This course will employ UTK’s watershed group to develop recommendations that will improve physical, chemical, and biological health of impaired water bodies in the region. Students should identify best management practices to reduce nonpoint pollution and improve watershed health across a diverse range of geographic conditions. Staff has long advocated for improvements in stormwater planning […]
Discipline: Landscape Architecture
Barbur Boulevard: Designing a Model Civic Corridor for the 21st Century
The transit infrastructure along Barbur Boulevard in southwest Portland creates significant safety hazards due to intermittent bicycle lanes and sidewalks. The need for improved pedestrian, bicyclist, and motorist safety, as well as increased housing and public transportation options in the Southwest Corridor (SWC) of Portland have spurred an assement of the potential for transit-oriented development […]
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Barbur Boulevard: Designing a Model Civic Corridor for the 21st Century
The transit infrastructure along Barbur Boulevard in southwest Portland creates significant safety hazards due to intermittent bicycle lanes and sidewalks. The need for improved pedestrian, bicyclist, and motorist safety, as well as increased housing and public transportation options in the Southwest Corridor (SWC) of Portland have spurred an assement of the potential for transit-oriented development […]
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Introduction to Green Infrastructure and Regional Transit
The following report documents design concepts that address stormwater management for the TriMet Southwest Corridor (SWC) light rail project. Students in the University of Oregon’s Landscape Architecture course on stormwater management worked with TriMet and its Southwest Corridor partners as part of the Sustainable City Year Program (SCYP). Students were divided into teams and tasked […]
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Introduction to Green Infrastructure and Regional Transit
The following report documents design concepts that address stormwater management for the TriMet Southwest Corridor (SWC) light rail project. Students in the University of Oregon’s Landscape Architecture course on stormwater management worked with TriMet and its Southwest Corridor partners as part of the Sustainable City Year Program (SCYP). Students were divided into teams and tasked […]
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Affordable Housing Assessment
The focus of the assessment is affordable housing within the County, as well as tools to encourage more affordable housing options. Similar comprehensive housing studies have been conducted in the County, but were limited to the City of Bastrop and focused on the housing market as a whole. The two studies completed were a comprehensive […]
Traditions Plaza Redesign
The Class of ’69 worked with one landscape architecture course to develop a redesign of a plaza on campus to focus attention to the Aggie traditions of muster and silver taps. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Texas Target Communities Contact Info University Faculty Contact Russell Reid Landscape Architecture & […]
Minto-Brown Island Park Studio
The City of Salem asked the Minto-Brown Island Park research and design studio, led by University of Oregon Landscape Architecture Professor Deni Ruggeri, to provide a new interpretive trail plan for Minto-Brown Island Park located in Salem, Oregon. The primary considerations, as given by the City of Salem, for the development of this interpretive trail […]
Sandy River to Springwater Multimodal Corridor Feasibility Study
The City of Gresham, Metro, Multnomah County and the City of Troutdale collaborated with the U.O. Sustainable Cities Initiative in executing a trail planning and feasibility study reported here. Students of landscape architecture conducted the study. It investigated the problem of “closing Portland’s 40- mile Loop” in its biggest gap along its eastern edge through […]
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Sandy River to Springwater Multimodal Corridor Feasibility Study
The City of Gresham, Metro, Multnomah County and the City of Troutdale collaborated with the U.O. Sustainable Cities Initiative in executing a trail planning and feasibility study reported here. Students of landscape architecture conducted the study. It investigated the problem of “closing Portland’s 40- mile Loop” in its biggest gap along its eastern edge through […]
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