DEVIN
LOHMAN


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





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DIGITAL
FABRICATOR

DESIGNER AT
ALL SCALES

ARCHITECTURAL
ROBOTICIST




   

   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.









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   Devin






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770.825.6493

devinlohman@gmail.com




I am an architectural designer, digital fabricator, and Adjunct Professor 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 robotic workflows. I also teach classes on digital and robotic fabrication within the college.

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.