Associate Professor, School Of Architecture

u0541763@utah.edu

Professional Membership

• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: International's Associate, Member, American Institue of Architects, 12/01/2005

Publications

• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | CLIMATE CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Joerg Ruegemer (2020). The Challenges of Creating Resilient Housing at Affordable Cost – A ‘Lessons Learned’ Report on The Field of Dreams EcoCommunity. The 5th Residential Building Design & Construction Conference, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania., 03/05/2020
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Jörg Rügemer (2018). Funding for Home Ownership for Low-Income Demographics – the Field of Dreams EcoCommunity in Utah. 2018 Advanced Building Skins Conference. 549 – 558., 10/01/2018 SWITZERLAND
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Jörg Rügemer (2018). The Field of Dreams EcoCommunity. Design Arts Utah., 09/21/2018
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Joerg Ruegemer (2017). Affordable and Cost-Effective High-Performance Housing – The Field of Dreams Eco-Community. (pp. 223-232). 2017 Advanced Building Skins Conference., 10/03/2017 SWITZERLAND
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Joerg Ruegemer (2017). Resilient Housing Design – The Field of Dreams Eco-Community Affordable Housing Project. Common Ground Publishing, Champaign, Illinois, USA. 12., 09/29/2017 SPAIN
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Joerg Ruegemer & Erin Carraher (2016). Project Architecture. National Building Museum, Washington, D.C., 06/2016
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Joerg Ruegemer & Erin Carraher (2015). The Girl Scouts of Utah Interlocking Cross-Laminated Timber Summer Cabins. Passive Low Energy in Architecture PLEA. 8., 09/10/2015 ITALY
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Joerg Ruegemer & Erin Carraher (2015). Project:ARCHITECTURE. Architect, The Magazine of the American Institute of Architects., 06/2015
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Joerg Ruegemer & Erin Carraher (2015). Project: ARCHITCTURE. Regional Excellence. Celebrating Excellence in Wood Architecture. Canadian Wood Council., 06/2015 CANADA
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Joerg Ruegemer & Erin Carraher (2013). Project:ARCHITECTURE, Architectural Education Awards. Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture., 04/2013

Presentations

• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | CLIMATE CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY | WATER: The Kunga ADU Design Build. Salt Lake City, Utah. Invited 110th ACSA Annual Meeting conference award presentation for developing, directing and teaching the first realized Design+Build Salt Lake project for a 70 m2 high-performance Accessory Dwelling Unit for a client in wheelchair. Presented within the session: Health: Healing Environments across a Programmatic Spectrum., 05/19/2022
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | CLIMATE CHANGE | WATER: Site Net Zero Contemporegional Architecture – The Barn Haus in Utah. Conference poster presentation for the development, design and construction of a site-net-zero energy residential building in Holladay, Utah., 04/09/2021
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | CLIMATE CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY | WATER: ARCC 2021 International Conference: Performative Environments, virtual: Development and Construction of The Field of Dream EcoCommunity, Salt Lake City, Utah. Conference poster presentation for the masterplanning, development and design of a micro-neighborhood consisting of 20 innovative, highly energy-efficient and cost effective housing units for the affordable housing market., 04/08/2021
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY | WATER: The Field of Dream EcoCommunity in Kearns. Salt Lake City, Utah. Invited 109th ACSA Annual Meeting conference award presentation for the masterplanning, development and design of a micro-neighborhood consisting of 20 innovative, highly energy-efficient and cost effective housing units for the affordable housing market., 03/25/2021
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | CLIMATE CHANGE: Integrating Sustainability, Resilience and Social Justice towards a better Built and Just Environment. Iowa State University, Department of Architecture, Ames, IO. Invited lecturer. , 11/05/2020
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: The Challenges of Creating Resilient Housing at Affordable Cost – A ‘Lessons Learned’ Report on The Field of Dreams EcoCommunity. Conference presentation and publication at the bi-annual, 5th Residential Building Design & Construction Conference, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania March 4 & 5, 2020., 03/05/2020
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | CLIMATE CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: The Challenges of Creating Resilient Housing at Affordable Cost – A ‘Lessons Learned’ Report on The Field of Dreams EcoCommunity. Conference presentation and publication at the bi-annual, 5th Residential Building Design & Construction Conference, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania March 4 & 5, 2020., 03/05/2020
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | CLIMATE CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Sustainability, Resilience and Social Justice at the Intersection of Architectural Education, Research and Creative Practice. University of Arizona School of Architecture, Tucson, AZ. Invited lecturer., 02/28/2020
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | CLIMATE CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Sustainability, Resilience and Social Justice as a Driver towards better-built Environments. University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Maryland, MD. Invited lecturer., 02/24/2020
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | CLIMATE CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Architecture can save the World – AJR The Works 2020: Invited lecture on resilient design stratgies in professional practice, FFKR Architect, Salt Lake City, Utah. Invited lecturer., 02/21/2020
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | CLIMATE CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Resilience and Social Justice as a Framework for Architectural Education, Research and Practice. Penn State University, Stuckeman School For Architecture, State Park, PA. Invited lecturer., 02/12/2020
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | CLIMATE CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: The Aster Eco Farm and Village Concept and Masterplan: Invited lecture at the 2019 Aster Impact / Aster Village Board Meeting, Zagreb, Croatia, and the City of Križevci, Croatia., 12/08/2019 CROATIA
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: The Girl Scouts of Utah Cabins are exhibited during the 2019 Public Interest Design Conference at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Exhibited during the conference week May 20-24., 05/20/2019
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: The Field of Dreams project is exhibited during the 2019 Public Interest Design Conference at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Exhibited during the conference week May 20-24., 05/20/2019
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | CLIMATE CHANGE: [Can] Smart Design …. Save the World - Smart Design can Save the World: Invited lecture at the AIA Southern Utah Chapter, St. George, UT., 12/10/2018
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Sustainable and Affordable Design in Residential Buildings - Presentation at the Sorensen Impact Center, Business Class, 11/15/2018
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | CLIMATE CHANGE: Resilience and Affordability in Times of Climate Change Presentation in Ecological Planning in Cities, College of Architecture and Planning , 11/11/2018
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Funding for Home Ownership for Low-Income Demographics – the Field of Dreams EcoCommunity in Utah. , 10/01/2018 SWITZERLAND
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | CLIMATE CHANGE: The Field of Dreams EcoCommunity and Barn House Holladay – Site Net Zero Energy. Panelist, presenter, 2018 Net Zero Energy Summit, Salt Lake City, Utah, 09/18/2018
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Resilient Housing Design to Affordable Cost – The Field of Dreams Eco-Community., 03/05/2018 SPAIN
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Less is More. Salt Lake City: Clean Air Affair Pecha Kucha Night. , 01/19/2018
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Resilience in Affordable Housing. Fall 2017 Research Symposium, School of Architecture, University of Utah, 10/27/2017
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Stay Hot and be Cool for Less. 2017 International Bond Events, San Diego, CA. , 10/12/2017
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Affordable and Cost-Effective High-Performance Housing – The Field of Dreams Eco-Community., 10/03/2017 SWITZERLAND
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Promoting Best Practices for Building Innovation. The Utah Governor’s Energy Summit, Salt Lake City, UT., 05/03/2017
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Practice at the Intersection of Research, Education, and Community Engagement. University of Oregon, Department of Architecture, Eugene, OR. , 03/09/2017
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: The Field of Dreams Eco-Community, invited presentation at the 2017 Intermountain Sustainability Summit, Weber State University, Utah., 01/19/2017

Teaching

• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Design Build Salt Lake City, 07/01/2016-04/30/2018

Internal Service

• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Design and Development of the Design+Build Salt Lake Program Website, 08/20/2018-05/15/2019

External Service

• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Design Build Salt Lake City, Housing and Neighborhood Development, 07/01/2016

Professional Service

• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | CLIMATE CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: 2021 Hack A House Housing Affordability Hackathon., Ivory Innovations, Salt Lake City, Utah, 10/01/2021-11/01/2021
• ENERGY | CLIMATE CHANGE: Paper Peer Review for the 110th ACSA Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA., ACSA Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, 09/15/2021-12/08/2021
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | CLIMATE CHANGE | WATER: Conference Paper Peer Review, ARCC-EAAE Architectural Research Consortium, European Association for Architectural Educators, 09/01/2021-12/20/2021
• ENERGY | NATURE & CULTURE | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | CLIMATE CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY | WATER: Biannual Production of podcasts on the topic of Building Energy Performance., American Institute of Architecture Committee on the Environment Podcast Subcommittee, 12/01/2020
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | CLIMATE CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: 2020 Hack A House Housing Affordability Hackathon., Ivory Innovations, Salt Lake City, Utah, 10/01/2020-11/01/2020
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | CLIMATE CHANGE: Paper reviewer for the 2021 ARCC conference in Tucson, AZ, Architectural Research Centers Consortium ARCC, 09/01/2020-02/28/2021
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Jury Member, 2021 Design Build National Award, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, 07/01/2020-01/15/2021
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Member, Committee on the Environment and High Performance Envelopes, American Institute of Architects Utah, 06/01/2020
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: 2019 Hack A House Housing Affordability Hackathon. Scholarly Service. 09/08/2018 - 02/08/2019. Hours Served: 6 , Ivory Innovations, Salt Lake City, Utah. Role, 09/01/2019-09/28/2019
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | CLIMATE CHANGE: International Conference, Advanced Building Skins Conference, Bern, Switzerland, 10/01/2018 SWITZERLAND
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | CLIMATE CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: 2018 Hack A House Housing Affordability Hackathon, Ivory Innovations, Salt Lake City, Utah, 09/08/2018-09/28/2018
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | CLIMATE CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Community Service, Salt Lake Valley Habitat for Humanity. Rendering professional design services to underserved communities., Salt Lake Valley Habitat for Humanity, 08/08/2014-12/31/2018

Media

• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Salt Lake Tribune: Energy efficient homes means less air pollution. But are they affordable? by Heather May., 03/09/2020
• ENERGY | AIR QUALITY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | CLIMATE CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Slim House at Design Arts Utah exhibition featured in the Salt Lake Tribune, 09/15/2019
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | CLIMATE CHANGE: Students to Create Affordable Housing in SLC: in Fall 2018 Continuum - The Magazine of the UofU, 10/2018
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | CLIMATE CHANGE: KSL TV, Tonight at 6: Building the ‘Dollar Fifty Houses’ on the ‘Field of Dreams’, 06/11/2018
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | CLIMATE CHANGE: KSL.com: Design+Build Salt Lake: Initiative to address issue of housing affordability in Salt Lake City, 06/02/2018
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | CLIMATE CHANGE: U of U students design efficient, affordable housing: Good4Utah, 05/29/2018
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | CLIMATE CHANGE: University of Utah News: U students to design and build affordable housing: Architecture students will create homes for Salt Lake Valley affordable housing market., 05/29/2018
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Deseret News: Initiative to address issue of housing affordability in Salt Lake City, Design+Build Salt Lake. , 05/29/2018
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | CLIMATE CHANGE: Fox 13 News: Field of Dreams EcoCommunity Design+Development coverage, 05/23/2018
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | CLIMATE CHANGE: Field of Dreams EcoCommunity Design+Development coverage: KSL Salt Lake City, 05/23/2018
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT: Salt Lake announces winning designs from its Home Innovation Competition., 11/21/2017
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Building Salt Lake.com: City selects two housing designs to address city’s affordability crisis., 11/20/2017
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Fox 13 News: Home design competition winners hope to help alleviate SLC housing crisis. , 11/17/2017
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Field of Dreams Eco-Community: Part of the exhibition: "Where Children Sleep," The Leonardo, Salt Lake City, Utah. December 2016 - May 2017, 12/08/2016

Awards

• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | CLIMATE CHANGE | WATER: ACSA Design Build Award: “The Kunga ADU Design Build." Salt Lake City, Utah. First realized Design+Build Salt Lake project for a 70 m2 high-performance Accessory Dwelling Unit for a client in wheelchair. Program Founder, Program Director, Program Instructor, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture ACSA2022 ACSA Design Build Award, 03/18/2022
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | CLIMATE CHANGE | WATER: Design Arts Utah Award Winner: „The Site Net Zero Energy Barn House in Holladay, Utah." Salt Lake City, Utah, 2021. Utah Arts Council, 06/2021. https://utahvisualarts.omeka.net/exhibits/show/design-arts-21/jorg-rugemer, Utah Arts Council, 06/2021
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: 2021 ACSA Collaborative Practice Award. Masterplanning, development and design of a micro-neighborhood consisting of 20 innovative, highly energy-efficient and cost effective housing units for the affordable housing market. Under construction since 2017., Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture ACSA, 01/15/2021
• ENERGY | AIR QUALITY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | CLIMATE CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: AIA Utah Honorable Mention Award: “The Kunga ADU Design Build." Salt Lake City, Utah. First realized Design+Build Salt Lake project for a 70 m2 high-performance Accessory Dwelling Unit for a client in wheelchair. Program Founder, Program Director, Program Instructor , American Institute of Architecture Utah Chapter, 10/31/2020
• ENERGY | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | CLIMATE CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: AIA Utah Merit Design Award: "Field of Dreams Eco-Community", Kearns, Utah, American Institute of Architects Utah, 10/25/2019
• ENERGY | AIR QUALITY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | CLIMATE CHANGE: Salt Lake City Home Innovation Competition - the 2016:Slim House, Design Arts Utah, 09/20/2019
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Alta Sustainability Leadership Award, Sustainability Community Partnership: The Field of Dreams Eco-Community. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT., University of Utah, 02/15/2018
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: First Prize, Salt Lake City Home Innovation Competition: [2016:Slim House]. The result will be build as a Pilot Study between 01/2017 and 06/2017. Salt Lake City, UT, 01/2017. As part of the winning contract, a series of 4 additional buildings on odd lots are planned throughout 2017-2021., Salt Lake City Housing and Neighborhood Development HAND, 01/02/2017
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Research and Teaching Fellowship Abroad, German Academic Exchange Service, German Federal Ministry of Education and Reseach, 05/31/2014 GERMANY POLAND

Grants

• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: The Box – Heat Transfer Exploration. PI: Jörg Rügemer, 08/22/2017-05/31/2018