ARTIST NAME Luis Ortega Govela
TEAM NAME åyr
GROUP Group XLIV, Apr 2017 - Sep 2017
DISCIPLINE Architecture
WEBSITE http://www.aayr.xyz/
BIO Born 1988 in Tampico, Mexico
Lives in London, United Kingdom

Education

Architecture, Architectural Association, London, United Kingdom
Architecture, London Metropolitan University, London, United Kingdom

Selected Work Experience

2012/13
- architectural assistant, David Kohn Architects, London, United Kingdom

2010
- architectural assistant, Ushida Findlay Architects, London, United Kingdom

2008 - 2011
- first assistant to art director / set designer David White, London, United Kingdom

2010
- artist’s assistant, Madeleon Vriesendorp Koolhaas

2009
-assistant to art director / set designer Shona Heath, London, United Kingdom

Selected Projects

2014 - ongoing
-- founder, AIRBNB Pavilion:
- AIRBNB Pavilion Exhibition, curation, 14th Venice Architectural Biennale
- “Everything that is solid melts into airbnb,” talk, Swiss Institute New York, United States
- “Home 2014,” talk, Architectural Association, London, United Kingdom
- “Morphing Overnight,” group show, Seventeenth Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- “Schoner Wohnen,” exhibition, Armada, Milan, Italy

Additional Experience
- regular contributor to “Fulcrum” and “Architectural Review” publications
- guest lecturer, 2014, Architectural Association, London, United Kingdom
- external critic, Intermediate Unit 12, Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, United Kingdom
- external critic, 2010 & 2011, Foundation and First Year, London Metropolitan University, London, United Kingdom
PORTRAIT
Luis Ortega Govela portrait
© Luis Ortega Govela
FINAL PROJECT

JURY
Andreas Fogarasi
Gabu Heindl
Catrin Lorch
Beatrix Ruf
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein