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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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!