The Portland Urban Architecture Research Laboratory, PUARL, is devoted to the study of urban architecture and urban design locally in Portland, regionally in cities of the Northwest and the Pacific Coast of the United States as well as internationally, specifically in Europe and Asia. The main purpose of PUARL is to conduct and promote activities in urban architecture research and urban design research that help to improve the quality of buildings and the city. We attempt to integrate wholeness and sustainability into the architectural and urban design process by conducting basic and applied research throughout the Portland region (and also other parts of the nation and the world) in urban morphologies, urban building typologies, and urban processes for civic groups, public agencies, professional firms, and development interests. The Portland Urban Architecture Research Lab (PUARL) is part of the architecture department and the College of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon in Eugene and Portland.
Portland Urban Architecture Research Laboratory
School of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon Portland
Director of PUARL: Professor Dr. Hajo Neis (hajoneis@uoregon.edu)
Website: http://puarl.uoregon.edu/
PUARL/PURPLSOC Conferences
– 2018 International PUARL Conference
– 2016 International PUARL Conference
– 2015 International PURPLSOC Conference
– 2013 International PUARL Conference
– 2011 International PUARL Conference
– 2011 International PhD Symposium
– 2009 Fall PUARL Symposium
– 2009 Spring PUARL Symposium
PUARL Books
– PUARL Conference 2009
– PUARL Conference 2011
– Up and Out
– Up and Out 2
Associated Partners:
Professor Dr. Alexander Schmidt, University of Duisburg-Essen, ARUS Program
Professor Dr. Wolfang Starck, University of Duisburg Essen
Professor Dr. Ralf Weber, University of Dresden
Professor Maya Reiner, University of Kassel
Sabine Scherer, Landkreis Kassel
Refugee Projects Activities:
Fall 2015
Hajo Neis, Gabrielle Brown, Briana Meier, Tomo Furukawazono
Winter 2016
Hajo Neis, Briana Meier, Tomo Furukawazono, Idil Gumruk, Emily Matis, Ben Feicht, Hikaru Ankai
Spring 2016
Hajo Neis, Briana Meier, Tomo Furukawazono, Idil Gumruk, Emily Matis, Lena Roper, Hunter Kirkland
Summer 2016 (Field Study in Germany)
Briana Meier, Tomo Furukawazono, Nithya Krithika, Yifei Lou
Fall 2016
Hajo Neis, Briana Meier, Tomo Furukawazono, Ihssane Chimi
December 2016
Howard Davis, Hajo Neis, Field visit to Essen Germany, December 2016
Winter 2017
Hajo Neis, Briana Meier, Tomo Furukawazono, Ihssane Chimi
Howard Davis and Students, Refugee Housing Design Studio in Essen (Germany) and Portland (US)
BOARD OF ADVISORS:
Christopher Alexander
Sara Ishikawa
Murray Silverstein
Max Jacobson
Ingrid King
Partners
Collaborative for Inclusive Urbanism
http://www.inclusiveurbanism.org/
Advanced Research in Urban Systems (ARUS), Duisburg-Essen University
https://www.uni-due.de/urbane-systeme/advanced-research-in-urban-systems_en.shtml
Pursuit of Pattern Languages for Societal Change
http://www.purplsoc.org/
Pattern Languages of Programs (PLoP)
https://www.hillside.net/plop/
Center for Environmental Structure (CES)
PatternLanguage.com
Building Living Neighborhoods
Associate Partners
Surplus Permaculture Design
http://www.surpluspermaculture.org/