The School of Architecture and Environment Award, sponsored by the Division for Undergraduate Education and Student Success, recognizes presentations in all formats focused on a topic in Architecture, Historic Preservation, Interior Architecture, and/or Landscape Architecture. Submissions will be evaluated based on research quality, significance and impact, and presentation quality.
Eligibility Criteria: Current UO undergraduate student from SAE.
Award Amounts: one (1) $300 Award; two (2) $200 Awards; three (3) $100 Honorable Mention Awards.
Current Recipients
Helene Brehl '25
Major: Architecture
Project: "Tubular Veneer Timber - A high performance, deployable, wood building component"
2024 Recognition Award: Design and Science
Blaine Brennan '26
Major: Architecture Interior
Project: "The Balancing Act"
2024 $200 Interior Architecture Award
Aileen Carrillo '27
Major: Architecture Interior
Project: "The iLEAN Chair"
2024 Recognition Award: Built Work
Tiare Cockcroft '26
Major: Architecture Interior
Project: "Riley Hall Revamp | Returning to the 60's"
2024 Recognition Award: Design Studio Research
Madison Coultrap '27, Hanna Gibson '27 & Georgia Manning '27
Majors: Architecture
Project: "UNBE-LEAF-ABLE AIR!"
2024 $100 Honorable Mention Award: Creativity
Paige Gordon '24, Zach Mathews '25, Michael Colucci '25 & Braden Lawrie '24
Majors: Architecture
Project: "Waste Utilization Panels -An upcycling strategy for high performance point supported timber slabs"
2024 $100 Honorable Mention Award: Design Studio Research
Charlotte Kamman '25
Major: Architecture
Project: "Mycelium Bio-Composite Acoustic Isolation Materials for Mass Timber Floor and Ceiling Assemblies"
2024 $100 Honorable Mention Award: Design and Science
Rigel Wakil '24
Major: Architecture
Project: "Measuring Human Emotional Response to Architectural Materials in Daylighting Conditions"
2024 $200 Architecture Award
Rilynn Zarate '25
Major: Architecture
Project: "How to Tie a Wood Knot"
2024 $300 Award
Prior Recipients
Yash Akhouri '23
Major: Architecture
Project: "Living Lady Lawrence"
2023 $150 Award
Adriann Bechtle & Rheata Kumala
Major: Architecture
Project: "Museum of Stolen Land: Problematizing American Colonialism Through Architectural Design"
2021 $300 Award
Gemma Fucigna & Andrew Newbold
Major: Architecture
Project: "The Laboratory for Architecture and Building - Uniting academics, ecological design, and community"
2021 $100 Award
Jillian Kellett
Major: Architecture
Project: "Capitol Hill Arts Alliance: A Center for Visual and Performing Artists in the Wake of the Pandemic"
2021 $100 Award
Braden Lawrie '24
Major: Architecture
Project: "Locking Bilayer Assemblies, Self-Shaping Long Span Mass Timber Vaults"
2023 $150 Award
Max Weisenbloom '23
Major: Architecture
Project: "Barriers to Creating and Accessing Affordable Housing in Portland, Oregon"
2023 $150 Award