Ignacio G. Galan. Spanish architect based in New York, USA. He is an architect from ETSAM, Spain, and has a master's degree in architecture from Harvard GSD as well as a master's degree from Princeton University.
The office's collaborative projects have been awarded in different competitions, including the Second Prize for the Beti Jai Stadium in Madrid and the First Prize for the New Velodrome in Medellín, which is part of the permanent collection of the Pompidou Center. The office has recently designed and built a number of projects exploring new forms of residence, hospitality and care, including Another Seedbed and Beyond-the-family Kin.
His work has been included in the international exhibition at the 2021 Venice Biennale (Your Restroom is a Battleground and The Restroom Pavilion), the 2014 Venice Biennale (Cinecittà Occupata) and at the New York Center for Architecture in 2022 (Aging Against the Machine) among other spaces. Together with the After Belonging Agency, he was chief curator of the 2016 Oslo Architecture Triennale and co-editor of “After Belonging: The Objects, Spaces, and Territories of the Ways We Stay in Transit”, published by Lars Muller. He is also a member of the research project Radical Pedagogies and was co-curator of its exhibition at the 2013 Lisbon Architecture Triennale and the 2014 Venice Biennale, and co-editor of the book of the same name, published by MIT Press.
Ignacio G. Galán is an assistant professor at Barnard and Columbia Colleges and teaches classes at Columbia GSAPP.
The office's collaborative projects have been awarded in different competitions, including the Second Prize for the Beti Jai Stadium in Madrid and the First Prize for the New Velodrome in Medellín, which is part of the permanent collection of the Pompidou Center. The office has recently designed and built a number of projects exploring new forms of residence, hospitality and care, including Another Seedbed and Beyond-the-family Kin.
His work has been included in the international exhibition at the 2021 Venice Biennale (Your Restroom is a Battleground and The Restroom Pavilion), the 2014 Venice Biennale (Cinecittà Occupata) and at the New York Center for Architecture in 2022 (Aging Against the Machine) among other spaces. Together with the After Belonging Agency, he was chief curator of the 2016 Oslo Architecture Triennale and co-editor of “After Belonging: The Objects, Spaces, and Territories of the Ways We Stay in Transit”, published by Lars Muller. He is also a member of the research project Radical Pedagogies and was co-curator of its exhibition at the 2013 Lisbon Architecture Triennale and the 2014 Venice Biennale, and co-editor of the book of the same name, published by MIT Press.
Ignacio G. Galán is an assistant professor at Barnard and Columbia Colleges and teaches classes at Columbia GSAPP.
