[1] Following Austria's annexation by Nazi Germany, his family fled to Mexico in 1939 after his father's release from the Dachau concentration camp.
He earned his civil engineering degree in 1955 with a thesis on the Mercado Libertad, and later obtained his architecture degree in 1962 with the thesis “The Architecture of Reinforced Concrete.”[2] Zohn began teaching at the University of Guadalajara in 1956, but resigned in 1963 following student protests over his rigorous academic approach.
[2] In addition to his teaching career, he co-founded Arquitac (Arquitectura, Asociación Civil) in 1961, and later conducted extensive research on affordable housing solutions across various cities in Mexico.
[2] Zohn also lectured internationally, with engagements in the U.S., Colombia, Chile, Austria, Hungary, and the Czech Republic.
He passed away on August 4, 2000, in Guadalajara, where he was laid to rest at the Recinto de la Paz.