Bio
Mateo Fernandez is a designer, researcher, and tinkerer working across disciplines and scales. His work ranges from developing new living biomaterials for construction on Earth to designing self-assembling habitats for the Moon, and everything in between, including spacesuits, freestanding compression structures, cities, and submarines.
The only thing that guides his work is discovery, much of which he attributes to his early years as a magician. His professional experience also reflects his wide-ranging interests, having worked for sculptors, architects, and technology companies such as theverymany, Bjarke Ingels Group, Tatiana Bilbao Estudio and ICON 3D Printing.
He holds a Master of Architecture from MIT and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in architecture from SCAD. He was also a 2024 MAD Fellow.
