Jeffrey Hou, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture Faculty Affiliate, CEEDS Ph: 206-543-7225 Fax: 206-685-4486 jhou@u.washington.edu Statement of Interest My research and practice focus on community design and citizen participation particularly involving minority communities. I served as a project consultant and advisor of several community design projects including the urban design plan for the International District in Seattle and the master plan for Union Point Park in Oakland, California‚ a project that involved the local youths in generating the master plan and design for the park. Publications of Note 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. 1999. From activism to sustainable development: The case of Chigu and the Anti-Binnan movement. In Hester, R. and Corrina K. (Eds.), Democratic Design in the Pacific Rim -- Japan, Taiwan and the United States. Mendocino: Ridge Times Press, pp 124-133. >