Benjamin E. Nielsen

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SOU Master Plan

Southern Oregon University

Master Plan Update and North Campus Village Student Housing

Ashland, Oregon | 2009-10, 2011-12

A ten year update to a previous master plan which, among other goals, shifts student housing to the northern half of campus. The student housing project that followed, based on this master plan update, includes two new residence halls and a new dining hall organized around a new residential quad.

SOU Master Plan

Old Town Recovery Center


Portland, Oregon | 2010-11

The Old Town Recovery Center has a unqiue program that combines mental and physical health services for the poor in conjunction with the adjacent Old Town Clinic. Additionally, the clinic replaces a vacant lot at a prominent downtown intersection and enhances the street edge with high transparency and high levels of activity on the ground floor.

Liwa Physical Framework Master Plan

Liwa Physical Framework Master Plan


Liwa, United Arab Emirates | with SERA Architects 2009-2011

The Liwa Physical Framework Master Plan details the growth of a new city in the south of Abu Dhabi’s Western Region from what is presently a very modest settlement and commercial crossroads. The new city of Liwa will eventually be home to a population of 51,000, and will be the future seat of government for the Western Region

Clackamas County Evidence Building

Clackamas County Evidence Building


Clackamas, Oregon | 2009

The Clackamas County Evidence Building will provide the county sheriff's department expanded space and a modernized facility to safely store criminal evidence during investiagtions and trials.

SOU Master Plan

Ontario Downtown Revitalization Plan


Ontario, Oregon | 2009

A set of land use, urban design, and transportation plans that aims to bring vitality back to downtown Ontario.

Hillsdale Town Center Phased Redevelopment Plan

Hillsdale Town Center Phased Redevelopment Strategy


Portland, Oregon | 2008-09

The Hillsdale Town Center Phased Redevelopment Strategy describes a series of actions to improve the function and appearance of this small town center in southwest Portland, both in the near- and long-term. Taken together, these physical changes should significantly increase access to and use of the town center. Most of these actions were designed to be implemented incrementally and much of the responsibility for implementation rests on the shoulders of the citizens of Hillsdale.

Cottage-court Infill Housing

Low-rise, Medium-density Infill Housing Prototypes


Outer Southeast Portland, Oregon | 2004

Attached, single-family dwelling units with a three dimensional matrix of public, semi-public/semi-private, and private space. Proposed for large lots previously zoned for single dwelling units in outer southeast Portland.

Cottage-court Infill Housing

Calgary ArtCity Pavilion Competition


Calgary, Alberta | FINALIST | 2002

Temporary art pavilions that are designed to be disassembled and stored in an area no larger than a parking space.

North Central Saint Louis Reurbanization

North Central Saint Louis Reurbanization

Medium-density Urban Infill Housing

Saint Louis, Missouri | 2002

The North Central Saint Louis neighborhood, located between the reviving Grand Center arts district and the trendy Central West End along the Central Corridor in Saint Louis, Missouri, is a neighborhood still reeling from outward migration. Vacancy rates are high and abandoned lots abound, but the north central neighborhood’s location along the Central Corridor (the main transportation corridor between the city and the suburbs) gives it the potential to reclaim an urban identity.

City Box

City Box

Park & Temporary Exhibition Space

Copenhagen, Denmark | 2001

A new park in central Copenhagen with a temporary exhibition space to showcase nearby construction in the district.

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