Curatorial Committee
City of Possibility exhibits and programs have been developed by six members of the Portland architecture community.
University of Oregon
School of Architecture
Director, Portland Architecture Program
Justin Fowler teaches studios in architectural design and housing, along with seminars in history and theory in the urban architecture specialization. His writing has appeared in publications such as Architectural Histories, Volume, Harvard Design Magazine, Thresholds, PIN-UP, Domus, Journal of Urban Affairs, and Topos.
University of Oregon
School of Architecture
Visiting Assistant Professor
Design for Spatial Justice Fellow
Elisandra Garcia is an activist, designer, and educator from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico and is currently a Visiting Professor of Architecture at the Portland Architecture Program. Some of her current projects are the Parrott Creek Youth At Risk Transitional Housing Campus and the Albina Vision Trust Masterplan Phase 2.
Portland State University
School of Architecture
Assistant Professor
Anna Goodman teaches urban and architectural history, design research, and design studios within PSU's undergraduate and graduate architecture and Urban Design Certificate programs. She has published articles on topics of community-based design, participatory urbanism, and experimental architectural education in peer-review journals, including the Journal of Architectural Education and the Journal of Urban History.
Independent Writer
Curator
Advocate
Randy Gragg is a Portland, Oregon-based writer on landscape, urban design, and architecture. He regularly develops public programs, lectures, competitions, and exhibits on architecture, landscape, and urban design with an eye toward impacts on the region's future.
Portland State University
School of Architecture
Director, Professor
Juan Manuel Heredia is a Professor and the Director of Portland State University’s School of Architecture. He is the author of The First Modern Building in Mexico (Arquine 2020), co-editor of The Routledge Handbook on the Reception of Classical Architecture (Routledge, 2019), and co-author of Juan Sordo Madaleno 1916-1985 (Arquine 2013).
University of Oregon
School of Architecture
Visiting Professor
Will is a designer from Oregon and has worked in multiple firms across Oregon, New York, and abroad including PARA-Project, LEVER Architecture, Architecture Research Office, Allied Works, and HaasCookZemmrick. Throughout his work, Will considers the possibility of building as a regenerative act for communities and their landscapes.