Sustainable City Year Reports 2022-2024 (Portland)

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    Portland Downtown Waterfront Development, Volume 1: Urban Design Proposals
    (University of Oregon, 2023-06) Hoff, Isabel; Larco, Nico; Lora, Lillard; Mark, Raggett
    Students in a graduate urban design studio based at the University of Oregon’s Portland campus were asked to create urban design redevelopment proposals for downtown Portland. Students began the term by analyzing the site as a team of eight groups assessing existing building typologies and dimensions, transportation infrastructure, environmental conditions, zoning requirements, history of the place and culture, physical aspects of the site, relevant urban design precedents, and by creating base drawings from which the class could then build upon throughout the term (see appendix for this analysis). The class was then divided into six groups, each of which developed an urban design development proposal for the same downtown site. The students worked together to draw from downtown Portland’s existing qualities while addressing challenges by proposing designs that could make the city’s center a more welcoming and vibrant area.
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    Portland Downtown Waterfront Development, Volume 2, Appendix: Site Analysis and Logistics
    (2023-06) Hoff, Isabel; Larco, Nico; Lillard, Lora; Raggett, Mark
    Appendix: Site Analysis and Logistics Students in a graduate urban design studio based at the University of Oregon’s Portland campus were asked to create urban design redevelopment proposals for downtown Portland. Students began the term by analyzing the site as a team of eight groups assessing existing building typologies and dimensions, transportation infrastructure, environmental conditions, zoning requirements, history of the place and culture, physical aspects of the site, relevant urban design precedents, and by creating base drawings from which the class could then build upon throughout the term (see appendix for this analysis). The class was then divided into six groups, each of which developed an urban design development proposal for the same downtown site. The students worked together to draw from downtown Portland’s existing qualities while addressing challenges by proposing designs that could make the city’s center a more welcoming and vibrant area.
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    Urban Design Proposals for Portland's Lloyd District
    (University of Oregon, 2022) Wylie, Samuel; Larco, Nico; Rajbaidya, Gauri
    This architectural design studio focused on the Lloyd District, located in inner Northeast Portland and less than a mile from the University of Oregon’s White Stag campus. The Lloyd District is a low-density area defined by a large shopping mall constructed in the 1960s. Adjacent to the mall is Holladay Park, a superblock green space that has earned the reputation as a vacant and unsafe area. Commercial buildings, office towers, and parking lots largely define the remainder of the district. As the vibrancy of the Lloyd Center mall declined in recent years, the district’s future became a question mark for the City of Portland and landowners.