Erik Herrmann – Assistant Professor of Architecture

“My ongoing research and design work reconsiders the computer as a lens through which to examine the world, not merely a tool for simulating it.”

Prior to his appointment at the Knowlton School, Erik Herrmann was the 2016-2017 Walter B. Sanders Fellow and a lecturer at the University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Previously, Herrmann was a visiting researcher at the Institute for Computational Design (ICD) at the University of Stuttgart as a 2014/2015 German Chancellor’s Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Professionally, Herrmann has practiced with Gray Organschi Architecture in New Haven, CT and Trahan Architects in Louisiana. He is currently co-director of Outpost Office, a design practice which focuses on issues of formal genericism, digital aesthetics, and material experimentation. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Tennessee College of Architecture and Design and a Master of Architecture from the Yale School of Architecture where he was awarded the Carroll L.V. Meeks Memorial Scholarship in recognition of outstanding performance in History.

Ashley Bigham – Assistant Professor of Architecture

“My research is characterized by an interest in the relationship of regional and generic systems, often exploring the intersection of global typologies and local cultures.”

Prior to her appointment at the Knowlton School, Ashley Bigham was a Lecturer of Architecture at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, where she was the 2015-2016 Walter B. Sanders Fellow. In 2013-14, Bigham was a Fulbright Fellow in Ukraine at the Center for Urban History of East Central Europe. As an architectural designer, Ashley has practiced at MOS and Gray Organschi Architecture in New Haven, CT. She is currently co-director of the architectural practice Outpost Office, a design practice which focuses on issues of formal genericism, digital aesthetics, and material experimentation. Ashley holds a Master of Architecture from Yale University and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Tennessee, where she was awarded the Tau Sigma Delta Bronze Medal for best graduating project. Her work has been featured in Metropolis, Mark Magazine, STUDIO, POOL, and CLOG.