Ar. Mariethel Garing-Matabang, is an architect by profession and a graduate of University of Santo Tomas. She has been in the design and construction industry for 12 years. Two years after graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture and after working in Makati City, she took the Philippines’ Architecture Licensure Examination in June 2010 and successfully passed.

She has been involved in the design and development to construction phase of modern residential houses and condominium in a company in the Philippines before moving to Singapore to garner more experience to put under her belt.

During the course of her stay in Singapore, she has been involved in institutional projects that include sports complex, aviation and design school, interior renovations of 10 blocks of school buildings, and 2 condominium projects one of which is a 30-storey condominium with 168 units and the latter is 12 blocks of 17-storey condominium that houses a total of 728 units. Concurrently, she took a short interior design diploma course in Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore to further her knowledge.

In her efforts to bring forth her knowledge and experience here in the Philippines, she founded G Cube Builders in 2014 now incorporated and known as G Cube Atelier + Build Inc. (G Cube Design + Build) and remains its president and CEO up to today.

She is constinuously learning the design and construction methodologies as she works to keep herself well informed and up to date. After going back to the Philippines and founding G Cube, she enrolled and studied in the University of the Philippines Diliman to pursue Masters in Architecture Major in Hospital Design. She also finished an executive diploma course in Construction Project Management from De La Salle College of Saint Benilde. She is also serving currently as the Vice President for Programs of United Architects of the Philippines Lipa Chapter.