Luis Ortega Govela
Group XLIV, 2017
ARCHITECTURE
www.aayr.xyz
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
JURY
Andreas Fogarasi
Gabu Heindl
Catrin Lorch
Beatrix Ruf
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein