DEVIN
LOHMAN

M.ARCH   -   LEED AP BD+C   -   WELL AP





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DIGITAL
FABRICATOR

DESIGNER AT
ALL SCALES

ARCHITECTURAL
ROBOTICIST



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WORK

DIGITAL
FABRICATION

STUDIO 
WORK

Digital fabrication techniques are the primary lens through which I push the boundary of my expression, and I find that maintaining control over both the design and construction of any object or installation allows for the realization of this piece in its most ideal form.

Despite my preference for employing nascent fabrication technologies, I maintain a strong reverance for traditional handicraft and aim for my digitally-focused work and design research not to supplant, but rather supplement, extant analog techniques of craft.

                  SYLVAN
   SWELL






Built

Winter 2023

An experiment in mixed reality fabrication, Sylvan Swell is a sculptural pavilion on Georgia Tech’s campus fabricated using Fologram and Hololens Mixed Reality technology. With over 450 unique elements, the workflow for such a sculpture would have been cumbersome and overly-involved without the use of MR technologies.

Utilizing over 1800 linear feet of 1.5 in by 3 in upcycled scrap pine members, (waste from a previous Georgia Tech studio) the sculpture attempts to imply an amorphous shape while respecting both a rigid underlying grid and an entirely orthogonal system of structural elements.

Economy of material, time, and energy make the form and its MR fabrication method inseparable.  At end of life, the sculpture is entirely deconstructable, and the simple tectonic method is such that the members retain enough strength to be donated back to the Georgia Tech Digital Fabrication Lab for use in future projects. 


Winner of the 2024 Architecture Masterprize Best of Best Award for Student Small Architecture


Group Build with John Wilson and Joseph L’Heureux


6506 Materials and Fabrications:
Chris Simon





   THE HUMAN     END
EFFECTOR



Built

Spring 2024

 The goal of this project was to reorient the balance of power within Human Computer Interaction for the purpose of drawing attention to the possibilities of an alternative robotic future.

The setup is simple: the KUKA KR-20 holds a stretched piece of fabric and maintains a consistent orientation while tracing out a parametrically designed pattern. The human being, on the other hand, acts as the end effector. Using a 1909 Singer treadle sewing machine, the physical labor is provided directly from the muscles of the human being.

Envisioned as performance art, and with the process made into a short film, this work brings to life a glimpse of what could happen if humanity is not intentional about how it implements advanced technologies such as robotics and AI.


8803 Craft and Technology: 
Dr. Christina Shivers

                                   PARATAXIS






Built

Spring 2024

 The inherent constitution of a book is one of flatpacking; pages are efficiently arranged to create a manageable, mobile form while not in use. The exclusively planar components comprising this shelf can act as either an open or closed book; closed when packed, open when assembled, holding the very items the shelf takes inspiration from.

Parataxis aims to house a stout book collection without requiring a visually stout shelf, and the 1/4" plasma cut steel gives the piece immense strength with minimal depth. The load bearing components are cut from a single 48" by 48" sheet of mild steel, and the quartersawn white oak bridges the gap between wall studs.

Oblique angles throughout the piece allow for material efficiency and geometrically nest within one another on the cut sheet, while giving the shelf a unique dynamism and poise. The elements can be placed side by side to whatever extent the user desires, given a long or short enough plank of connecting oak.
   







WELL
  TEMPERED
BEZIER




Built

Summer 2023

This project acts as a means to experiment with upcycling and reusing a distressed and abandoned piano. This Baldwin upright was found on the side of the street and was missing a top cover. In addition, noise was a factor given my roommate situation at the time, so a cover was needed to protect the strings and hammers, lower the volume of the piano, and provide a music stand.

The stand was eventually fabricated as a CNC milled lamination of 13 ply Baltic birch plywood. The form is meant to be fluvial and evocative of the mathematically rising and falling tones of baroque music such as Bach’s, who inspired the title of the piece.

The curves provide both a visually stunning centerpiece for the room, as well as an integrated music stand and shelf space, and the volume of the piano drops dramatically , allowing the piano to be played when others are busy in other parts of the home.

   
MEDUSAI



Built

Summer 2023

 In my position at Formations Studio, I was given the opportunity to work on the fabrication team for MedusAI, a kinetic, musical sculpture based on the myth of Medusa that responds to the human motion detected around it by altering the motion of the attached UFactory xArm industrial robots and musical tempo.

As a member of the build team, I helped construct the steel body using hundreds of unique CNC plasma cut pieces of 10 gauge mild steel, as well as an internal steel frame supporting the robotic arms which act as Medusa’s ‘hair of snakes’ and pluck strings as well as drum on the steel body, which resonates differently depending on the size of the facet that is struck.

In the words of Robotics Lead Amit Rogel, “The MedusAI project is an attempt to capture and reflect on the good intentions and promises of AI on one hand and the risks and dangers on the other.” The sculpture manages to strike a balance between the inspirational and the eerie with its observation and movement based on the movements of the humans surrounding it.


Designer: Tristan Al Haddad
Project Leads: Amit Rogel, Gil Weinberg


   

   MARKENS
GRØDE



Built

Ongoing

This experimental project is one piece of a larger personal learning journey surrounding additive manufacturing and tool path generation. Myriad products and tools exist for ceramic 3d printing and simple G-code creation, but Markens Grøde was my process of building from scratch a printing setup and scripts to create the geometry and code; this intensive process taught me far more about the complexities of kinematics and scripting than any pre-baked approach would have.

The printer I ended up building uses delta kinematics and 2 separate motors for clay extrusion. The grasshopper script is able to create geometry from scratch, slice existing geometry, or a combination of the two, and is fully customisable in terms of bases, closed vs. open curves, and ramping.

The geometry for this specific collection is based on the roots and lower trunk of the Maclura pomifera tree, native to my birthplace in the South-Central United States, and is a tree species that I have found geometrically compelling since my youth.


VR    WIRE TABLE





Built

Spring 2023

Created to experiment with practicality rather than sculpture in the context of Mixed Reality fabrication, Wire Table is a functional piece made with a HoloLens and Fologram workflow.

The piece was constructed with MR wirebending and is connected through simple MIG tack welds. Aiming to break entirely free of the planar constraints imposed by traditional jigs, the table is a first attempt at a volumetric MR product, and is a thematic precedent to Keraunographs, a later series of similarly constructed lamps.






   KERAUNO-GRAPH




Built

Winter 2023

Keraunograph aims to bring life to steel rod by bending. Without a specific form in mind, and using stochastic rules to digitally generate the shapes, quarter inch diameter steel rod is bent by hand using a HoloLens and the Fologram plugin.

The light fixtures themselves are simply wrapped around the ends of the wires that stick out from the tops and sides, meaning they can be removed and replaced with ease. Simple MIG tacks hold the pieces together and waterjet cut steel shelves provide rigidity and a spot for in-progress books.









 About
   Devin






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770.825.6493

devinlohman@gmail.com




 I am an architectural designer and digital fabricator working in the Fabrication Center at IIT's College of Architecture. In my position I focus on managing digital aspects of student and faculty fabrication work and assist with research projects focusing on digital and robotic workflows.

I hold a B.S.Arch and M.Arch from the Georgia Institute of Technology, specifically focusing my studies on robotic construction and CNC workflows. I am extremely passionate about digital fabrication and have experience producing both small scale and large scale, inhabitable installations.

In my time as a design and fabrication intern at Formations Studio, the creative practice of Tristan Al-Haddad, I was exposed to numerous innovative digital fabrication methods as I assisted with the construction of multiple large scale spatial installations as well as producing construction drawings, concept drawings, and client presentations. In my position as Graduate Fabrication Assistant at Georgia Tech's Digital Fabrication Lab I was able to assist with students and faculty at the cutting edge of computer assisted construction as well as improve my own digital fabrication skills in the school's state-of-the-art design lab.

I aim to use my knowledge of fabrication to minimize waste and material usage in my projects, as I believe sustainability and protecting our future is vital. I am a LEED Accredited Professional as well as a WELL Accredited Professional, having used knowledge and concepts from these rating systems to improve both my personal projects as well as my studio and professional work in terms of sustainability.  

In my free time, I enjoy bar trivia, carving wooden spoons, improving my Irish Gaelic language skills, long distance thru-hiking, and reading novels (Knut Hamsun and Kurt Vonnegut, preferably). I have put my bar trivia knowledge to the test as a contestant on Jeopardy! three times, winning once, and I used my winnings to fund a thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail in the Summer of 2024 with friends from Grad School.