Faculty

Profile

Bren Gálvez-Moretti (b. Lima, Peru) is an architect, educator, and researcher. Bren is the founder of Kinship Architecture, a small practice dedicated to fostering positive interactions through the design of meaningful spaces. Bren has over 10 years of experience working on high-end residential architecture and interiors, large-scale mixed-use developments, and boutique hospitality design. 

Before forming Kinship Architecture, Bren worked at Alda Ly Architecture, Architecture+Information, RAAD, and Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill. Throughout her work, her attention has been focused on public space and other spaces for cultural exchange. 

Bren is a part-time assistant professor at Parsons The New School for Design, and has taught at Catholic University in Washington D.C. and NYIT and NYSID in New York.

Degrees Held

B.A. with a Major in Architecture. University of California at Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, summa cum laude.

Master of Architecture. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning. 

Professional Affiliation

National Council of Architectural Registration Boards.

U.S. Green Building Council.

Licensed Architect in New York and Washington DC.

Research Interests

Architecture and design theory and criticism, design research, diagramming and representation, public space, product design, photography, sustainability. Innovative work spaces and new methods for work.