JEFF HOU

Associate Professor, MLA Coordinator, Landscape Architecture
348 Gould Hall
Box 355734
Seattle WA 98195-5734
jhou@u.washington.edu
http://faculty.washington.edu/jhou/
206.543.7225

jeff hou | curriculum vita | research | projects | publications | courses taught | awards

CURRICULUM VITA

EDUCATION

PROFESSIONAL & RESEARCH INTERESTS

Community design, everyday landscapes, design activism, informal participation, ecological and cultural multiplicity in the urban landscape, citizen movements and participatory design in the Pacific Rim

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL & RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Center for Environment, Education and Design Studies, University of Washington. Faculty Affiliate , 2001-present.

Meinung Township Cultural Placemaking Plan. Project Consultant , 2004-2005.

Ilan Children's Park Master Plan. Project Consultant , 2003-present.

Urban Design Master Plan for Chinatown, Japantown, Little Saigon – International District Seattle. Technical Advisor , 2002-2003.

Institute of Urban and Regional Development, UC Berkeley. Project Consultant , 1998-1999.

Building and Planning Research Foundation, National Taiwan University. Project Director , 1996. Project Manager and Planner , 1994-1996. Project Designer , 1995-1996.

SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS

Course Development Award. East Asia Cen. 2007.ter, University of Washington. For an experimental course titled Asian Cities. Co-recipient: Dan Abramson

Faculty Achievement Award for Work in Progress. College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Washington. For work in progress on Urban Community Gardens book project. Co-recipient: Julie Johnson. 2006.

Landscape Architecture Foundation. Land and Community Planning Case Study Series: “Urban Community Gardens: Place Making for Healthy, Active and Sustainable Living.” Principal investigators: Jeffrey Hou, Julie Johnson and Laura Lawson. 2005-2006.

Jeannette & David McKinley Faculty Award. Project Global Studio. College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Washington. 2004.

Ford Foundation. “Constructing a Social Justice Framework for Youth and Community service. Sharon Sutton (principal investigator), Susan Kemp (co-investigator), Jeffrey Hou (community practice consultant), Susan Saegert (co-investigator), Lorraine Gutierrez (co-investigator), Michael Conn (research consultant). Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2004.

Housing and Urban Development (HUD)—Community Outreach Partnership Centers (COPC) Community Futures Demonstration Grant. UW College of Architecture and Urban Planning in partnership with the UW-Yakima Valley Community Partnership. Co-investigators: Jerry Finrow, Jeffrey Hou, Lynne Manzo, Robert Ozuna, Michael Pyatok, and Mario Villanueva. 2004.

Pacific Rim Research Grant. Pacific Rim Research Program, University of California. Principal investigator: Mark Francis (UC Davis). Collaborator, 2003-2004.

Dean's Faculty Development Award.  College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Collaborator: Dan Abramson.  2003.

Royalty Research Fund. "Seattle's Chinatown-International District: Transnational Communities, Local Identities, and the Making of Place." $33,327. Principal investigators: Daniel Abramson, Gail Dubrow, Jeffrey Hou, Lynne Manzo. 2002-2003.

Global Classrooms Project. Office of Undergraduate Education at University of Washington. $26,560. Principal investigator: Jeffrey Hou. 2002.

Institute of Transnational Studies, University of Washington. Principal investigators: Yomi Braester (Comparative Literature), Daniel Abramson (Urban Design and Planning), Jeffrey Hou (Landscape Architecture). 2002.

Prize for Project Acquired, International Architects' Competition, Construction and Design Concepts for Expo 1995 in Vienna and Post-Expo Use. With Hans Peter Petri & Yu-Hang Kong. 1991.

Abraham E. Kazan Fund Prize for Urban Design Studies. 1990.

New York Society of Architects Matthew W. Del Gaudio Award for Excellence in Total Design. 1990.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Hou, Jeffrey, Julie Johnson and Laura Lawson. (Forthcoming) Urban Community Gardens: Placemaking for Sustaining People, Communities and Cities. DC: Landscape Architecture Foundation. (forthcoming)

Hou, Jeffrey and Isami Kinoshita. 2007. Bridging Community Differences through Informal Processes: Reexamining Participatory Planning in Seattle and Matsudo. Journal of Planning Education and Research 26(3): 301-313.

Abramson, Daniel, Lynne Manzo and Jeffrey Hou. 2006. From Ethnic Enclave to Multi-ethnic Translocal Community: Constructed Identities and Community Planning in Seattle’s ‘Chinatown-International District. Journal of Architecture and Planning Research. 23(4), Winter: 341-359.

Hou, Jeffrey and Min-Jay Kang. 2006. Differences and Dialogic Learning in a Collaborative Virtual Design Studio. Open House International 31(3): 85-94.Special Issue on Studio Teaching Practices: Between Traditional, Revolutionary and Virtual Models. 

Hou, Jeffrey, Mark Francis and Nathan Brightbill (eds.) 2005. (Re)Constructing Communities: Design Participation in the Face of Change. Center for Design Research, University of California, Davis.

Hou, Jeffrey. 2005. Placemaking with Untold Narratives: Uncovering ‘Other' Cultural Landscapes on Seattle's Central Waterfront. A Time for Place: Proceedings of CELA 2005 Conference. University of Georgia, Athens, GA. September 21-24, 2005.

Hou, Jeffrey. 2005. Speaking Images: A Case of Photovoice Application in Community Design. Association for Community Design Annual Conference. New York, March 30-April 1, 2005.

Hou, Jeffrey. 2004. “Preserving for Multiple Publics: Contesting Views of Urban Conservation in Seattle's International District” City and Time 1(1), 3 http://www.ct.ceci-br.org

Hou, Jeffrey. 2004. Asian Streets in America: Design Transformation of Seattle's ‘International District.' Street, Urban Design and Representation, the Third Great Asian Streets Symposium . National University of Singapore. 6-7 December 2004.

Hou, Jeffrey. 2004. Global Classrooms Studio: An Experiment in Virtual and Real, Online Collaboration. In Buhmann, Erich, Christina von Haaren and Bill Miller (eds.), Trends in Online Landscape Architecture, New Communication Techniques for Landscape Architecture and Architecture, Proceedings at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences 2004 . Heidelberg: Wichmann Verlag.

Hou, Jeffrey. 2004. Understanding Diversity Through Biographical Landscapes. Not White: Diversity in Beginning Design Education. The 20th National Conference on Beginning Design Student. April 1-3, 2004. Hampton University Department of Architecture.

Hou, Jeffrey and Michael Rios. 2003. Community-driven Placemaking: the Social Practice of Participatory Design in the Making of Union Point Park. Journal of Architectural Education , 57 (1): 19-27.

Hou, Jeffrey, Liling Huang and Tamesuke Nagahashi. 2003.  Networking Across Cultures: From Exchange to Collaborative Learning in the Pacific Rim. The Seventh Conference of Asian Planning Schools Association (APSA). Hanoi, Vietnam, September 12-14, 2003.

Hou, Jeffrey. 2003. On Preserving Cultural Landscape: the Construct of Landscape in Taiwan's Cultural Heritage Preservation.  Pursuit of Authenticity in Conservation: Selected Papers of 2001 Taiwan Cultural Heritage Preservation Conference . Taipei: Council of Cultural Affairs, Taiwan. (In Chinese)

Hou, Jeffrey. 2003. Missing Edge in Ecological Design: Social Challenges in the Fresh Kills Competition and Olympic Sculptural Park.  IFLA 2003 Conference, Calgary, May 26-29.

Hou, Jeffrey. 2002. Negotiating Shifting Landscapes: Public Awareness-building in the Face of Contested Cultural Heritage.  ICOMOS 13 th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium. Madrid, Spain. December 1-5, 2002.

Hou, Jeffrey and Amy Tanner. 2002. Constructed Identities and Contested Space in Seattle's Chinatown-International District. CELA 2002 Conference Proceedings. Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference. SUNY, Syracuse, New York. September 25-27, 2002.

Hou, Jeffrey. 2002. Agency of Change: Community Organizations and Environmental Change in Meinung, Taiwan. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association. Philadelphia. May 22-26, 2002.

Hou, Jeffrey. 2002. Learning from Cultural Space: Introducing Multiplicity of Space and Spatial Processes in Beginning Design. The Predicament of Beginning: Proceedings of the 18th National Conference on the Beginning Design Students. Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. P. 179-184.

Hou, Jeffrey. 2001. Cultural Production of Environmental Consciousness: Case Studies of Environmental Movements and Design in Taiwan. Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association. Edinburgh, Scotland. July 3-6, 2001. P. 128-132.

Hou, Jeffrey. 2000. From Dual Disparities to Dual Squeeze: The Emerging Patterns of Regional Development in Taiwan. Berkeley Planning Journal. Vol. 14, 2000, p. 4-22.

Hou, Jeffrey. 2000. Social, Intellectual, and Political Actions in Environmental Planning and Design: the Case of Anti-Binnan Movement in Chiku, Taiwan. Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association. San Francisco, CA. May 10-14, 2000, p. 19-25.

Hou, Jeffrey. 1999. Non-government Sector Involvement in the Conservation and Ecotourism Development of Chiku Wetlands. Paper presented at the 13th Global Biodiversity Forum, San Jose, Costa Rica, May 7-9, 1999.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS

Meinung Township Landscape Master Plan. Meinung People’s Association. 2005.

Maynard Avenue Green Street, Seattle (2004-2005)

Ilan Children's Park Master Plan (2003-Present)

Seattle Waterfront Design Collaborative – “Structure for Resilience” (2003)

Union Point Park Master Plan, Oakland (1998-1999).

National Center for Traditional Arts -- Detailed Plan, I-Lan County, Taiwan (1994-1996).

I-Lan County Performing Art Center, Taiwan (1990-1997).

Lihtegan Comprehensive Community Building Project, I-Lan County, Taiwan (1996).

I-Lan County Historic Space Conservation Plan -- Phase Two, Taiwan (1995-1996).

Community Improvement Plan for Iraralai Village, Pongso-No-Ta'u (1994-1995).

SELECTED SERVICES

Association of Community Design. Board member. 2007—present

International District Housing Alliance, Seattle. Board member 2006—present           

Seattle Pro Parks Levy Citizen Supervisory Committee. Appointed member , 2004-present.

North America Taiwanese Professors Association (NATPA). Board member , 2004-2006.

North American Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA). President, 2004; Acting President , 2003.

Pacific Rim Community Design Network. Conference Coordinator , 2004; Conference committee member , 1998, 2002, 2006.

SAVE International – a Project of Earth Island Institute.   Advisory committee , 2001-present; International Coordinator , 1998-2001.