Architecture, Architectural Studies, Foundation, Design, and Visualization
Carol A. Hermann, RA, AIA
Associate Professor, Architecture
Undergraduate Advising Director
Contact Information
Jefferson - East Falls Campus
4201 Henry Avenue
Architect and Design Center, Lower-Level Offices
Philadelphia, PA 19144
Associate Professor, Architecture
Undergraduate Advising Director
Areas of Specialization
Education
Master of Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design SD 1986 (Cambridge MA)
Bachelor of Arts in Design of the Environment, University of Pennsylvania, 1981 (Philadelphia PA)
Biography
Carol Hermann has been teaching Architecture to undergraduates at Jefferson since 1996. She frequently coordinates the First Year of the Design Sequence which introduces new students to the basics of two and three dimensional design in the first semester, and the basic technical skills required of all designers in the second. Abstraction, language, and history are stressed. She has also frequently taught a Third Year Design Studio which emphasizes individualized process and the roles of buildings and people in the city.
Prior to coming to Jefferson, Ms. Hermann spent eight years in the practice of architecture at Ewing Cole Cherry Brott in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she worked as project architect and designer on large corporate projects; sports facilities, research and development facilities, and hospitals.
Ms. Hermann serves as a TJU representative to JADE (Justice Alliance in Design Education). She is widely travelled and returns with multitudes of photographs.
AWARDS
Thomas Jefferson University Jefferson Award for Mentoring 2024
Thomas Jefferson University Provost Award for Institutional Service, Inaugural Award Recipient 2019
Philadelphia University Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award Recipient 2009
RESEARCH & CLINICAL INTEREST
Carol Hermann is devoted to the development of young people, helping them find their path to becoming dedicated professionals. She has been teaching Architecture and Design to undergraduates at Jefferson since 1996, primarily in the first and third year of the design studio sequence. First Year introduces new CABE students to the basics of two- and three-dimensional design in the first semester, and the basic technical skills required of all designers in the second. Abstraction, language, and history are stressed. Third Year Architectural Design Studios emphasizes individualized process, the roles of buildings and people in the city, and the development of building structure and skin.
Prior to coming to Jefferson, Ms. Hermann spent eight years in the practice of architecture at Ewing Cole Cherry Brott in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she worked as project architect and designer on large corporate projects; sports facilities, research and development facilities, and hospitals.