We know that a project, no matter how big or small, is only as good as the team behind it. We see our relationships with contractors, builders, trades people, craftswomen and men, engineers and consultants as fundamental to the success of our team, at the core of which is a group of dedicated, hardworking, and occasionally brilliant folks.
Founding Principal & Director of Design
Jan Fillinger has devoted 30 years to designing award-winning architecture that combines building science, art, and craft into sustainable, functional, and beautiful buildings. He has built a reputation for his unerring focus on a creative mix of economy, efficiency, equity, and environment that results in projects of the highest caliber.
Jan grew up in Switzerland where he was exposed to the combination of timeless craft, inspirational architecture, and enduring cultural aesthetic of centuries past, which instilled in him a deep appreciation and commitment to innovative creativity, technical design excellence, and environmental awareness. At age 22 he came to the US and earned a Bachelor’s in Economics and a Master’s in Architecture from the University of California at Berkeley. From 1986 to 1996, as the principal of his architecture practice in Berkeley he designed over a hundred residential and commercial projects.
After moving to Eugene in 1997, Jan worked for WBGS Architects (now Pivot Architecture), where he designed the addition to the Community Corrections Center and was lead design architect of the Heron Building in the center of downtown. In 2000 he joined forces with two mechanical engineers and another architect to form SOLARC Architecture + Engineering, a firm specializing in cutting-edge energy-efficiency and sustainable design. SOLARC grew to a firm of two dozen, spearheading or consulting on a wide variety of commercial and residential projects, with a crucial role in the design of hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of green projects in California, Oregon, Hawaii, Washington, and Utah. In 2006 Jan left SOLARC and formed Studio-E Architecture, PC.
Director of Operations
Teri received her Masters in Social Welfare from UC Berkeley. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. In addition to maintaining a private practice, she works as STUDIO-E’s Office Manager, overseeing day-to-day operations and business details. Teri is also a partner and managing member of the LUCiA and Arcadia Townhouse developments. Her strong organizational skills, empathy, efficiency, and attention to detail that she applies to all her endeavors are an important asset to the well-being and smooth functioning of Studio.e.
Architect, Project Manager
Oregon-born and a University of Oregon graduate, Eli has returned from living in other states and abroad to work as a designer and project manager on a range of residential and commercial projects, previously for Studio 3 Architecture in Salem OR, and for Willard C. Dixon Architect in Eugene OR. He joined the Studio-E team in early 2018.
Eli has a strong interest in affordable and ‘Missing Middle’ housing and high-efficiency sustainable design. When he’s not exploring the remote corners of Oregon with his two teenagers, Eli volunteers his time teaching architectural concepts to elementary students in Eugene, as part of the AIA’s Architects in Schools program.
Project Manager, Design Associate
Born and raised in Oregon, Cameron joined Studio-e after receiving Bachelor of Architecture with a minor in sociology from the University of Oregon. Prior to his academic studies, Cameron served in the Army, National Guard, from 2001 to 2010, achieving the rank of Sergeant (E-5). While enlisted, he was deployed to Iraq twice, and to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Between deployments, he worked as a builder for McIntyre Construction in Eugene Oregon.
Cameron is passionate about the interface between the built environment and the communities they impact. While studying at the University of Oregon, he joined the River Road Community Organization (RRCO) Board in 2015 and serves to present day. Through RRCO, he was selected to be on the Community Advisory Committee for the River Road and Santa Clara Neighborhood Plan. Cameron has worked diligently to ensure that land use items in the plan are codifiable, meet the future housing and development needs of the neighborhood, and reflect the desires of the community, as a whole.
Project Manager, Design Associate
Jay grew up in Texas and received his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Texas, where he helped design everything from national park visitor centers to museums. After moving to the Pacific Northwest in 2005, Jay worked on a wide variety of projects, ranging from tiny houses to high-rise buildings. After a stint with SERA Architecture in Portland, where he collaborated on several award-winning apartment buildings, he joined Studio-E in 2016.
Jay is known for his elaborate diagrams describing big ideas. He is a master of Revit and various other challenging rendering software. A dedicated researcher of architectural materials and building technology, Jay is an inveterate tinkerer who enjoys tackling technical details that result in high-performance projects and several of his LEED projects have achieved Platinum ratings.
Architect, Design Associate
Originally from the Central Coast of California, Jocelyn holds a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Oregon and is a Certified Passive House Consultant (CPHC). Over the past nine years, she has worked on a range of projects in the design industry from building performance analysis and consulting to construction management to interior and product design. Since joining Studio.e in 2021, she has specialized in single and multi-family residential Passive House design.
Jocelyn is passionate about the built environment’s ability to promote holistic health and wellness for the occupants, community and natural environment. She enjoys the design challenge of incorporating sustainable and innovative materials into high-efficiency buildings at all scales and has an affinity for minimal dwellings and missing middle scale co-housing. Viewing architecture as an advocacy tool, Jocelyn is committed to supporting spatial justice initiatives such as transitional housing villages and Eugene’s Egan Warming Shelters. She re-energizes by trail running, surfing, bouldering, foraging, cycle commuting, writing poetry and playing with her rescued Norwegian forest cat in her backyard tiny house.
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Design Associate
Mia received her Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Oregon through the PathwayOregon program in 2022. While pursuing her studies, she became interested in architecture and the built environment. Shortly after her studies, she joined the Studio.e Architecture team. Mia has worked on commercial projects for Aspen Street Architects and has produced energy models at Greenhammer as one of the selected Net Zero Emerging Leaders Interns.
Mia is passionate about building science and high-performance design. She is a Certified Passive House Consultant (CPHC). Mia enjoys the complexities of architecture, designing for a changing climate and integrating different building assemblies, aesthetics, health, and safety.