Adriana Pablos

Adriana Pablos is an architect, assistant professor at University of South Florida School of Architecture & Community Design, and founding principal of the research and design practice Office for Adaptation. She was a Real Colegio Complutense (RCC) fellow and president of Spain GSD student group at Harvard University from 2019 to 2021. Additionally, Adriana served as RCC’s Executive Director and Academic Manager in 2022.

Adriana holds a master in architecture from the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) as well as a master in design studies with a concentration in Urbanism Landscape and Ecology from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. with a thesis entitled A glocal phenomenon: Urban Evolution through Housing Adaptation at UPM-ETSAM.

Adriana develops architectural and urban regenerative approaches to improve cities' adaptability and resilience with a particular focus on housing. Her work on adaptation has received international recognition and support, including La Caixa Foundation full-ride Scholarship (2019-2021), Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies research grant (2020), Harvard Annual Research and Development Award in Urbanism, Landscape, and Ecology (2020), the pan-European Future Architecture Platform Emerging Designers award (2017), and the Intervention in Urban Heritage award (2015) by the Official Chamber of Architects of Madrid.

Adriana has taught at the University of South Florida, Wentworth Institute of Technology, University of Virginia, Technical University of Madrid, and CANactions School for Urban Studies (Kyiv). She has lectured across Spain, Slovenia, Ukraine, the United States, France, and Brazil. Her work has been exhibited at the XIV and XVIII Venice Architecture Biennale, Druker Design and GSD Kirkland Galleries, and Matadero de Madrid.