Gelabert Amengual, Antoni

Toni Gelabert (Palma, 1983) is an architect from the ETSA of Barcelona – UPC (2008) and a Master in Advanced Architectural Projects from the ETSA of Madrid – UPM (2011). During his training he received scholarships from both the Polytechnic University of Madrid – UPM and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia – UPC for the development of research work on contemporary architecture and its teaching.

His PhD, titled On the Concept of Contingency in Architecture. Destabilizing affinities of the architectural object (2017, International Mention), traces possible operational responses from architecture to the contingency faced by the objects it produces and reflects his interest in working with uncertainty in contemporary architecture He has curated the lecture series Arguments #3: Making Matters.

He is also a member of the UPM Research Group Habitat Culture.

His research work has been widely shared in national and international magazines and conferences and recognized with awards such as the VIII Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism 2012 (finalist), Spanish Pavilion of the 16th Venice Architecture Biennial 2018, XII Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism 2022 (selected).

Since 2017 he has been an Associate Professor of Architectural Design Department of the ETSAM, UPM. He is also a Design Professor in the Interior Design Degree at ETSAM. He has been a professor in the Tricontinental Master in Integrated Architectural Projects at the European University of Madrid – UEM and a Guest Foreign Professor at the Farq – Faculty of Architecture of the University of the Republic of Montevideo. He has also been director of several editions of summer workshops dedicated to research on the transformation of the Mediterranean environment under the pressure (social, economic, environmental) of tourism. He has been a member of the UPM Teaching Innovation Group Project Binding Devices and a participant in several UPM Teaching Innovation projects.

Since 2011, he runs his own architecture office, toni gelabert arquitectura, dedicated to the thought and production of architecture at all its scales, inserted in a prolific network of collaborations, temporary and promiscuous. Currently the office is developing works, projects and competitions throughout the national territory, highlighting the following works obtained in public competitions: Semana Santa Museum in Zamora, Daycare Center in María de la Salut, Industrial warehouse and offices in Llucmajor, La Victoria Hostel refurbishment in Alcúdia. His work throughout these years has been widely exhibited, published and awarded, highlighting: XVI BEAU Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism 2023 (awarded Boadilla del Monte Library and Theater and selected ARCO VIP Room 2021), COAM Awards 2023. Interior Design (awarded Cuarto Bocel), COAM Awards 2022. COAM Award (awarded Boadilla del Monte Library and Theater), FAD Awards 2023 (selected Cuarto Bocel), FAD Awards 2022 (finalist Sala VIP ARCO 2021), VIII Arquia Próxima Program 2022 (catalogued , opinion award Sala VIP ARCO 2021), VI Program Arquia/Próxima 2018 (cataloged Es Fortí), V Program Arquia/Próxima 2016 (cataloged Espai Nou a Casa Nova and selected Casa a Petra), 15th Venice Biennale 2016 (participant in the Spanish Pavilion, awarded with the Golden Lion, Espai Nou a Casa Nova), Oslo Architecture Triennial 2013 (Europan 12 As).