Carlo Urmy MLA I-Harvard GSD www.carlourmy.com carlo.urmy@gmail.com 617-378-5288
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Made Things
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Dry Bones Seaport Plaza Allston Landing Broadway Meander Space Swamp
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Bad Map Sopwith Models Tile Prototype Tuft Stools Tuft Bench Haystack Table
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Carlo Urmy
carlo.urmy@gmail.com 617-378-5288
Education Sep 2015-May 2017
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA -Masters of Landscape Architecture -Masters design thesis: Dry Bones: “Hart Island and the Carceral Archipelago”
Sep 2008-May 2011
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT -Bachelor of Arts in Art History -Member, Phi Beta Kappa -Recipient of Beulah Friedman Prize in the History of Art -High Honors for senior thesis, “Private Passage: Service Planning in the Ladies’ Home Journal Houses, 1895-1919”
Sep 2009-May 2010
Columbia University, New York, NY and Paris France -Shape of Two Cities Program, GSAPP -Studio intensive in architecture and urban design
Experience Sep 2017-Dec 2017
Graduate Research Fellow, US-ICOMOS/Newport Restoration Foundation, Newport, RI -Researched and wrote original content for the US-ICOMOS Knowledge Exchange on Climate Change and Cultural Heritage. -Assisted with the Newport Restoration Foundation’s Keeping History Above Water program and 2017 conference in Annapolis Maryland. -Performed independent research on National Park Service policies on climate change and cultural heritage, with a particular emphasis on the Blackstone River Valley National Park and National Heritage Corridor.
May 2017-Aug 2017
Preservation Crafts Intern, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA -Performed hands-on monuments conservation work in a National Historic Landmark cemetery, including resetting and patching monuments, and repointing masonry with both mortar and lead. -Cleaned monuments using detergents, biocides, poultices, and other products. -Documented existing conditions and preservation projections in progress.
Sep 2016-Aug 2017
Sep 2014-May 2017
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Research Assistant, Alex Krieger-Harvard GSD, Cambridge, MA -Research in preparation for a book on the history of the American city. -Performed image research, identified sources, and produced citations in advance of publication. CNC TA, Harvard GSD, Cambridge, MA -Operated 3-Axis, fixed-bridge Onsrud CNC mill. -Assisted students with preparing and troubleshooting MasterCAM files. -Lead workshops and training sessions for landscape studios.
May 2016-Aug 2016
Research Assistant, Zaneta Hong-Harvard GSD, Cambridge, MA -Fabricated wooden replicas of 19th-century geologic models. -Collected archival and scholarly materials on Thomas Sopwith Sr. (1803-1879).
May 2016-Aug 2016
Researcher, Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative, Cambridge, MA -Researched quantitative methods of evaluating open space projects and prepared case studies of proposed greenways for the Emerald Network Intitiative. -Presented initial images and research to the Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative
Jan 2016-Apr 2016
Research Assistant,Pierre Belanger-Harvard GSD, Cambridge, MA -Prepared permissions and citations for an upcoming publication.
Jun 2015-Aug 2015
Creative Code Fellow, Gray Area Foundation, San Francisco, CA -Used Javascript and D3 to create a web-based, interactive visualization of the archive of weather balloon data collected at the Oakland International Airport. -Participated in Gray Area Creative Code Immersive, with coursework in multiple programming languages, Arduino, interactives design, and data visualization.
Jan 2013-May 2014
Advanced Technologies Lead, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA -Responsible for maintaining and operating laser cutters, CNC router, and wood and metalworking equipment in a shop serving students of architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design. -Led staff traing and produced documentation for all digital fabrication tools. -Fabricated models and displays for departmental charettes and presentations.
Mar 2012-Jan 2013
Facilities Staff, TechShop Inc, San Francisco, CA -Operated, repaired, and performed preventative maintenance for equipment in TechShop’s wood, metal, machine, and textile shops, including laser cutters, CNC routers and mills, waterjet cutter, 3D printer, and powdercoating systems. -Enforced shop policies, assesed safety concerns, and provided informal instruction in a public, membership-based shop with over 1,000 members. -General operations and support.
Skills Software: Adobe Suite, Rhino 3D, Grasshopper, AutoCAD, MasterCAM, Cut3D, VCarve Pro, ArcGIS Hardware: CNC routing and milling, laser cutting, conventional wood and metalworking techniques, miscellaneous fabrication and modelmaking techniques. Code: HTML, CSS, Javascript, D3, Git.
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Dry Bones
GSD Masters Design Thesis Spring 2017 My masters design thesis presents a new future for Hart Island, a small island off of the Bronx, which since the 19th century has acted as the potters field for New York where the unclaimed bodies of those who die in the city are buried. Administered by the Department of Correction, the island is part of a broader archipelago of islands in New York city which have historically been used for carceral uses. My thesis aims to redesign Hart Island for increased public access, while not losing sight of its position within an often violent history.
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Dry Bones
GSD Masters Design Thesis Spring 2017
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Dry Bones
GSD Masters Design Thesis Spring 2017
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Bond Drive
Existing Plantings Platinus x Acerifolia
Existing Plantings Tilia Cordata
Detail Model
Marina Park Drive Detail Plan 1
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Existing Plantings Betula Populifolia
Northern Avenue
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Liberty Drive Detail Plan 3
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Seaport Plaza
GSD Core Landscape Studio Fall 2014 A project for a public plaza adjacent to the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston’s South Boston Seaport District. The square plaza is sunk slightly below street level, angling itself towards the harbor. At the water’s edge, a second sunken square is flooded at high tide, allowing for immediate contact with the ocean.
Seaport Plaza Site Section-Elevation 0m
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Seaport Plaza Site Plan
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Nyssa sylvatica
Gleditsia triacanthos v. Inermis
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Seaport Plaza
GSD Core Landscape Studio Fall 2014
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Allston Landing
GSD Core Landscape Studio Fall 2015 This project imagines how a phased planting strategy can give structure a major redevelopment project on the site of a former highway and rail yard in Allston. A strategy of deliberate over-planting along strips of introduced soils is proposed as a flexible framework that can accommodate multiple possible formations over a long development timeframe. This project was done in collaboration with Dana Kash.
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Allston Landing
GSD Core Landscape Studio Fall 2015
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Allston Landing
GSD Core Landscape Studio Fall 2016
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Evolution of Broadway
1608 Mannahatta Project
1855 Dripps Map of New York
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1776 British Headquarters Map
1908 Rand Mcnally
1811 Commissioner’s Plan
1976 NYC DOT
Streetscape Diagrams
Broadway Meander
GSD Landscape Option Studio Fall 2016 An investigation of Broadway’s past and possible future, this project looks at the ways in which the great north-south road of Manhattan has shifted and been transformed over the centuries, before becoming formalized in what we now call Broadway. The project then envisions a new Broadway, clear of cars and densely planted standing as an original exception to the regulating order of the 1811 Commissioner’s Grid.
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Broadway Meander
GSD Landscape Option Studio Fall 2016
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Space Swamp
GSD Core Landscape Studio Spring 2016 Digital Media
The Apollo program required the transport of rocket components too large to be transported overland, meaning that most manufacturing, testing, and launch sites were located near rivers or the intracoastal waterway, including the Kennedy Space Center, located in the Indian River Lagoon on Florida’s Atlantic coast. This project uses maps and images to try and recontextualize the space program within these swampy origins.
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Bad Map
Personal project September 2013 Polyester resin, walnut, paper Based on 2010 census data, I created a topography mapping median household income across San Francisco. Using a CNC machined positive, I cast the topography in clear polyester resin to create a refracting “lens� that present data while simultaneously impeding its own interpretation. Instead of promising immediate comprehension, the map demands careful, deliberate reading using both sight and touch.
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Oak
Cherry Wenge Walnut Ash
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Sopwith Models
Independent Study Project Fall 2016 Maple, oak, cherry, ash, wenge Thomas Sopwith (1803-1879) was an engineer, surveyor, and geologist, who is now perhaps best known for two series of wooden models which he designed and manufactured to teach basic geologic principles. Based on published descriptions of his original models I reproduced Sopwith’s 1875 series of six models using a CNC router. This project was advised by Zaneta Hong at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
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Tile Prototype
Personal project October 2013 Cast concrete Inspired by Japanese rock gardens, I created a set of two tiles that can be used to create complex textures and directional systems, while providing traction and drainage for water.
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Tuft Stools
Personal project Spring 2013 Maple, cherry, steel Designed in tandem with the Tuft Bench, these were my second project using CNC machining to create upholstered forms in wood. The two stools were built in sequence to allow for improvements to the fabrication process while maintaining the same essential design.
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Tuft Bench
Personal project Spring 2013 Maple, cherry, steel An early 3D modeling project, and my first project CNC machining “soft” textures in wood. The bench was shown as part of “The Making Of...” series at SFMOMA, May 2013.
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Haystack Table
Personal project Spring 2011 Maple, walnut A coffee table produced during a workshop at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts using traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery.
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