LoDo Lab Members
Marc Swackhamer
He/Him/His
Director of LoDo Lab
Professor & Chair of the Architecture Department | College of Architecture and Planning | University of Colorado Denver
Contact Info:
Email: marc.swackhamer@ucdenver.edu
Instagram: @marcswackhamer
Website: houminn.com
"Marc the Mastermind"
Blair Satterfield
He/Him/His
Founding Member
Associate Professor & Chair of Architecture | School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture | The University of British Columbia
Contact Info:
Email: bsatterfield@sala.ubc.ca
Instagram: @bhouminn
Website: houminn.com
"Blair the Brilliant"
Brian Buma
He/Him/His
Founding Member
Associate Professor | Department of Integrated Biology | University of Colorado Denver
Contact Info:
Email: brian.buma@ucdenver.edu
Instagram: @brian.buma
Website: Buma Lab
"Brian the Bodacious"
Kevin Hirth
He/Him/His
Founding Member
Assistant Professor | College of Architecture and Planning | University of Colorado Denver
Contact Info:
Email: kevin.hirth@ucdenver.edu
Instagram: @kevinhirth
Website: kevinhirth.co
"Kevin the Klever"
Matthew (Matt) Hayes
He/Him/His
Founding Member & Research Assistant
MArch Student | College of Architecture and Planning | University of Colorado Denver
Contact Info:
Email: matthew.hayes@ucdenver.edu
Instagram: @mattbeardhayes
"The Matt of Many Hats"
Hadley Rhodes
She/Her/Hers
Research Assistant
MArch Student | College of Architecture and Planning | University of Colorado Denver
Contact Info:
Email: hadley.rhodes@ucdenver.edu
Instagram: @hadness
"Holistic Hadley"
Jacob Taswell
He/Him/His
Research Assistant
MArch Student | College of Architecture and Planning | University of Colorado Denver
Contact Info:
Email: jacob.taswell@ucdenver.edu
Instagram: @jacobtaswell
Website: jacobtaswell.com
"Jazzy Jacob"
Logan Ebert
He/Him/His
Research Assistant
MArch Student | College of Architecture and Planning | University of Colorado Denver
Contact Info:
Email: logan.ebert@ucdenver.edu
Instagram: @funky.logan
"Limitless Logan"
Nathan (Nate) Mencini
He/Him/His
Former Research Assistant
BS Arch Graduate | College of Architecture and Planning | University of Colorado Denver
Contact Info:
Email: nathan.mencini@ucdenver.edu
Instagram: @supp.dwg
"Nate the Noble"
Assia Crawford
She/Her/Hers
Lab Member
Assistant Professor | College of Architecture and Planning | University of Colorado Denver
Contact Info:
Email: assia.crawford@ucdenver.edu
Instagram: @wild.futures_lab
"Assia the Adept"
Blaine Brownell
He/Him/His
Lab Member
Professor & Director | School of Architecture | University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Contact Info:
Email: bbrowne3@uncc.edu
Instagram: @blaine.brownell
Website: coaa.charlotte.edu/blainebrownell
Christopher (Chris) Koziol
He/Him/His
Lab Member
Associate Professor | College of Architecture and Planning | University of Colorado Denver
Contact Info:
Email: christopher.koziol@ucdenver.edu
Instagram: @chriskoziol
Cynthia Fishman
She/Her/Hers
Lab Member
Lecturer | College of Architecture and Planning | University of Colorado Denver
Contact Info:
Email: cynthia.fishman@ucdenver.edu
Instagram: @biomimicry.design.alliance
Website: biomimicrydesignalliance.org
"Cerebral Cynthia"
Diane Willow
She/Her/Hers
Lab Member
Associate Professor | Department of Art | University of Minnesota
Contact Info:
Email: willow@unm.edu
Erik (Rick) Sommerfeld
He/Him/His
Lab Member
Assistant Professor & Director of Design-Build Certificate Programs | College of Architecture and Planning | University of Colorado Denver
Contact Info:
Email: erik.sommerfeld@ucdenver.edu
Instagram: @rick_sommerfeld
& @coloradobuildingworkshop
Website: Colorado Building Workshop
"Rick the Realistic"
Graham Oden
He/Him/His
Lab Member
Design Associate at Eidos Architects | MArch Graduate | College of Architecture and Planning | University of Colorado Denver
Contact Info:
Email: graham.oden@ucdenver.edu
Instagram: @instagrahamoden
Website: Graham Oden
"Graham the Galvanic"
Jamie Vanucchi
She/Her/Hers
Lab Member
Assistant Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies | Department of Landscape Architecture | Cornell University
Contact Info:
Email: jlv29@cornell.edu
Instagram: @strongsites
"Jamie is the Jam"
Jonathan Dessi-Olive
He/Him/His
Lab Member
Assistant Professor | School of Architecture | University of North Carolina Charlotte
Contact Info:
Email: jdessiolive@uncc.edu
Instagram: @mycomatterslab
& @jdessiolive
Website: JDO Vaults
"The myco-influncer"
Justin Trammell
He/Him/His
Independent Study & Research Student Affiliate
MArch Graduate | College of Architecture and Planning | University of Colorado Denver
Contact Info:
Email: justin.trammell@ucdenver.edu
Instagram: @ja.trammel
"Justin the Justified"
Karen Lutsky
She/Her/Hers
Lab Member
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture | College of Design | University of Minnesota
Contact Info:
Email: klutsky@umn.edu
Instagram: @relativelndscp
Website: Great Lakes Design Labs
Matthew (Matt) Gines
He/Him/His
Lab Member
Design Fabrication Lab Director | College of Architecture and Planning | University of Colorado Denver
Contact Info:
Email: matthew.gines@ucdenver.edu
Instagram: @maker_dude
Matthew (Matt) Shea
He/Him/His
Lab Member
Assistant Professor | College of Architecture and Planning | University of Colorado Denver
Contact Info:
Email: matthew.shae@ucdenver.edu
Saeed Amirchaghmaghi
He/Him/His
Lab Member
MArch Graduate & Student Assistant at Comcast Media & Tech Center | College of Architecture and Planning | University of Colorado Denver
Contact Info:
Email: saeed.amirchaghmaghi@ucdenver.edu
Instagram: @sa.e.d_
Become a LoDo Lab-er!
Are you interested in being a member? Do you have a passion for design or its related fields? Do you want to engage in more ongoing research?
For the answer to these questions or any others please reach out to Marc Swackhamer!