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Architectural design studio - Fall 2008

During the Fall of 2008, architecture students at the University of Oregon looked at sites in Ebey's Landing to examine the effects of regulations. Each student picked a different site, then examined four scenarios for that site:

Project 1 - Assuming you were an architect or builder who cared about the the quality of your work and its effect on the Town, what is the best building you could design under the current zoning ordinance and historic preservation regulations?

Project 2 - Assuming that you are a developer who just wants to make money and is indifferent to the historical context, what would the current regulations allow you to get away with; what are the loopholes?

Project 3 - If the Town adopts the proposed Historic Preservation Plan and Proposed Design Standards, how would this cause you to modify your Project 1?

Project 4 - If the Town adopts these guidelines, how would it cause you to modify your Project 2? (That is, where are the new loopholes?)

Please note that these are student projects, and represent the students' ideas, interpretations and insights. They should not be construed as representing any official body's positions on zoning or regulations. We believe that the code interpretations in these projects are accurate, but as with any code issues, a final determination would have to be made by planning officials for that jurisdiction.)

Aiden Humphrey - Ninth and Parker site

An examination of different housing scenarios for the Hesselgraves property, including the Cottage Housing Overlay District regulations. (776 kb pdf)

Molly Promes - Coupeville Library addition

A variation on the studio assignment, since no developer is looking for loopholes to make money on the new library. Molly instead examined ideas on how the new library might reinforce the historic character of the Town. (632 kb pdf)

Robert Waxman - new cluster housing developments

Looking at single family versus higher density developments on two sites - the south side of NE Third St., and east of Gould, where new lots have recently been subdivided. (2.2 mb pdf)

Matt Dreska - strip shopping center on North Main Street

Propsoed remodels of the Strip center at North Main and Fourth, examining how changes to the existing building could make it fit in better with the historic context. (444 kb pdf)

Lisa Leal - Front Street brewpub

An examination of a hypothetical site on Front, between Kingfisher Books and Back to the Island. How would a brewpub fit here if the lot lines were redrawn?

Emily Clancy - housing development east of Gould

Single family versus Cottage development east of Gould, on the recently subdivided site between Ninth and Sixth..

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