Mark Gorgolewski
Director of the Graduate Program in Building Science
Professor
B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., DIP ARCH, LEED AP.
mgorgo@ryerson.ca
416 979 5000 x 6494
Dr. Mark Gorgolewski is the Program Director for the graduate programme in the building science at Ryerson University. Mark has worked for many years as an architect, researcher and environmental consultant to the construction industry. He is a director of the Canada Green Building Council and past chair of the Association for Environment Conscious Building in the UK.
Mark’s interest is in the area of closed-loop systems applied to the built environment. This includes strategies to enhance the sustainability performance of construction materials, building products, buildings as well as urban environments. His work addresses the integration of energy, water, materials and urban food systems. Mark has published many books, articles and papers on issues of sustainable design. His most recent publication with co-authors June Komisar and Joe Nasr is Carrot City: Creating Places for Urban Agriculture. Current areas of research include sustainable housing, reuse of construction resources, building performance assessment, and design for urban agriculture. He coordinated one of the winning teams in the CMHC Equilibrium Housing Competition to design a sustainable, net zero energy housing development, and was co-curator for the Carrot City exhibition in Toronto, New York, Berlin, Paris and elsewhere. Mark is also co-recipient of the 2007-2008 ACSA/AIA Housing Design Education Award and in 2012 he received the H.A. Krentz Award from the steel industry.
Research Area
- Resilience in urban design
- Zero carbon buildings
- Recycling and reuse of construction materials and components
- Design impacts of urban agriculture
- Prefabrication and sustainability
Dr Mark Gorgolewski has worked for many years as an architect, researcher, educator and environmental consultant to the construction industry. He is a director of the Canada Green Building Council, member of iiSBE Canada and past chair of the Association for Environment Conscious Building in the UK.
Mark`s interest is in the area of closed-loop systems applied to the built environment. This includes strategies to enhance the sustainability performance of construction materials, building products, buildings as well as urban environments. His work addresses the integration of energy, water, materials and urban food systems. Mark has published many books, articles and papers on issues of sustainable design. His most recent publication with co-authors June Komisar and Joe Nasr is Carrot City: Creating Places for Urban Agriculture.
Current areas of research include sustainable housing, reuse of construction resources, building performance assessment, and design for urban agriculture. He coordinated one of the winning teams in the CMHC Equilibrium Housing Competition to design a sustainable, net zero energy housing development, and was co-curator for the Carrot City exhibition in Toronto, New York, Berlin, Paris and elsewhere.
At Ryerson Mark teaches courses and studios related to sustainable design, energy efficiency, and ecological design
Selected recent papers
Gorgolewski ,M., Komisar, J. & Nasr, J (2013) Urban agriculture as ordinary urban practice: trends and lessons, in CPUL 2, Edited by Andre Viljoen and Katrin Bohn.
Gorgolewski, M. et al, (2013) Resilient City = Carrot City: Urban Agriculture Theories and Designs, in Integrated Urban Agriculture : Precedents, Practices, Prospects, Edited by France, R., Landman, K. & Mougeot, L., UBC press.
Roos, R., & Gorgolewski, M.T.,(2011) The Effectiveness of BOMA BESt and LEED Canada EB:O&M in Greening Commercial Buildings Journal of Green Building v6, no 3, pp76-87.
Ng, K. L. R., Gurunlian, L., Gorgolewski, M. & Liao, Z. (2011) Design of a low-energy envelope system for an apartment building through an integrated design process: a case study, Journal of Green Building v6, no 3, pp 106-132.
Gorgolewski, M.T., (2010) Urban Salvation, Alternatives Journal, 36:4,
Nasr, J., Komisar, J. & Gorgolewski, M.T., (2009) Designing for Food and Agriculture: Recent Explorations at Ryerson University, Open House Journal , Vol. 34.
