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Hermona Tamrat

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Adjunct Assistant Professor

Hermona Tamrat is the founding principal of hgt studio, a Brooklyn-based structural engineering practice rooted in supporting the design of public, community-centric architecture, in the responsibility to advance social equity through the built environment. She obtained her Master’s in Structural Engineering from U.C. Berkeley and Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. During her years practicing structural engineering at Silman (previously Robert Silman Associates, now T.Y. Lin), she collaborated with Herzog & de Meuron on the award-winning Powerhouse Arts Workshop. hgt studio has provided structural engineering support to artists Torkwase Dyson for her large-scale outdoor sculptures at the Whitney Biennial 2024 and currently to Kenseth Armstead on various works, including a forthcoming public sculpture in downtown Brooklyn.

Hermona is also an adjunct professor at Yale School of Architecture since 2022.

Courses

Course Semester Title Student Work Instructor Syllabus Requirements & Sequence Location & Time Session & Points Call No.
A4882‑1 Spring 2025
Some Structures (ADV Structural Design)
Hermona Tamrat Syllabus
203 FAYERWEATHER
TU 10AM-12PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
11311