Julie Bargmann (born 1958 in

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and

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. Bargmann is Professor Emerita of Landscape Architecture at the

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, founding principal of D.I.R.T. (Dump It Right There) Studio, a landscape architecture firm, and inaugural recipient of th
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize
an initiative of Washington, D.C.–based

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Career

Bargmann was born a
Holy Name
hospital, i
Teaneck, New Jersey
to James F. Bargmann, a sales executive for Owens-Illinois (now

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), a producer of glass and plastic containers; and Alice Jane Badenhope, a homemaker and 1947 graduate of the

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. Bargmann was the sixth of eight children. She received a

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in Sculpture from

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and a Master in Landscape Architecture from the

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in 1987, where she was a classmate of Anita Berrizbeitia. After graduating from Harvard, Bargmann worked alongside

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, while also teaching at the

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. In 1992, Bargmann founded D.I.R.T (Dump It Right There), a landscape design studio based in

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, with the mission to turn “ugly duckling” sites—meaning, polluted industrial land—into productive, habitable landscapes with a distinctive aesthetic. Her work included repurposing former landfill sites into public spaces such as parks and playgrounds. Shortly thereafter, Bargmann accepted a position at the

, while continuing to run D.I.R.T. Studio In 1998, Bargmann became a contributing editor to the ''Landscape Journal'', published by the

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. In 2021, Bargmann delivered the annual

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Lecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Projects

Stacy Levy - AMD-Art - Project in Vintondale

Bargmann collaborated with

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, as well as various artists, historians, and local community members in Vitondale,

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, to turn a stream and land polluted by

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into Vintondale Reclamation Park. In 2000, Bargmann and architect

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collaborated on a landscape plan using phytoremediation and other means to address the heavily polluted

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plant in Dearborn,

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, a $2 billion project. A decade later,

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(URBN) president and CEO

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, hired Bargmann to create a campus to physically unify the company’s various brands in the

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. According to the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), which recognized the project with a prestigiou
Honor Award in 2014
“D.I.R.T. Studio artfully integrated recycled concrete, bricks, and rusted metal found onsite…creating a rich, layered environment that demonstrates sustainable values.” The ASLA lauded Bargmann for successfully lobbying to make the landscape accessible to the public. “On the civic axis to the Delaware River, URBN’s private venture becomes an extension of the public realm of Philadelphia and a well-dressed poster child for industrial redevelopment,” the ASLA noted. As part of the land, it included a working

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base. Bargmann’s recent and ongoing work (as of this time in August 2023) includes innovative projects with architect

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in Fort Worth, Texas, and with developer Philip Kafka’s fir
Prince Concepts
in Detroit. There, she has designed the landscape of th
Core City
urban neighborhood, including
parking lot with the emphasis on “park.”

Honors

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for Landscape Architecture (1990) *

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for Environmental Design (2001) *

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Urban Edge Award (2007) *

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Fellow (2008) * Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize, awarded by

(2021)

References

External links

University of Virginia profile
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Career

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