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Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, University of Chile

Prof. PhD

Gabriel Felmer Plominsky

biography

Professor Gabriel Felmer is an architect from the University of Chile and holds a PhD in
Sustainable Environmental Design from the Architectural Association in the UK. His academic
and professional career focuses on sustainable architecture, design and innovation, with special
emphasis on low-carbon and mass timber construction. He has led pioneering efforts in carbon-
neutral housing, including the design and construction of Chile’s first experimental mass timber
housing module. Currently, he serves as Assistant Professor at the Institute of Housing of the
University of Chile, where he coordinates the Master’s in Residential Habitat, directs the Micro-
Fabrication Laboratory, and serves as Associate Editor of Revista INVI.
Throughout his career, Professor Felmer has combined research, teaching, and applied design,
earning multiple awards including the CONICYT Doctoral Scholarship, the Jeffrey Cook Prize,
an honorable mention at ARQUISUR 2021 for his work on carbon-neutral housing and a
FONDECYT research grant. His research focuses on life cycle environmental assessments,
sustainable housing solutions, and development of bio-based construction materials, particularly
thermal and acoustic insulation made from native fungi and wood waste. He has published
extensively in leading Q1 journals and has contributed to international projects on climate-
sensitive planning and mass timber’s role in climate mitigation. His international collaborations
include institutions such as the Department of Architecture of the University of Tokyo,
Politecnico di Torino, Washington State University and Poznan University of Technology. He
has also played a key role in academic outreach, organizing high-impact events such as the
Chile–Japan Timber Architecture Seminars and the Mycelium Metamorphosis Symposium.
Bridging science, design, and sustainability, his work advances the role of architecture in
addressing environmental challenges through innovative material research and low-carbon
construction practices.

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Our mission

We believe that the future of design lies in harmony with nature.
Our mission is to create innovative solutions based on biomaterials that redefine how we design, produce, and consume

Our mission

We believe that the future of design lies in harmony with nature.
Our mission is to create innovative solutions based on biomaterials that redefine how we design, produce, and consume

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