Cabalfin, Edson

Edson G. Cabalfin, PhD, is an educator, architect, designer, researcher and historian. He was the curator of the Philippine Pavilion at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2018. He received his PhD in history of architecture and urban development from Cornell University in 2012. Under a Fulbright Fellowship, he obtained his Master of Science in Architecture from the University of Cincinnati in 2003. Prior to coming to the United States, he received his professional Bachelor of Science in Architecture and Master of Architecture from the University of the Philippines in 1996 and 2001, respectively. Before his appointment at Tulane, Edson was a tenured associate professor and coordinator of the Interior Design Program in the School of Architecture and Interior Design in the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning at the University of Cincinnati, where he taught from 2009 until 2020. Cabalfin’s research in the last two decades has focused on the interdisciplinary and transnational intersections of architecture history and theory, cultural studies, gender and sexuality studies, postcolonial theory, Southeast Asian studies, spatial justice, public interest design, and heritage conservation. A licensed and registered architect in the Philippines, Cabalfin also runs his design consultancy, Talyer Kayumanggi/Brown Workshop, based in Cincinnati and Manila, with projects in architecture, interior design, set design, costume design, fashion design, exhibition design, graphic design and design strategy in North America, Southeast Asia, Europe and the Middle East in the last 25 years.