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JEFF HOU

Associate Professor, Chair, 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 | courses taught

 

CURRICULUM VITA

EDUCATION

Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley. Environmental Planning, May 2001.
  Grassroots Practice of Environmental Planning: Enabling Community Actions Toward Local Environmental Sustainability in Taiwan. Randolph T. Hester, Jr. (Chair), Timothy P. Duane, G. Mathias Kondolf, Kate M. O'Neill
M. Arch. University of California, Berkeley. Architecture, May 1994.
  Construct of Environmental and Social Change on Pongso-No-Tawo. Kenneth Simmons (Chair), Sara Ishikawa, Claudia Carr.
MLA. University of Pennsylvania . Landscape Architecture, May 1993.
B. Arch. The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Architecture, May 1990.

PROFESSIONAL & RESEARCH INTERESTS
Community design, design activism, everyday landscapes, informal participation, cultural end ecological multiplicity in the urban landscape, citizen movements and democratic design in the Pacific Rim

SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS

  • Course Development Award. East Asia Center, University of Washington. For an experimental course titled Asian Cities. Co-recipient: Dan Abramson. 2007.
  • 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
Books + Proceedings

Journal Articles

Book Chapters

  • Hou, Jeffrey. 2008. Traditions, Transformation, and Community Design: Making of Two Ta’u Houses. In Bell, Bryan, and Katie Wakeford (Eds.), Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism, pp. 74-83.New York: Metropolis Books.
  • Hou, Jeffrey. 2007. Community Processes: the Catalytic Agency of Service Learning Studio. In Salama, A. and Wilkinson, N. (Eds.), Design Studio Pedagogy: Horizons for the Future. Urban International Press, UK.

Conference Papers

  • Hou, Jeffrey. 2009. Design Buffet: Serving Multiple Constituents in a Community-University Partnership. CELA Annual Conference 2008-2009: Teaching + Learning Landscapes. Tucson, Arizona. January 14-16, 2009. 
  • Hou, Jeffrey. 2008. Interconnected Changes: Ta’u Dwellings and Settlements in Transition. Pace or Speed: Vernacular Building Types and Settlements in Transition, ISVS: the 4th International Seminar on Vernacular Settlements, Ahmedabad, India, February 14-17, 2008
  • Hou, Jeffrey. 2006. Hyper Architecture and Lost Traditions? Dwelling Transformation on Pongso-No-Ta’u. The 10th Conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environment (IASTE). Bangkok, Thailand. Thammasat University, December 15-18. (2005-2006 Series of the Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Working Paper Series (WPS).
  • Hou, Jeffrey. 2006. Involving Marginalized Social Groups in the Making of Place. Paper presented at the Place Matters: Seeking Equity in a Diverse Society conference. Diversity Research Institute, University of Washington. 27-28 October.
  • Hou, Jeffrey. 2006. Hybrid Landscapes: Toward an Inclusive Ecological Urbanism on Seattle’s Central Waterfront. Getting Real: Design Ethos Now. ACSA 94th Annual Conference, Cheng, R. and P. J. Tripeny, (Eds.). March 30th to April 3rd, 2006. Salt Lake City, Utah. Pp. 245-250.
  • Hou, Jeffrey. 2005. Placemaking with Untold Narratives: Uncovering ‘Other’ Cultural Landscapes on Seattle’s Central Waterfront. A Time for Place: CELA 2005 Conference Proceedings. University of Georgia, Athens, GA. September 21-24, 2005. pp. 119-123.
  • Hou, Jeffrey. 2005. Speaking Images: A Case of Photovoice Application in Community Design. Visualizing Change: 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. The 4th International Seminar on Urban Conservation. Interfaces in Integrated Urban Conservation: Bridging between Disciplines and Cooperative Action. Recife, Brazil, 23-25 November 2004.
  • Hou, Jeffrey. 2004. Asian Streets in America: Design Transformation of Seattle’s ‘International District.’  Street, Urban Design and Representation: Proceedings of the Third Great Asian Streets Symposium. National University of Singapore. 6-7 December 2004.
  • Hou, Jeffrey. 2004.  Edge Habitat(s): Visions and Challenges for Seattle’s Central Waterfront. The 41st IFLA World Congress. Taipei, Taiwan.  September 9-11, 2004. pp. 608-616.
  • 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. Pp. 87-92.
  • 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. Pp. 92-98.
  • 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) pp. 87-93.
  • Hou, Jeffrey. 2003. Missing Edge in Ecological Design: Social Challenges in the Fresh Kills Competition and Olympic Sculptural Park. Landscapes on the Edge: The 40th Annual IFLA World Congress, Calgary, May 26-29.
  • Hou, Jeffrey. 2002. Negotiating Shifting Landscapes: Public Awareness-building in the Face of Contested Cultural Heritage.  ICOMOS 13th General Assembly--Strategies for the World's Cultural Heritage: Preservation in a Globalised World--Principles, Practices Perspectives. Madrid, Spain. December 1-5, 2002. pp. 322-325.
  • Hou, Jeffrey and Amy Tanner. 2002. Constructed Identities and Contested Space in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District. Groundwork: 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. pp. 40-44.
  • 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. On Preserving Cultural Landscape: the Construct of Landscape in Taiwan’s Cultural Heritage Preservation.  Paper presented at the Annual Cultural Heritage Preservation Conference, Taipei, Taiwan. December 16, 2001, the National Center for Research and Preservation of Cultural Properties and the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. (In Chinese)
  • 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. pp. 128-132.
  • 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, pp. 19-25.
  • Hou, Jeffrey. 2000. Cultural Production of Environmental Activism: Two Cases in Southern Taiwan.  Paper presented at the Fifth Annual Conference on the History and Culture of Taiwan.  Remapping Taiwan: Histories and Cultures in the Context of Globalization. University of California Los Angeles. October 12-15, 2000.
  • 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 (2003-2005)
  • 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
  • ID 2030 Design & Resource Center, Advisory Board Co-chair. 2008—present
  • Friends of International Children’s Park, Design Committee Chair, 2007--present
  • International District Housing Alliance, Seattle. Board member 2006—2008
  • Seattle Pro Parks Levy Citizen Supervisory Committee. Appointed member, 2004-2007
  • North America Taiwanese Professors Association (NATPA). Board member, 2004-2006
  • North American Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA). President, 2004; Acting President, 2003; Board of Advisors, 2008
  • 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.

RESEARCH

  • Insurgent Public Space: Contesting and Remaking the Contemporary Cities.

    Manuscript completed.

  • Urban Community Gardens: Place Making for Healthy, Active and Sustainable Living

    Principal investigators: Jeffrey Hou, Julie Johnson and Laura Lawson. Landscape Architecture Foundation—Land and Community Planning Case Study Series, 2005-2006

  • Seattle's Chinatown-International District: Transnational Communities, Local Identities, and the Making of Place.

    Principal investigators: Daniel Abramson, Gail Dubrow, Jeffrey Hou, Lynne Manzo. Funded by Royalty Research Fund, University of Washington. Summer 2002—Spring 2004

  • Public Spaces and the Public Sphere: Multi-disciplinary Inquiries into Urban Change in the Pacific Rim

    Collaborative research seminar funded by the Institute of Transnational Studies, University of Washington. Principal investigators: Yomi Braester (Comparative Literature), Daniel Abramson (Urban Design and Planning), Jeffrey Hou (Landscape Architecture). Fall 2002 – Spring 2003.

  • Community Design in the Pacific Rim

    Ongoing collaborative research and practice through the Pacific Rim Community Design Network and conference series. For more information, click here. Publications include “(Re)constructing Communities: Design Participation in the Face of Change ” (2005), edited by Jeffrey Hou, Mark Francis and Nathan Brightbill.

  • Cross-cultural Design

    Working group to examine pedagogies of cross-cultural design education: Collaborators: Shenglin Chang (University of Maryland), Kerio Hettori (Meijigakuindaigaku University), Margarita Hill (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo), Isami Kinoshita (Chiba University), Laura Lawson (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), David Myers (University of Maryland), and Sawako Ono (Chiba University). Papers published in a special issue of Landscape Journal.