Mark Fretz

Co-Director
Institute for Health in the Built Environment
Assistant Professor
Department of Architecture

 

MArch, University of Oregon, 2013
DDS, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2003
BA, Bethel College, 1998

 

mfretz@uoregon.edu

 

 

Mark Fretz is Co-Director of the Institute for Health in the Built Environment and Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture, College of Design, at the University of Oregon. His research and teaching employ design thinking and transdisciplinary science collaboration to develop and apply innovative solutions for low-carbon buildings that simultaneously promote healthier individuals, communities and planet.   

Prior to practicing architecture, Mark served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.