Antonio Sanmartín Gabás
Biography
Antonio Sanmartín Gabas is an educator and architect. Currently a Ph.D. scholar at the Universidad de Alicante (Spain), Sanmartín earned Masters of Architecture degrees from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and New York University at Buffalo, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. He holds a degree and license in Architecture and Urban planning from Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona-Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (ETSAB-UPC).
Sanmartín was Visiting Scholar at ASU (Fall23) teaching Online and InPerson Studios. Teaches at ETSALS Universitat Ramon Llull. Was appointed Cass Gilbert Fellow at University of Minnesota in 2020 and has also taught at as Visiting Professor at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis (1996, 2001, 2007, 2016–2017), Ralph Hawkins Visiting Professor at the University of Texas Arlington (2014–2015), Visiting Academic at the University of Queensland, Australia (2013, 2014), and Design Associate Professor at ETSAB-UPC in Barcelona from 1991 through 2018. He was Undergraduate Program Director and Degree Project Coordinator at ESARQ-UIC, Barcelona from 2002 to 2006.
Sanmartín is aZCÓN Architectures S.L.P. founder, and author of several international projects such as Tembo BCN Suites in Barcelona and the Gonja Savannah region Assembly and Community Palace in Ghana. Is also founder of MaZKs aZCON–kOCHER-mINDER Architectures based in Barcelona and Thun, Switzerland. Also co-founder and co-director of aSZ arquitectes with Elena Cánovas. Their work includes such buildings and public spaces as the Can Casacuberta Public Library (Badalona), Rianxo Auditorium, the
Capuchinas buildings for the Universidad de Huesca, the Barcelona Tramway System, and the Muséu del Pueblu d’Asturies (Gijón).
Sanmartín is John Hejduk’s partner architect for Spain and was project architect at Eisenman Architects. Other professional partnerships include HYBRIDa, Josep Lluis Mateo, Adrian Luchini, Luis Feduchi, José Maria Torres, and Ramón Muñoz.
Sanmartín has received national and international recognition for his work, including the FAD (1992, 1998, 2002, 2004), Fernando García Mercadal (1997, 1999, 2002, 2008), and the ECOLA (2011) awards.
