Gabriel Hernández (Canary Islands, Spain) is an architect, curator, and scholar. His work and interests focus on design systems, curatorial practice and the intersection of architecture, art, and the environment. He studied at ETSAM-UPM, Paris-La Villette, the European Institute of Design and was a Fulbright Scholar at Yale University and MIT’s History, Theory and Criticism of Art and Architecture Group. He was appointed founding Head of Education and Research at the Norman Foster Foundation, creating its public and educational programs, research initiatives and overseeing the creation of its archive and exhibitions policy. Previously, he combined his role of Art Projects coordinator at Ivorypress with design consulting and architecture firms in the Canary Islands, Madrid and Paris. His research has been honored with the Carlos V European Studies Award, the Docomomo US NY/Tristate Emerging Scholar and Research and Design Principles Scholar mentions, whereas his work has been recognised with the Thyssen Museum Drawing Award and CAAM’s Artistic Promotion grant with the Anticiclón Permanente project.
Currently, Gabriel serves as an Adjunct Professor of Analysis at ETSAM and in Digital Image at IE University, as well as invited editor at Scopio Network from Porto University. He has lectured or been involved as critic at various international institutions, including Porto University, IAAC, Architectural Association (AA), Manchester University, Yale University, MIT, and RCC Harvard. He has presented and chaired several sessions at international conferences and symposiums, such as SAH, EAAE, NESAH, AMPS, Doc Talks, and DP&P, among others. His scholarly work has appeared in CRAUP, Yale Constructs, RA-Revista de Arquitectura, Drawing Matter Journal and the New European Bauhaus Conference proceedings, and his curatorial projects at Yale’s North Gallery, Dean’s Hall at ETSAM-UPM and at the NFF Pavilion. Titled Mapping Design Systems, his ongoing doctoral research at UPM's Cross-Disciplinary Doctoral Program in Architecture and Urbanism is supported by Fulbright Spain, Fundación Rafael del Pino and UPM North American Delegation.
