Luis Ortega Govela
with Alessandro Bava and Octave Perrault as åyr
Luis Ortega Govela (1988) is a Mexican architect, writer and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. He graduated from the Architectural Association School of Architecture London. He is the founder of Office LOG, a research-based design studio working across architecture, design and art. . He is theco-founder of ÅYR, an art collective which explores the complex evolution of the home and domesticity. The collective has exhibited internationally, including at theBritish Pavilion for the Venice Architecture Biennale and at the 9th Berlin Biennale of Contemporary Art.
He is the author of GARAGE a book on the architecture and image of the garage published by MIT Press which has now been translated into Russian by Strelka. The book was also adapted into a documentary and was part of the CPH:DOX festival official selection. He was a recipient of the MAK Center for Art and Architecture Residency in 2017. He has lectured at the Architectural Association London, TU Delft, Garage Museum Moscow and The Royal College of Art. He is currently working on his third book.
EDUCATION
Sociology & Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths University
London, United Kingdom
Architecture, Architectural Association
London, United Kingdom
JURY
Andreas Fogarasi
Gabu Heindl
Catrin Lorch
Beatrix Ruf
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein
FINAL PROJECT
