Pro Tem Research Assistant; School of Architecture and Environment - Pool

Department: School of Architecture & Environment (SAE), College of Design

Rank: Research Assistant (Type

C)

Annual Basis: 12 Month

Applications will be accepted on a continuous basis and reviewed as needs arise.

To ensure consideration, please submit the following documents:

• A Resume/CV
• A cover letter that addresses your teaching experience and the fields/areas of study of your relevant expertise.

The School of Architecture and Environment provides accredited professional (leading to licensure or certification) and post-professional education for architects, historic preservationists, interior architects, and landscape architects through 13 degree programs and post-professional research-based degrees:
Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Architecture (Track I & II), Master of Science in Architecture, Ph.D. in Sustainability, Bachelor of Interior Architecture, Master of Interior Architecture (Track I & II), Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, Master of Landscape Architecture, Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture, Minor in Historic Preservation, and Master of Science in Historic Preservation. The School has 47 permanent faculty, approximately 700 students, and six office staff.

In addition, 50 – 60 pro tempore professors, 60 – 70 Graduate Employees/Research Fellows, and 8 – 10 student assistants are hired per year.

Architecture:
The Architecture Department examines how the design of the physical environment can repair the natural environment, regenerate communities, and elevate the human spirit. Broad societal challenges are addressed through the lens of specific clients, locations, and ecosystems. Established in 1914, the UO School of Architecture and Allied Arts was one of the first to break away from Beaux-Arts pedagogy to emphasize non-competitive, individualized education.

Faculty are committed to creating a student-centered learning community that embraces multiple viewpoints. It is a department in which learning, research, and professional activity inform each other; in which new ideas and established traditions are in dialogue.

The department thrives on interdisciplinary academic partnerships in Eugene and engages in robust partnerships with professionals, government agencies, and non-profit organizations in Portland and around the globe. Department strengths include energy-efficient buildings, timber construction, housing design, and urbanism.

Historic Preservation:
The School of Architecture & Environment's Historic Preservation program—the oldest such program on the West Coast—focuses on physical and social heritage. Students participate in the dynamic planning processes that shapes both urban and rural sustainability and apply the skills they learn in real-world projects, including the Pacific Northwest Field School, that help communities understand and protect their cultural resources and traditions.

Areas of expertise include an introduction to historic preservation, survey and inventory, national register nomination, preservation economics, land use ethics, adaptive use studio, building documentation, and analysis, cultural resource management/public policies in preservation, preservation technology, and American architectural history.

Interior Architecture:
Interior architecture integrates critical analysis with creative thinking to revitalize, reuse, and adapt buildings to resonate with users and provide uplifting, healthy, and sustainable interior environments. The curriculum emphasizes design at all scales from large-scale adaptive reuse to furniture design and fabrication. Students and faculty collaborate closely with faculty in the Department of Architecture as they share required and elective coursework with professional programs in architecture.

The Department of Interior Architecture offers fully-accredited professional degree programs in Architecture (BIArch and MIArch accredited by CIDA) as well as post-professional degrees: the Master of Science in Interior Architecture.

Landscape Architecture:
The Department of Landscape Architecture is the oldest landscape architecture department on the West Coast. UO…