COC and Team Oregon win Taipei EcoCity Vision Project

The Taipei City Government awarded the Taipei EcoCity Vision project to Team Oregon and its partners: Origin International and Chinese Culture University.

Team Oregon is led by Bob Wise at Cogan Owens Cogan, LLC and Tim Smith at SERA Architects.

The project will employ the Natural Step system conditions and Civic Ecology approaches for the visioning process. The team will provide the City with the vision context necessary for making decisions about capital investment, economic revitalization, business growth, neighborhood improvements, and mobilize the region to achieve the common good.

Well done, Team Oregon!

PSU Forums Spring Term 2008

Presented by Arnold Cogan, FAICP, Planner-in-Residence in the Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning.

This forum will be held in room 303 of the Urban Center from 10 to 11:30 am. Specific dates, topics and speakers are as follows:

April 25: Why infrastructure is an important element of regional planning.
Guest speakers: Robin McArthur, AICP, Metro Regional Planning Director, and Ted Kyle, Capacity Program Manager of Water Environment Services for Clackamas County. To be discussed: Advancing the state of the art of infrastructure planning from its current piecemeal approach to one that is more regionally based. While this applies to large, expensive facilities such as highways, water systems and sewer projects, it is also important for smaller facilities such as parks, schools, libraries and other public buildings. A possible model to consider is the current study underway at Metro.

All forums will be webcast live and archived for future viewing. Our expectation is that each event will stimulate spirited conversation, focus our expectations on the role of planning in the future and provide students, faculty and others with new insights.

For more information, please contact Arnold Cogan at: 503-225-0192 or at arnold.cogan@coganowens.com