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Julie Bargmann
Born1958 (age 65–66)
New Jersey, USA
EducationB.A., 1980, Carnegie Mellon University
MFA., 1987, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Occupationarchitect
Years active1992 – present
Awards2001, National Design Awards

Julie Bargmann (born 1958) is an American landscape architect. She is an associate professor at the University of Virginia School of Architecture.

Early life and education

Bargmann was raised in New Jersey as one of eight children born to a salesman and homemaker.[1] She attended Carnegie Mellon University for her Bachelor of Arts degree and Harvard Graduate School of Design for her Master's degree.[2]

Career

After graduating from Harvard, she worked alongside Michael Van Valkenburgh in landscape architecture while also teaching at the University of Minnesota.[3] In 1992, Bargmann founded D.I.R.T (Dump It Right There), a landscape design studio in Charlottesville, Virginia. She turned what was commonly seen as trash into sculptures and art pieces.[4] One of the projects D.I.R.T focused on was reutilizing former landfill sites into public spaces, such as parks and playgrounds.[5] She also collaborated with various artists, historians, hydrologist, and members of the local community to reconstruct Vintondale, Pennsylvania's acid mine drainage into Vintondale Reclamation Park.[6] Bargmann has stated that she likes to incorporate a site's past into its future because "there’s something dishonest and superficial about giving a site’s (fabricated) physical appearance precedence over its function and history."[3] During this time, Bargmann accepted a position University of Virginia School of Architecture while still continuing to work with D.I.R.T.[1] In 1998, she was a contributing editor to the Landscape Journal from the University of Wisconsin Press.[7]

Bargmann's collaborative project with Stacy Levy

In 2000, Bargmann and architect William McDonoug collaborated to repurpose a 1,200-acre Ford Motor Corporation plant in Dearborn, Michigan. As the site was heavily polluted, she received $2 billion to make it ecological friendly.[8] The following year, she received a National Design Awards for her environmental design projects.[9] She later received a fellowship at the Parsons School of Design, School of Constructed Environments.[10] In 2007, she collaborated with Manu Sobti to co-teach at Urban Edge Studio to repurpose Milwaukee’s decaying landscape. As a result of her efforts, she was the recipient of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee School of Architecture & Urban Planning "Urban Edge award".[11]

A few years later, Bargmann and D.I.R.T were hired to renovate Urban Outfitters headquarters from an abandoned Navy Yard. She constructed the exterior landscaping around the building to include pathways, laws, and dog parks.[12] As part of the land included a working Navy base, she uncovered and designed ship crainways, ecological floating wetlands, and reused debris as pavers to turn the site into an ecological friendly landscape.[13]

In 2019, she was named a juror for the DIA Plaza Design Competition hosted by the Detroit Institute of Arts and Midtown Detroit, Inc.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b Graves, Lee. "Queen of Slag". uvamagazine.org. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  2. ^ Caite Hamilton (April 29, 2016). "Ordinary to extraordinary: Julie Bargmann sees beauty in what's broken". c-ville.com. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Milgrom, Melissa (May 1, 2003). "Industrial Strength". metropolismag.com. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  4. ^ "Julie Bargmann - transforming derelict industrial sites into happening public spaces". landscapearchitecture.nz. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  5. ^ Pilloton, Emily (November 3, 2006). "DIRT Studio: Turning Detritus Into Regenerative Landscapes". treehugger.com. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  6. ^ Emily Wong (July 22, 2016). "Daylighting: D.I.R.T. Studio". assemblepapers.com. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  7. ^ "Contributors". Landscape Journal. 17. University of Wisconsin Press: 141–144. 1998. doi:10.3368/lj.17.Special_Issue.141. JSTOR 43332610.
  8. ^ Wright, Gwendolyn (February 15, 2008). USA: Modern Architectures in History. Reaktion Books. p. 228. ISBN 9781861895400. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  9. ^ "2001 NATIONAL DESIGN AWARD WINNERS". cooperhewitt.org. 2019-10-08. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  10. ^ "2004 Fellow: Julie Bargmann". sce.parsons.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  11. ^ "URBAN EDGE 2007". uwm.edu. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  12. ^ Meinhold, Bridgette (December 2, 2010). "Urban Outfitters HQ Renovated from Abandoned Navy Yards". inhabitat.com. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  13. ^ Green, Jared (November 23, 2011). "The Next Wave of Modernism: Healing Urban Landscapes". dirt.asla.org. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  14. ^ "PROFESSOR JULIE BARGMANN HELPS SELECT FINALISTS IN DIA PLAZA COMPETITION". arch.virginia.edu. July 2, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
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