EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MARY KIM MCKEOWN MEMORIAL LECTURE IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

School of Architecture and Allied Arts

EUGENE
Thursday,
September 27, 2012
5:30 p.m.
Harrington Room
Jaqua Center
1615 E. 13th Ave
Roger Trancik, FASLA
The year 2012 marks the silver anniversary of the
textbook Finding Lost Space, still in circulation
worldwide. It was written to nd a coherent way of
designing the urban public realm by applying spatial
paradigms of gure-ground, linkage and place. The
lecture will focus on the problem of lost space and how
to create a more viable urban footprint on the landscape
of modern cities.
Since the books release, lost space has persisted, in
fact accelerated on an international scale, the result of
misdirected priorities and unsustainable citybuilding
practices. The integrity of urban fabric and the important
role of the human-scaled urban block have been lost.
Origins and causes of lost space will be identied along
with principles for restructuringincluding inll, public
street life, connective green systems and densityland
coverage. Successful solutions rely on collaboration
between landscape architects, planners, architects, and
preservationists.
This memorial lecture is made possible by contributions of friends, fellow classmates,
and family members of Kim McKeown, BLA 82, to the University of Oregon Foundation.
25 YEARS OF
FINDING LOST SPACE
Department of
Landscape Architecture
landarch.uoregon.edu
DEPARTMENT OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
5234 University of Oregon
Eugene OR 97403-5234
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ROGER TRANCIK, FASLA
Roger Trancik, FASLA, is professor emeritus of landscape
architecture and city and regional planning at Cornell University,
and founding principal of Urban Design Consultants, Ithaca,
New York. Trancik has published several national award-
winning books including Finding Lost Space, and Hamlets of the
Adirondacks. His work, Layers of Rome, an educational CD-ROM
sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and Graham
Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, won the
national Communications Award from the American Society of
Landscape Architects.
Lecture is free and open to the public.
The University of Oregon is an equal-opportunity, afrmative-action institution
committed to cultural diversity and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities
Act. This publication will be made available in accessible formats upon request.
Accommodations for people with disabilities will be provided if requested,
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