Gabriela de Matos

Gabriela de Matos is a Brazilian architect. She analyzes the impacts of architecture and urban design on structural racism and sexism within the context of the African diaspora.

Early life and education Gabriela de Matos was born in Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais.

Career In 2014, she founded her own architecture firm, Estúdio de Arquitetura – Gabriela de Matos. In 2018, she launched Projeto Arquitetas Negras (Black Female Architects Project), a catalog of Black Brazilian female architects. As part of this initiative, she wrote and published the project's namesake magazine, which won the IAB-SP award for Best Architecture Publication in 2019.

From 2020 to 2023, she was a professor of architecture and urbanism at São Paulo's Escola da Cidade. Between 2020 and 2022, she served as vice president of the São Paulo department of the Institute of Architects of Brazil (IAB-SP). That same year, she was appointed as a juror for the 2022 Ibero-American Architecture Biennale.

In 2023, their pavilion, Terra, was awarded the Golden Lion for Best National Participation.

Awards and honors

2019: IAB-SP award for Best Architecture Publication for Projeto Arquitetas Negras Vol. 1.