Adriann Bechtle

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Adriann Bechtle is a Clark Honors College student earning a Bachelor’s of Architecture at the University of Oregon and currently working as the Architecture Department Head’s assistant. She was raised by a single mother in Minnesota and moved to Oregon late 2015. She is writing her thesis on accessible lighting design, which balances the needs of people with impaired vision and those with photophobia. When she graduates in June 2021, she hopes to work for a firm that focuses on sustainable or accessible design.

Undergraduate Writing Series

Post-Pandemic Architecture Needs to Be Healthier

By Adriann Bechtle • October 21, 2020

As an architecture student, I’d normally be building a model in my studio on campus right now. Instead, six months into quarantine, I’m still sitting in my makeshift home office worrying about my friends and family. The death toll climbs every day and my mom, who has an autoimmune disorder, is in the high-risk population…. Read more →