Gelpi’s research is concerned with the tensions between materials and representation, often incorporating procedures of fabrication and the conventions of testing through mockups. Professor Gelpi’s research has been supported by grants and fellowships from Cejas Family Foundation, Wells Fargo, and through the funding of private industrial partnerships. Gelpi is currently authoring a book on the history and contemporary use of full scale mockups in the design process, titled The Architecture of Full Scale Mockups, to be published by Routledge. Gelpi received his Bachelor’s of Architecture degree from Tulane University in 2002 and his Masters of Science in Advanced Architecture Design from Columbia University in 2003.