Temple University

Laurin Aman is a researcher, designer, fabricator, and educator. Her research is rooted in an aspiration to ameliorate architecture’s relationship with ecologies, including natural ecosystems and human-to-human interactions. Light and color qualities, designed impermanence, and vernacular strategies are her recurring curiosities, which she explores through materiality. Laurin’s goal is to combine her knowledge of traditional hand-crafting and manufacturing methods with innovative digital fabrication technologies to generate new, resilient architectural material systems.

Previously, Laurin was a Research Assistant at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan and also at *Alibi Studio, which is a Detroit-based practice that straddles the boundary between art and architecture. As an Adjunct Professor at the College of Architecture and Design at Lawrence Technological University, Laurin guided students in discovering, embracing, and amplifying their unique interests.

Laurin practiced professionally in the architectural materials world. She worked in the Custom Studio at Designtex and then managed the Customs Lab at Wolf Gordon, leading bespoke projects from ideation to final production. In these roles she collaborated with independent artists, visited mills to direct production, advanced sustainability initiatives, and organized community art-based events.

+ Bachelor of Science in Architecture, University of Michigan, 2013
+ Masters of Science in Architecture Design and Research | Digital and Material Technologies, University of Michigan, 2022

Selected Awards:
Master of Science Citizenship Award, University of Michigan, 2022
Master of Science Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2021-2022