Carlos Sabogal García + Alaa Quraishi Design + Art Research Practice · Albuquerque, NM
EDUCATION
Carlos Sabogal García — Master of Architecture, California College of the Arts, 2018 — Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, University of New Mexico, 2014
Alaa Quraishi — Master of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018 — Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, University of New Mexico, 2014
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS + INSTALLATIONS
— Witness, ENCOMPASS at Harwood Art Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, 2026 (Enchanted Matter)
— DREAMers Portal, PASEO Festival, Taos, NM, 2025 (Enchanted Matter)
— Fragments of a Future Mythology, CODE & CRAFT Fair, London, UK, 2025 (Enchanted Matter)
— Menagerie of DREAMers, UNM SA+P Rainosek Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, 2024 (Enchanted Matter)
— Sanctuary City, Ferry Building Space 37, San Francisco, CA, 2021 (Carlos)
— Design Earth, Oslo Triennial + Milan Triennial, 2016 + 2019 (Alaa)
— MIT MArch Thesis Exhibition, MIT Building 9 Lobby, Cambridge, MA, 2018 (Alaa)
— Parkour by Heart: Setting a Performative Frame, MIT ACT Cube, Cambridge, MA, 2016 (Alaa)
— Dusty Inflatables, Albuquerque, NM, 2013 (Enchanted Matter)
— Residual Form, UNM SA+P, Albuquerque, NM, 2012–2018, Permanent Installation (Enchanted Matter)
AWARDS + RECOGNITION
— Teaching Excellence Award for Active & Relevant Learning, Nominee, UNM, 2026 (Alaa)
— SA+P Faculty Research Support Funds, Grantee, UNM, 2025 (Alaa)
— Research Grant, University of New Mexico, 2025 (Carlos)
— Student Experience Project Fellowship, UNM, 2025 (Alaa)
— CODAworx Creative Revolutionaries Award, for Orbital, 2024 (Carlos, as contributor)
— Design that Educates Award, Architectural Design Selection, for Orbital, 2024 (Carlos, as contributor)
— Santa Fe Art Institute Labor Residency, Artist in Residence, 2020 (Alaa)
— Teaching Excellence Award, Affiliated Faculty of the Year, UNM, 2020 (Alaa)
— Commencement Exhibition Grant, California College of the Arts, 2018 (Carlos)
— MIT MISTI Grant, Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture, Paris, 2018 (Alaa)
— Digital Craft Prize, Autonomous Architecture Studio, CCA, 2016 (Carlos)
— Jury Prize, Spatial Logics of Change Studio, CCA, 2015 (Carlos)
— Jury Prize, Housing Studio, CCA, 2015 (Carlos)
— Best Designer of the Year, AIAS, UNM SA+P, 2011 (Carlos)
TEACHING
Alaa Quraishi
— Visiting Assistant Professor, UNM SA+P, Albuquerque, NM, 2024–Present
— Lecturer II, UNM SA+P, Albuquerque, NM, 2020–2023
— Instructor, Duke University Talent Identification Program, 2019
— Teaching Assistant, MIT SA+P, Cambridge, MA, 2016–2017
— Guest Critic, UNM, CCA, McGill University, UCLA
Carlos Sabogal García
— Invited Lecturer, Computational Workshops, UNM SA+P, 2025
— Adjunct Instructor, California College of the Arts, 2021
— Computational Coach + Teaching Assistant, California College of the Arts, 2018–2025
— Guest Critic, UNM SA+P + California College of the Arts, 2018–2025
PUBLICATIONS + LECTURES
— Actions to Reset Studio Culture: A Case Study, ACSA 109th Annual Meeting, 2021 (Alaa, co-author with Cesar Lopez — peer-reviewed)
— The Last Frontier: Decolonizing Content and Promoting a Culture of Inclusion in Design Studios, ACSA 109th Annual Meeting, Special Session, 2021 (Alaa)
— Destabilizing the Design Studio, Colloquium for Innovative Teaching, UNM, 2021 (Alaa)
— {re}present spaces of memory, Lecture + Workshop, Cal Poly Pomona, 2025 (Alaa)
— Palmnameh: The Epic of the Palm Tree in Los Angeles, Lecture, El Paso Community College, 2020 (Alaa)
— Digital Design Exercises for Architecture Students, Johnson & Vermillion, 2017 (Carlos — contribution: 6-axis robotic-assisted painting)
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
— Enchanted Matter, Co-Founders, Albuquerque, NM, 2022–Present
— FUTUREFORMS (formerly Future Cities Lab), Associate & Senior Computational Designer, San Francisco, CA, 2018–2025 (Carlos)
— Antoine Predock Architect, Project Designer, Albuquerque, NM, 2021 (Alaa)
— DNC Architects, Design Associate, Albuquerque, NM, 2020 (Alaa)
— Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture, Intern, Paris, FR, 2018 (Alaa)
— Out In About, Co-Founders, Albuquerque, NM, 2014–2020
— Gradient Matter, Designer & Fabricator, San Francisco, CA, 2014–2018 (Carlos)
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