People

At Locus Design, our architectural practice is driven by a clear mission: designing spaces that connect people to the outdoors and elevate outdoor recreation. We bring a rigorous, hands-on approach to complex natural environments, blending site-sensitive conceptual work—like physical model building and master planning—with the high-level technical execution required to build responsibly in nature.

Our foundation is built on deep technical leadership. From Building Information Modeling (BIM) and multidisciplinary coordination to complex code analysis and life-safety consulting, we provide the precision necessary to navigate challenging regulatory and environmental landscapes.

But beyond our technical capability, our work is deeply personal. We don’t just design for the outdoors; we spend our lives in it. The bios below reflect this convergence of professional rigor and personal passion, illustrating exactly why we are built for the work we do.

Ryan Camp, AIA

Principal / Founder

For Ryan, the landscape isn't just a site for a building—it's where he spends his life in motion. An avid mountain biker, hiker, and backpacker, he is deeply embedded in the local outdoor community, dedicating his time to help coach the local youth student mountain biking team. Whether he's navigating Fayetteville’s trail systems with his family or spending weekends exploring the woods and tributaries of the region's rivers, Ryan’s approach to design is informed by a constant, active engagement with the natural world.

Educated at the E. Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas, Ryan was initially drawn to the profession by the intersection of creative thinking and rigorous technical discipline. His overarching goal has always been to create unique spaces that invite people to ponder their relationship with nature. He spent years delivering highly complex, award-winning projects at top-tier firms like Marlon Blackwell Architects and BNIM, including a pivotal project management role on Bentonville's bike-navigable office building, The Ledger. Co-founding Locus Design Workshop represented a purposeful pivot. For Ryan, Locus opens up a new landscape of professional growth, allowing for deeper community engagement and the freedom to focus entirely on the environmental and recreational projects he is most passionate about.

Ryan believes that true aesthetic simplicity is achieved through deep technical mastery. By understanding the complexities of construction and material science, he is able to realize new design possibilities. This technical foundation allows him to use natural, tactile materials in unexpected ways, granting him the creative freedom to design structures that don't just sit on the land, but merge with it in a meaningful, purposeful way.

A licensed architect in Missouri, Ryan brings a wealth of high-level project management and multidisciplinary coordination to the Locus team. When he isn't detailing a complex building envelope or guiding a project through construction, you will find him out on the trails, on the water, or passing on his love for the outdoors to the next generation of riders.

Jason Oury, NCARB

Principal / Founder

For Jason, designing for the outdoors isn't a professional niche; it's a lifelong baseline. In many ways, he was practicing architecture long before he ever stepped foot in a college studio. As a kid, he was constantly drawing and building intricate models of castles, carefully crafting their surrounding topography and landscapes. This innate drive to create scaled up in his young adult years when he physically built his own Ozark cabin in the woods. Before college, he spent a decade living in Eureka Springs, captivated by how the town’s infrastructure wove itself directly into the limestone bluffs and Ozark forest. That immersion went as far as wintering in a DIY teepee just to experience the landscape intimately. From building trails alongside Ken Smith (author of The Buffalo Handbook) to serving as the site superintendent at the Ozark Natural Science Center, Jason’s understanding of the natural world is entirely hands-on.

Educated at the E. Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas, Jason’s early design sensibilities were shaped by the rustic, site-integrated CCC structures of Boyle Park and the highly sculptural landscape architecture of The Old Mill in North Little Rock. After years of honing his technical skills at SCM Architects, Core Architects, and Allison Architects, Jason found that the most fulfilling work was always rooted in nature—specifically state park facilities and animal-centric environments. Locus Design was founded to leave traditional civic, educational, and commercial buildings behind, focusing exclusively on projects that engage the natural environment.

Jason approaches architecture with the philosophy that deep technical expertise is the ultimate tool for creative freedom. Rather than seeing complex construction detailing and building codes as limitations, he uses these parameters as a framework to push boundaries. Knowing the rules inside and out allows Jason to design innovative, highly custom outdoor spaces that are as safe and buildable as they are beautiful. He balances this technical rigor with the same tactile creativity of his youth—hand-sketching remains a lifelong hobby and an integral, everyday tool in his professional role to explore spatial ideas and communicate vision clearly to clients.

A registered architect in Arkansas and Tennessee with an active NCARB record for nationwide reciprocity, Jason brings top-tier professional rigor to every project and site. When not at the drawing board or in the field with a contractor, you will likely find him backpacking, kayaking, or fly fishing along the Buffalo River, or tending to his roots as an avid gardener.