Gabriel Kaprielian

Director of DISC; Lecturer in Summer Institute

EDUCATION

MArch, University of California, Berkeley

MCP, University of California, Berkeley

BArch, Architecture, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

BIOGRAPHY

Gabriel Kaprielian is a designer, urbanist, and artist based in the Bay Area. With degrees in both architecture and city planning, his creative work and research focus on resilient cities, sustainable design, emergent technologies, and digital fabrication. His professional experience includes traditional architecture practice with award-winning firms, social focused architecture as a Design Fellow for Architecture for Humanity, urban design in the public sector, and as an Artist-in-Resident at Autodesk’s Pier 9 Workshop in San Francisco. He was formerly a lecturer at Cal Poly, California College of the Arts, UC Berkeley, and is currently Assistant Professor of Architecture in the Tyler School of Art at Temple University.

COURSES TAUGHT

ENV DES 8/98 Disc* (Design & Innovation for Sustainable Cities)