Contact the Urban Design Lab
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Mark Gillem, Director
Email: mark@uoregon.edu
Phone: (541) 346-1999
Ph.D. (Architecture) University of California, Berkeley, 2004
M.Arch. University of California, Berkeley, 1996
B.Arch. University of Kansas, 1989
Registered Architect: California, South Dakota
Certified Planner: American Institute of Certified Planners
Biography
Associate Professor Mark Gillem teaches architecture and urban design in the Department of Architecture at the University of Oregon. In the studio, he challenges students to balance theory and practice through participation in community design and interaction with clients, fostering collaboration in the shaping of sustainable urban form. Dr. Gillem's professional practice, The Urban Collaborative, focuses on sustainable master planning and urban design. He is also the Director of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environment whose 12th conference was recently held in Beirut, Lebanon.
Barry Gordon, Adjunct Research Assistant
Email: bgordon4@uoregon.edu
Phone:
M.LA University of Oregon, 2010
M.CRP University of Oregon, 2010
B. Community Development & Applied Economics University of Vermont, 1996
Biography
Barry Gordon is an Adjunct Professor and Research Assistant at the University of Oregon. As adjunct research assistant he is the lead project manager for Urban Design Lab projects. Assisting in teaching studios, facilitating workshops and project development. Additionally, he participates and oversees project completion post-term. As adjunct professor, he co-teaches urban design and landscape architecture studios and media classes. Gordon's master project focused on the sustainable and ethical development of community college owned public land. By using a participatory planning and design process he was able to facilitate a user-supported and implementable master plan that helps create the opportunity for alternative revenue streams, while building a work, learn, live and play community. Mr. Gordon also works as a landscape designer and urban planner for The Urban collaborative, a master planning and urban design firm in Eugene Oregon.