Joann Le (DAO Architecture)
BY BRIAN LIBBY
Connect With a Leader: Joann Le, DAO Architecture
As part of the ongoing Connect With a Leader series from the American Institute of Architects' Fellows Committee and the Forum for Women in Architecture and Related Design (ForWARD), architect Joann Le of DAO Architecture will speak about her career. DAO is a small multidisciplinary design practice based in Portland. Born in Vietnam, Le immigrated at the age of nine to rural Wisconsin in 1972. As a teenager, she relocated again and lived in Iran for several years, before returning to the Midwest to complete high school. She earned her bachelor’s degree at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and her Mmster’s at the University of California, Berkeley. After practicing for Polshek & Partners (now Ennead) in the Bay Area as well as TVA Architects and Hacker in Portland, she co-founded DAO in 2004. DAO Architecture, 310 SW Fourth Avenue, #810. 12PM Thursday, November 2. $18 ($15 for AIA members).
Extracurricular: The Buildings, Speculations, and Research of Faculty at PSU School of Architecture
In this First Thursday opening reception, visitors will get a first look at Portland State University School of Architecture faculty's research, design work, installations, built projects, and collaborations that fuel their academic agendas both outside and inside the studio classroom. From Aaron Whelton’s parametric assemblages to Barbara Sestak’s focus on health and wellness; from Juan Heredia’s operative histories to Sergio Palleroni and Todd Ferry's canonical work in public interest design; from Andrew Santa Lucia’s formal, geometric, and colorful activism to Anna Goodman’s bold theories on citizen architecture; from Clive Knights’s corporeal monotypes to Maria Simon’s surface expressions; from Nicholas Ross’s interdisciplinary objects to Travis Bell’s design-build wonderlands and Margarette Leite’s healthy modular classrooms, the Portland State University School of Architecture is fully dedicated to designing the contemporary world through an array of thoughtful, phenomenal, cultural, and architectural instruments in practice. AIA Center For Architecture, 403 NW 11th Avenue. 5PM Thursday, November 2. Free.
Build Small Live Large Summit
The Build Small Live Large Summit is a gathering place for leaders and policymakers from around the country and across sectors to explore smaller homes as a promising local response to housing shortages and climate change. Smaller homes use less energy and materials, add to the supply of housing options in walkable, high-opportunity neighborhoods, offer flexibility as households change over time, and provide homeowners with a way to offset their mortgages with rental income. This year’s summit is focused on homes most commonly referred to as accessory dwelling units, or ADUs. Common names for ADUs include backyard cottages, granny flats, mother in law apartments, laneway housing, garage studios, and attic and basement apartments. Portland State University, Smith Memorial Student Union, 1825 SW Broadway. 8:30AM Friday, November 3. $250 ($175 for individuals/nonprofits).
Where Are We Going? The Future of Transportation in Portland
In 2017 the Oregon Legislature passed an unprecedented $5.3 billion transportation package. What does Oregon’s largest investment in transportation infrastructure and programs means for the metro region? What are the big wins, near misses, and shifts in philosophy that the package contains? How does the package contribute to our reputation as transportation innovators? This City Club of Portland Friday Forum will explore these timely questions with Multnomah County Commissioner Jessica Vega Pederson, State Representative Barbara Smith Warner, and Sarah Iannarone, associate director of First Stop Portland. Sentinel Hotel, 614 SW 11th Avenue. 12:15PM Friday, November 3. $30 for City Club members ($15 without lunch).
Fridays@4: Pickathon 2017 Treeline Stage Design Team
As part of the Portland State University School of Architecture's Fridays@4 discussion series, the Pickathon Treeline Stage design team will discuss the process of designing and building this year's stage, which was then dismantled and is now being constructed into sleeping pods for a new village for homeless veterans. The design team, made up of students and faculty members Travis Bell and Clive Knights, just won the AIA Portland's Small Project Citation Award at the Portland Architecture Awards. Portland State University, Shattuck Hall, SW Broadway and Hall Street. 4PM Friday, November 3. Free.
Freehand Drawing Workshop
This workshop will introduce students to the use of hand drawing in architectural practice. Portland architects will provide students hands-on experience with a variety of approaches and techniques, with emphasis on benefits unique to drawing by hand. Each workshop session will combine presentations, demonstrations, and practice sessions. Instructors will participate with students, with results pinned up at the end of each session. A list of instructors and workshop topics will be emailed to students approximately two weeks prior to the first session, along with instructions for signing up. Usually students get their first choice, but last minute changes sometimes happen. Early sign-up is encouraged to have the best chance of getting your preferred workshops. University of Oregon, White Stag Block, 70 NW Couch Street. 9AM Saturday, November 4 and 9AM Saturday, November 11. Free.
Justice for Justus: The Lost and Forgotten Architecture of Portland’s Justus Krumbein
Justus Krumbein (1847 – 1907) is one of Oregon’s most notable 19th century architects. A German immigrant, Krumbein arrived in Portland in 1871 where he embarked on a three-decade career that included designs for the second of three Oregon State Capitol buildings in Salem, St. Vincent's Hospital in Portland, and some of Portland’s most elaborate commercial and residential architecture. Sadly, almost all of Krumbein’s work has been lost over the past century. The State Capitol famously was destroyed by fire in 1935. Other buildings were demolished for redevelopment or parking lots, including the famous Kamm and Ladd Blocks. One of Krumbein's longest-standing buildings, the circa-1892 Ancient Order of United Workmen Temple, was recently demolished. In this Architectural Heritage Center lecture, Val Ballestrem will share the story of Krumbein and his fantastic career, with the hope of creating renewed interest in this important architect and his buildings. Architectural Heritage Center, 701 SE Grand Avenue. 10AM Saturday, November 4. $20 ($12 for AHC members).
IIDA Oregon Chapter – 2017 Student Symposium
The Oregon chapter of the International Interior Design Association invites designers to get inspired with the Portland design community for this student focused event featuring some of the top influencers in the industry. Professionals from several design firms as well as local fabricators, industry partners, and design-build companies will be presenting on a wide range of topics including: virtual reality as a design tool, brand creation and a peek at the stages of a designer's process, from inspiration to fabrication. The event will double as an informative career development forum for emerging professionals as well as include hands-on activities and a virtual reality demonstration. The Good Mod, 1313 W Burnside Street. 10:30AM Saturday, November 4. $30 for IIDA members, free for students.
Rally on the Risers
Several local choirs including Bridge Town Sound, the Portland Interfaith Gospel Choir and Cántico Singers will perform as part of this benefit concert for Marathon Scholars, for which Portland Architecture contributor is a co-organizer. Founded in 2002 to bring together caring adults and talented, under-resourced children to make the dream of a college degree and economic independence a reality. Marathon Scholars provides a mix of scholarship support, coaching/counselling assistance and volunteer mentors to sustain more than 100 children in the greater Portland area. As the name suggests, Marathon implies continuous support for a lengthy period, from intake in fifth grade all the way through to college graduation. Marathon’s first wave of scholars began graduating from college in 2016, and celebrated the graduation of another eight students in 2017. Dolores Winningstad Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway. 7:30PM Saturday, November 4. $37.50 & $29.50.
Fall Lecture Series: Regional Architecture in the Pacific Northwest
Portland architect John Cavaʼs introduction to architecture was through his studies with the legendary American architect Louis Kahn at the University of Pennsylvania, after which Cava obtained degrees from the University of Oregon and Columbia University in New York. Delivering a lecture titled "Regional Architecture in the Pacific Northwest" as part of the University of Oregon College of Design's 2017 Fall Lecture Series, he has designed buildings and interiors of all types from houses to high-rises as both a senior designer and founding partner in two of Portland's most prestigious design-oriented firms. He initiated several new programs for the University of Oregon, including their Portland Architecture Program, where he taught the design, history, and theory of architecture for many years, publishing numerous articles and books on architecture and design. His recently completed book, Of Barns and Palaces, features the extraordinary Northwest mid-century homes of John Yeon, one of Oregon's greatest and most innovative residential architects. Over the past 25 years, Cava has designed hundreds of homes in the form of mixed-use buildings, apartments, condominiums and single-family houses, modern and traditional. His current focus is the design of buildings(mostly homes), consulting on projects large and small, and writing on architecture, art and design, with an emphasis on the regional architecture of the Pacific Northwest. University of Oregon, White Stag Block, 70 NW Couch Street. 5:30PM Tuesday, November 7. Free.
Local and National Register Historic Districts: A Panel Discussion
Historic districts in Portland have been a frequent and at times controversial topic of public conversation in recent months. This Architectural Heritage Center-hosted panel discussion is an opportunity to examine the many issues surrounding historic districts from different perspectives. Panelists include Ian Johnson, Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, who will provide a statewide perspective on historic districts; Brandon Spencer-Hartle, Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, who will speak to local historic districts; representatives from neighborhoods involved in the historic district process; and members of the AHC Advocacy Committee. Through this discussion, we hope to clarify what historic districts are and are not, better understand the questions that people on all sides of the landmark designation issue have raised, and perhaps even find some common ground. Architectural Heritage Center, 701 SE Grand Avenue. 10AM Saturday, November 11. Free ($5 suggested donation).
Allies for Efficiency: Designing for Efficiency in a Mixed-Use Space
38 NW Davis is a LEED v4 Gold certified mixed-use building that blends with the aesthetics of Portland’s historic Old Town/Chinatown neighborhood yet stands out as a beacon of new development. The building’s L-shaped configuration surrounds the existing Oregon College of Oriental Medicine and uses honest materials like mass timber, brick, metal and cast iron to anchor it to the site. The building offers a unique experience for each of its four occupancy types, yet its systems complement one another to achieve a high level of energy and water efficiency. Join the building’s project team for an inside look at how they approached energy- and water-sharing opportunities to realize deeper savings in Oregon’s first LEED v4 project. The project team will discuss the new rating system and how it benefits energy performance in new construction projects. Ankrom Moisan, 38 NW Davis Street. 4PM Tuesday, November 14. Free.
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