-03-29T05:34:31Zhttps://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/oai/requestoai:scholarsbank.uoregon.edu:1794/103842015-06-18T01:47:52Zcom_1794_1274com_1794_1270com_1794_7549com_1794_10380com_1794_7552com_1794_7550col_1794_1934col_1794_10382
Green Cities: Sustainable Development in Springwater
Cunha-Rigby, Matthew
Young, Robert F.
Gresham (Or.)
Springwater Community (Gresham, Or.)
74 p.
The Green Cities Project focuses on providing the City of Gresham with a set of policy and
plan recommendations for the Springwater Community. Springwater, a 1272-acre site on the
southeast edge of the Portland Metro Area, was added to the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB)
in 2002 and was the subject of the 2005 Springwater Community Plan. The Community Plan
outlined a series of goals and land-use proposals for the area’s future development, intending
to bring economic development to east Multnomah County, to provide family-wage jobs and
employment opportunity for the area, and to promote a livable, sustainable environment for
future residents.
The work of Green Cities provides an alternate land-use proposal and development policy for
the Springwater Community. This proposal aims to meet the goals of the 2005 Springwater
Community Plan, while utilizing ecosystem services and sustainable development strategies
to create a livable community. The Green Cities proposal approached development in
Springwater by organizing research into five project teams, focusing on the site’s Energy,
Mobility, Sustenance, and Waste needs, while incorporating the site’s Natural Flows into plan
and policy development.
2010-05-27
2010-05-27
2009
Article
http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10384
en_US
University of Oregon
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Shaping Light: Sunshade Studies for Gresham City Hall and Rockwood/Civic Drive Light Rail Station Designs
Meier, Sina
Cheng, Nancy
Street-railroad stations -- Oregon -- Gresham -- Designs and plans
Light modulating screen
Gresham City Hall
44 p.
This course was comprised of three major exercises: the design of a light modulating screen; the design of a sun shading device for Gresham City Hall’s west-facing facade; and the design of a light rail station at Civic Drive and Rockwood Station.
This report describes in detail all three projects and includes
samples of student work as well as findings and design recommendations.
2010-05-27
2010-05-27
2009
Article
http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10388
en_US
University of Oregon
oai:scholarsbank.uoregon.edu:1794/105822015-06-18T00:09:16Zcom_1794_1274com_1794_1270com_1794_7549com_1794_10380com_1794_7552com_1794_7550col_1794_1934col_1794_10382
Rockwood Cultural Asset Mapping : Building Community and Engaging Residents
Moore, Stephanie
Fenn, John B., III
Rockwood (Gresham, Or.)
Gresham (Or.)
29 p. : col. ill. "Winter 2010"
This document outlines work done by graduate students in the Public Folklore and Cultural
Programming course in the Arts & Administration Department during the Winter term 2010 and provides recommendations to the Gresham Redevelopment Commission for further study. The objective of this work was to build community identity in the Rockwood neighborhood
by beginning the process of collecting the cultural assets important to Rockwood residents.
Throughout the term the graduate students met with local community leaders in Rockwood to
discuss previous community building initiatives and their issues. This information allowed us to understand what problems arise when trying to begin a fully inclusive community planning process.
2010-08-04
2010-08-04
2010
Article
http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10582
en_US
University of Oregon
oai:scholarsbank.uoregon.edu:1794/104312015-06-18T01:24:22Zcom_1794_1274com_1794_1270com_1794_7549com_1794_10380com_1794_7552com_1794_7550col_1794_1934col_1794_10382
TOD at Gresham Crossings: Integrating Ecology and Mixed-Use Transit-Oriented Development
Schlachter, Rena
Muller, Brook
Gresham (Or.)
Transit-oriented development
City planning -- Oregon -- Gresham
Street-railroad stations -- Oregon -- Gresham
Light rail stations
Mixed-use developments -- Oregon -- Gresham
50 p.
This interdisciplinary design studio focused on scenarios for multi-story, multi-unit transit
oriented development for the 4.4 acre site, located across from Gresham Crossing
in Gresham, OR. The studio program consisted largely of compact residential apartments
and shared outdoor spaces that provide value for people and nonhuman
inhabitants. This studio ultimately demonstrated that vibrant, dense development
in an urban setting can provide green amenities and sustainable building features and
infrastructure that benefit people and wildlife. The scenarios showcase these applications of
low impact, nature-friendly, development practices for built structures, stormwater management
and natural spaces.
2010-06-02
2010-06-02
2009
Article
http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10431
en_US
University of Oregon
oai:scholarsbank.uoregon.edu:1794/103852015-06-22T07:08:26Zcom_1794_1274com_1794_1270com_1794_7549com_1794_10380com_1794_7552com_1794_7550col_1794_1934col_1794_10382
Sustainable Suburbs: Rockwood Town Center Redevelopment Design
Cassel, Roussa
Falkenstein, Lizzie
Larco, Nico
Gresham (Or.)
Rockwood Town Center (Gresham, Or.)
44 p.
As part of the year-long
partnership between the University and the City of Gresham, the Sustainable Suburbs studio
focused on the Rockwood neighborhood and called for students to propose six development
schemes for this area.
2010-05-27
2010-05-27
2009
Article
http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10385
en_US
University of Oregon
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Review of Large-Scale Retail Design Standards and Development Principles: Accessibility, public space, human scale, safety, and sustainability in the urban landscape
Witzig, Monica
Turnoy, Scott
Yang, Yizhao
Gresham (Or.)
Stores, Retail -- Oregon -- Gresham -- Design
Retail stores
88 p.
This document is a compiled review of design standards that wil provide the City of Gresham
with best practices related to large-scale commercial design standards and development
regulations. For large-scale commercial or retail projects, it is important that a community’s design review program ensures development qualities consistent with the following urban
design principles or values identified by the City of Gresham:
• Accessibility
• Public Space
• Human Scale
• Safety
• Sustainability
2010-09-15
2010-09-15
2010
Article
http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10723
en_US
University of Oregon
oai:scholarsbank.uoregon.edu:1794/107212015-06-17T23:14:40Zcom_1794_1274com_1794_1270com_1794_7549com_1794_10380com_1794_7552com_1794_7550col_1794_1934col_1794_10382
Gresham Climate Futures Report: Spring 2010 Climate Preparedness in the Lower Willamette Subbasin
Fracchia, Elena
Vynne, Stacy, 1979-
Fleury, Nick
Gresham (Or.)
Climate change
Climatic changes -- Oregon -- Gresham
50 p.
In this report, prepared for the City of Gresham and the Sustainable City Year program, climate change preparedness will be discussed as it pertains to the City of Gresham and
the Lower Willamette Subbasin. The report begins by giving an overview of climate change and this project. Next, this report will discuss the various systems (natural, human, built, and
economic) that are focused on throughout the report. It will next discuss the future climate
projections for the city of Gresham. With this background established, the report then goes
through the specific impacts and recommendations provided by local experts regarding
climate change preparedness necessary for each of the previously described natural and
community systems. Finally, the report concludes with a vision of Gresham for the future as well as an action plan for the city to begin preparedness planning for the impacts of climate
change.
2010-09-15
2010-09-15
2010
Article
http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10721
en_US
University of Oregon
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Sustainability Focused Data Analysis: To what extent do walkability, crime, and neighborhood predict housing prices?
Armstrong, Price
Greene, Jessica
Gresham (Or.)
Walkability
Home prices
Housing -- Prices -- Oregon -- Gresham
18 p.
This study asks whether residents of Gresham, Oregon value the benefits of mixed land use
as indicated by higher housing prices in walkable neighborhoods, controlling for other factors
that affect home prices. By controlling for these other factors, this analysis identifies key
predictors of housing values in Gresham and teases out the association of walkability with
home prices, independent of lot size, neighborhood crime, and other possible confounding
elements.
2010-05-27
2010-05-27
2009
Article
http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10386
en_US
University of Oregon
oai:scholarsbank.uoregon.edu:1794/105812018-09-13T18:57:28Zcom_1794_1274com_1794_1270com_1794_7549com_1794_10380com_1794_7552com_1794_7550col_1794_1934col_1794_10382
Water, Microecologies+ Density: Transit-Oriented Development at Gresham Crossings
Hart, Bennett
Muller, Brook
Mixed-use developments -- Oregon -- Gresham
Gresham (Or.)
41 p. : ill. (some col.)
This advanced level research and development focused design studio explored the potential synergies between transit-oriented development (TOD) and habitat sensitive and low impact design. Students were asked to generate dense schemes closely tied to non-motorized transit infrastructure
that were rich with green (living) amenities and that support the ecological health of the local community and surrounding region.
2010-08-04
2010-08-04
2010
Article
http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10581
en_US
University of Oregon
oai:scholarsbank.uoregon.edu:1794/105802015-06-18T00:09:26Zcom_1794_1274com_1794_1270com_1794_7549com_1794_10380com_1794_7552com_1794_7550col_1794_1934col_1794_10382
Gresham City Hall : Conceptual Designs Plans for a New City Hall
Falkenstein, Lizzie
Arms, Shannon
Beardsley, Kelcey
Moore, Erin
Public buildings -- Oregon -- Gresham -- Designs and plans
Gresham City Hall
City planning -- Oregon -- Gresham
73 p. : ill. (some col.)
Thirteen schemes were developed for the Gresham City Hall project under the Sustainable Cities Initiative during the winter term of 2010. Each group took a unique approach to the challenges and opportunities presented. All were concerned with density, creating viable public space, displaying sustainable systems, creating a ‘democratic’ building that emphasized public participation and visual connection, and strengthening pedestrian and transit paths to and through the site. Projects that had carefully crafted outdoor space, iconic building forms, a range of large-scale
sustainable strategies and effective plan layouts seemed to garner the most interest from reviewers, both those from the City of Gresham and professionals. While a new City Hall is still years away, all of the proposals offered vital points of view and a range of solutions to the constraints with new development.
2010-08-04
2010-08-04
2010
Article
http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10580
en_US
University of Oregon
oai:scholarsbank.uoregon.edu:1794/105832015-06-18T00:05:53Zcom_1794_1274com_1794_1270com_1794_7549com_1794_10380com_1794_7552com_1794_7550col_1794_1934col_1794_10382
Sustainable Development Concept Plan for Rockwood
Abbott, Steve
Margerum, Richard D.
Parker, Robert
Young, Robert F.
City planning -- Oregon -- Gresham
Gresham (Or.)
Sustainable cities
Rockwood (Gresham, Or.)
67 p. : ill. (some col.) "Fall 2009".
The intent of this concept plan is to create a safe and central place for diverse community groups to come together, for businesses to grow, and for the physical design of the streets to provide a healthy, pedestrian-friendly atmosphere. The concept plan presented in the following report suggests steps for transitioning Rockwood back to a thriving, and integral and valued part of the larger Gresham community. It is hoped that recommendations included here will provide the City of Gresham and residents of Rockwood with an actionable blueprint for achieving its sustainability goals.
2010-08-04
2010-08-04
2009
Article
http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10583
en_US
University of Oregon
oai:scholarsbank.uoregon.edu:1794/103872015-06-18T01:48:03Zcom_1794_1274com_1794_1270com_1794_7549com_1794_10380com_1794_7552com_1794_7550com_1794_691com_1794_7551col_1794_1934col_1794_10382col_1794_9570
City of Gresham: Program for a New City Hall
Holverstott, Brett
von Bargen, Jean E.
Gresham (Or.)
City halls -- Oregon -- Gresham
Gresham City Hall
272 p.
As a programming class we were charged with developing a comprehensive program for a new Gresham City Hall building. We
started initially researching the city of Gresham by examining past articles about the challenges the city has faced during its development.
We found out the city has had problems with creating a sense of identity and sustaining a thriving downtown. After visiting the site of the
existing city hall it was clear the new city hall needed a stronger community connection and presence and needed to create a new identity
for itself. During an interview session with specific departments within city hall, we focused on understanding how the building is used and
what each user group’s needs are. For each person, we were interested in themselves as part of a larger department, their department
as part of the city hall, and city hall as part of the city of Gresham. We were also interested in how they used to do their job, how things
are done currently, and how operations might change in the future. After touring the existing facilities and analyzing what we heard from
the interviews through charts and diagrams, we determined the following:
Gresham City Hall will serve as an identity for an emerging downtown while promoting community revitalization.
2010-05-27
2010-05-27
2009
Article
http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10387
en_US
University of Oregon