Dylan Herrmann-Holt

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Education:


Harvard University Graduate School of Design | May 2025
Master of Architecture I
Graduate Thesis | May 2025
Advisors Andrew Witt + Iman Fayyad Developing an Architecture around a Community Benefit Organization for a Generational School in Rural Appalachia

Kent State University | May 2021
Bachelor’s of Science in Architecture
Honors College | 2017-2021
Dean’s List | 4 semesters
Semester in Florence, Italy | spring 2020
Alpha Rho Chi | 2017-2021


Proficiencies:


Adobe Suite
After Effects
Illustrator
InDesign
Lightroom Photoshop
Premiere Pro
XD
Arc GIS
Autodesk AutoCad
Autodesk Fusion
Autodesk Maya
Autodesk Revit
Blender
Bongo
City Engine
Cura
Enscape
Grasshopper
Hand-drafting
Houdini
Keyshot
Lumion
Model Fabrication
Photography
Plasma Cutting
Rhino 3D
Sketchup
V-Ray

Experience:
Teaching + Research

 Design Discovery Studio Instructor | Harvard GSD
Early Design Education | Spring 2025 - Present
Developed + taught a month-long architectural studio, engaging with students 18 - mid-career professionals, focusing on developing general design skills, spatial design strategies, both digital + physical representational techniques + model making

Digital Media Workshop Instructor | Harvard GSD
Digital Media Workshops | Fall 2024 - Spring 2025
Wrote + facilitated workshops + office hours on a number of programs : Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Revit, Houdini, Autodesk Maya

Teaching Assistant | Prof. Alexander von Hoffman
HIS 4488: Making the American City | Fall 2022 | Fall 2024
Harvard GSD Urban Planning Department HARC S-183: The Architecture of Boston | Summer 2022-23
Harvard Summer & Extension Schools
Facilitated in-class lectures + ran weekly review sections
Assisted in writing weekly lectures + scheduled class trips + guests

Summer Projects Research Admin | Prof. Alexander von Hoffman
Harvard GSD Urban Planning Department | Summer 2024
Researched a variety of topics including, Low Income Housing, LIHTC, Housing Density, HUD Policies and Programs in the 1990s, + Affordable Housing Design
Conducted collation + documentation of physical research materials, including the handling + donation archival materialGuest Lecturer in Architecture | HARC S-183: The Architecture of Boston | Sum. 2024
Facilitated in-class lectures + ran weekly review sections

Architecture Mentor | Molly McDevitt
Spring 2021 - Present
Wrote + facilitated a week long workshop about Architecture + Urban Planning/Design with Elementary; taught once every two quarters

Research Assistant | Prof. Alexander von Hoffman
HIS 4488: Making the American City | Summer - Fall 2022
Harvard GSD Urban Planning Department
Assisted in writing weekly lectures

Student Success Leader | Prof. David Thal
Student Success Programs | Fall 2019
Kent State University

Design + Fabrication


IT Department | Harvard GSD
Print Technician | Fall 2023 - Spring 2025
AV Technician | Fall 2024 - Spring 2025

Digital Output Lab | Kent State CAED
Lab Assistant | Jan. 2019 - Aug 2020
Lab Manager | Aug 2020 - May 2021
Ran + Maintained, Laser Cutters, 3D Printers, Large Scale Plotters
Trained new hires + ran program + technical workshops

BH Custom Designs | Ironton, OH
Digital Design Consultant | Summer - Fall 2020
Custom Car Part design + fabrication, from 3D ideation through plasma cutting, welding, finishing + installation
Dylan Herrmann-Holt
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    Linkedin Dylan is a designer from rural Appalachia. His work centers rural spaces, construction tectonics, community development and exploring visual representation. He did his BS in Architecture at Kent State University and M.Arch I at Harvard GSD. He typically finds inspiration in the architecture of his youth in Southern Ohio and whatever pop culture he is presently immersed in.