University of Oregon

Campus

The University of Oregon has around 80 buildings and facilities, including athletics sites such as Hayward Field and McArthur Court, and off-campus sites such as nearby Autzen Stadium, the Westmoreland Housing area and the Riverfront Research Park.

Related Topics:
Hayward Field - McArthur Court - Autzen Stadium

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The university is known for being the site of a pioneering participatory planning experiment known as the Oregon Experiment (which is also the subject of a book of the same name). The two major principles of the project are that buildings should be designed, in part, by the people who will ultimately use them (usually with the help of an 'architect facilitator'), and that construction should occur over many small projects (as opposed to a few large ones). Despite some initial successes, however, these principles have generally fallen out of use.

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Deady Hall is the university's oldest building. Completed on October 16, 1876 it was the only building on campus with an enrollment of 177 students. Deady Hall is now home to many classrooms, offices of mathematics faculty and graduate students, and the mathematics undergraduate lounge. In 1977, Deady Hall was designated a National Historic Landmark.

Related Topics:
1977 - National Historic Landmark

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Willamette Hall is home to the university's hard sciences. The construction of the $45.3 million complex was completed in 1989.

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Lillis Business Complex is home to the Lundquist College of Business. The complex has a capacity of 196,500 square feet (18,000 m²) and has the largest array of architectural solar glass installed in the Northwest.

Related Topics:
Solar - Northwest

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Oregon Hall is the university's main administrative heart. This building includes the Registrar's Office and Office of Admissions.

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Villard Hall is home to Theatre Arts. Like its sister building Deady Hall, it was designated a National History Landmark in 1977.

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Johnson Hall is where offices for higher administration and trustee offices are found. The offices of the President of the university are in this building, and was one of main buildings used in the movie "Animal House".

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Knight Library was originally erected in 1937. There were additions to the building in 1950, 1966, and a renovation in 1994. By the time of the third addition, the library had increased in size by 132,000 square feet (12,000 m²).

Related Topics:
1950 - 1966 - 1994

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Pioneer Statue was created by sculptor Alexander Proctor in 1919, and is located between Fenton and Friendly hall. It is rumored to have inspired the fictional statue of pioneer Jebediah Springfield in the television show the Simpsons. In 1932, the "Pioneer Mother" statue was dedicated in the Women's Memorial Quadrangle on the other side of Johnson Hall; the two statues are aligned so that they can 'see' one-another through the large windows of the hall's main floor.

Related Topics:
Alexander Proctor - Jebediah Springfield - Simpsons

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The university maintains the Riverfront Research Park, a small facility located across Franklin Blvd. from the main campus, next to the Willamette River. The Park is used for creating new technologies (including projects funded by the US military), such as research about artificial intelligence at the Computational Intelligence Research Lab and genetic engineering research on zebrafish.

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