She is currently designing a small residential development on the California coast. Since 1998, Cartwright has focused on developing a small architectural practice, which was recipient of a Meta Design Award in 2003.
Her research areas also include climate-responsive design and daylighting strategies, including atria, courtyards and light wells.Īn accomplished designer, Cartwright has collaborated on competition entries selected for exhibition with the sponsorship of Boston's Public Facilities Department and the Boston Society of Architects ("Raising the Roof, Opening Doors"), the New York Municipal Arts Society and the National Endowment for the Arts ("Manhattan Waterfront Competition"), the Minneapolis College of Art and Design ("A New American House," award of merit), and the City and County of Milwaukee ("Milwaukee Lakefront Competition," award of merit). Angel Abbey Library" at the Centenary Celebration of Alvar Aalto's Birth at Mt. She has presented segments of her research in lectures and papers, including presentations of "A Lexicon of Light, Themes in Aalto's Libraries" in Dresden, Germany, and "From the Earth to the Sky Tracing the Development of Luminous themes in Mt. She also teaches courses in daylighting, electric lighting, site and climate, and media.Ī long-standing focus of Cartwright's research is the relationship between light and form in the work of Finnish architect Alvar Aalto.
Virginia Cartwright, associate professor of architecture and the director of the UO Baker Lighting Lab, explores light, form, and space through her research and practice, as well as in her design studios and seminars on the architecture of Alvar Aalto and on architecture in the cinema.
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