Michael Mehaffy

        900 Cornell Street

             Lake Oswego, Oregon 97034

             (503) 756-1595

 

Employment

   

 

    1981- present  
   (Intermittent)
 

 

    

   

  2005-2006

 

  

 

   

   

  2003-2005   

 

 

 

    

   

  1997-2002




     
   1991-1997       


     
   1986-1990       

     

Education
     

   1980-81           

     
   1979-1980       


     
   1976-1978       


     
   1975-1976       

     
   1973-1975           
     
    

   1971-1973

 

   
Awards     
 

    

Other

Owner, Structura Naturalis Inc., a project consulting and design business.  Urban design, project management and "master building" of neighborhoods, new residences, renovations and commercial structures, including award-winning and published projects.  (Portfolio available.)

  

Managing Director, the Centre for Environmental Structure - Europe.   Co-founded branch research centre with Christopher Alexander,  Emeritus Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Visiting Scholar at Cambridge, and author of seminal texts on architecture and planning including Notes on the Synthesis of Form, A City is Not A Tree, and A Pattern Language.  Secured initial funding and formed initial partnerships.  Continue to serve as Research Associate.  

     

Director of Education, The Prince's Foundation, London.  Oversaw the creation of a highly-regarded new graduate and professional education programme, in partnership with leading agencies and institutions in the UK, including the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, English Partnerships, and a number of academic and research institutions. Hosted conferences and master classes with international leaders in these topics. Continue to serve as instructor and member.

    

Project Manager, PacTrust, Portland, Oregon.   Owner representative and design collaborator with architects, engineers, development partners and jurisdictions on the Orenco Station project, a $200 million, mixed use residential and commercial project with 1800 homes and 500,000 square feet of retail and office.   The project received numerous national awards and extensive media attention.  (Portfolio available.)
     
Senior Project Manager and designer, Green Gables Inc., a design/build firm in Portland, Oregon.   New and remodel residential design/build projects to $2 million. (Portfolio available.)
       
Project Manager, designer, and property manager, John Barkley Real Estate Co., Austin, Texas.  Renovation projects to $300,000, leasing and management. 
     

   

University of California, Berkeley, College of Environmental Design,  Graduate  Architecture Program.  GPA 3.8   
     
University of Texas at Austin, Graduate School.  Studies in philosophy in the Department of Philosophy;  business management at the Graduate School of Business; and public affairs at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. 
     
Bachelor of Arts, Evergreen State College.   Liberal arts, music, and architecture.  Internship in architecture 1977-1978  Graduate Record Exam score 720 verbal, 700 mathematical. 
     
The University of Texas at Austin, Plan II Interdisciplinary Honors Program.   Liberal arts, science and music.
     
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California.  20th Century music composition, design, art, and liberal arts.  (Portfolio available.)

   

St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Austin, Texas.  Honor Roll, 1971-72.  Elected to faculty-
student discipline committee, 1972.  Letter of Commendation, NMSQT merit 
scholarship  finalist.  Filmmaking award, Texas Student Film Festival, 1973.  
   

Arthur Ross Award for Community Design; Livable Communities Transit Design

Award; Ahwahnee Award; Austin Heritage Society Award; and others.

 

Author of numerous articles and two books.  Lectured in the UK, Sweden, the

Netherlands, Portugal, Italy, Mexico and the US.  Qualified for US architect registration

with exam.  Member,  INTBAU College of Traditional Practitioners, CNU, The Prince’s

Foundation, NTHP (US).