Associate Professor Nancy Yen-wen Cheng, RA, LEED AP has taught sustainable architectural design and digital methods at the University of Oregon since 1996,  and directed the Oregon Architecture Department's Portland Program 2009-2013.  She researches how tools and approaches shape the design process, focusing on digital tools as a source of innovation and cultural change.  Her Shaping Light project explores how physical prototyping and digital methods can be combined to foreground material properties in design, using tactile processes for creative engagement and computation for refinement.  She examines how shading devices with undulating surfaces can create dynamic visual interest while blocking the sun’s heat and glare. 

Location

Oregon, USA

Disciplines

• Architecture and Design

Affiliation

University of Oregon

Website

http://architecture.uoregon.edu/faculty/Cheng