Mexico-City born Jorge Ayala founded [Ay]A in 2010.
[Ay]A is an international design studio based in Paris committed to cutting edge research and material experimentation, across scales. [Ay]A engages with multidisciplinary fields from fashion design, architecture to landscape urbanism, complex organisational systems and strategies in both theoretical and professional praxis.

In 2010 Jorge became the Founder and Director of AA Paris School hosted by Musée des Arts Décoratifs (111 rue de Rivoli, Paris), an intensive design-based research programme combining novel production in fashion and architecture. Ayala’s international academic programme has been displayed in many printed and online publications.
In 2011, Jorge Ayala became the youngest jury in history taking part at the Royal Institute for British Architects RIBA Presidents Medals Awards 2011, broadly regarded as the best architectural education award in the world.

Since 2008, Jorge has lectured globally and led workshops in the United Kingdom, China, Iran, Mexico, Costa Rica, the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Italy, and Canada among others. In 2013, Jorge has been appointed to become the Mitchell Lab Designer Program Director at Texas A&M University in the United States.

Jorge Ayala is a registered Architect at the ARB Architects Registration Board, and member of l’Ordre des Architectes Ile de France. His work has been featured in ArchiManual No. 2 (Bruce Lan Publishers) and Contemporary Digital Architecture: Design & Techniques (Links Publisher). Jorge participated in the 7th International Biennale of Architecture in São Paulo and in the 2nd International Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism of Hong Kong/Shenzhen in China.






JA/CV/JANUARY 2012

ACADEMIA

2010- PRESENT
DIRECTOR
ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION AA SCHOOL PARIS
MUSEE DES ARTS DECORATIFS
PARIS, FRANCE

2011
RIBA ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS JURY
THE PRESIDENT’S MEDALS AWARDS
LONDON, UNITED KINDDOM

WORKSHOP TUTOR WITH RIYAD JOUCKA
‘SELF-ASSEMBLED PRET-A-PORTER’
AA SCHOOL PARIS
PARIS, FRANCE

WORKSHOP TUTOR
‘DIGITALLY FABRICATED CITIES’
AA LANDSCAPE URBANISM, ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

WORKSHOP TUTOR
‘EMBROIDERED ORNAMENTS’
AA SCHOOL IRAN, UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN
TEHRAN, IRAN

SUMMER SCHOOL DIRECTOR
‘TRANSGRESIONES FISICAS’
ITESM TEC DE MONTERREY UNIVERSITY
GUADALAJARA, MEXICO

WORKSHOP TUTOR WITH CHRISTOPH EPPACHER
‘BODILY INTERARTICULATIONS’
AA SCHOOL PARIS
PARIS, FRANCE

STUDIO TUTOR
LANDSCAPE URBANISM UNIT
ESA ECOLE SPECIALE D’ARCHITECTURE
PARIS, FRANCE

WORKSHOP TUTOR
‘WIREFRAMED’
EPFL ECOLE POLITECHNIQUE DE LAUSANNE
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND

WORKSHOP TUTOR
‘THE PARISIAN EDGE’
UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA
MEXICALI, MEXICO

WORKSHOP TUTOR
‘STALKING TIJUANA’
UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA
TIJUANA, MEXICO

WORKSHOP TUTOR
‘SISTEMAS DE ORGANIZACION’
ITESM TEC DE MONTERREY UNIVERSITY
LEON, MEXICO

VISITING PROFESSOR AND GUEST CRITIC
EPFL ECOLE POLITECHNIQUE DE LAUSANNE
LAUSSANE, SWITZERLAND

DIPLOMA GUEST CRITIC
ECOLE NATIONALE D’ARCHITECTURE PARIS MALAQUAIS
PARIS, FRANCE

2010
WORKSHOP TUTOR
‘TECTONICAS ARTIFICIALES’
ITESM TEC DE MONTERREY UNIVERSITY
GUADALAJARA, MEXICO

WORKSHOP TUTOR
‘LANDSCAPE STRATEGIES’
FACOLTA DI ARCHITETTURA AD ALGHERO, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI SASSARI
SARDINIA, ITALY

STUDIO TUTOR
LANDSCAPE URBANISM UNIT
ESA ECOLE SPECIALE D’ARCHITECTURE
PARIS, FRANCE

WORKSHOP TUTOR
‘CREATIVE NATURE’
USC UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
XI’AN, CHINA

VISITING PROFESSOR AND GUEST CRITIC
EPFL ECOLE POLITECHNIQUE DE LAUSANNE
LAUSSANE, SWITZERLAND

DIPLOMA GUEST CRITIC
ECOLE NATIONALE D’ARCHITECTURE PARIS MALAQUAIS
PARIS, FRANCE

VISITING PROFESSOR
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE ART AND PLANNING
ROME, ITALY

2009
DIPLOMA GUEST CRITIC
ECOLE NATIONALE D’ARCHITECTURE PARIS MALAQUAIS
PARIS, FRANCE

WORKSHOP TUTOR
‘DIGITALLY FABRICATED CITIES’
AA LANDSCAPE URBANISM, ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM


LECTURES

2011
‘NUEVA VISION EN ARQUITECTURA’
ITESM TEC DE MONTERREY, HERMOSILLO, SONORA NORTE
MEXICO

‘PAISAJISMO’
UDEM UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY, MONTERREY, NUEVO LEON
MEXICO

‘PRACTICA ARQUITECTURAL’
UDEM UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY, MONTERREY, NUEVO LEON
MEXICO

‘LANDSCAPE STRATEGIES’
ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE, SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, AMSTERDAM
NETHERLANDS

‘PRETEXTOS, ESPECIFICIDADES, MATERIALIDADES’
UNIVERSIDAD VERITAS, SAN JOSE
COSTA RICA

‘LANDSCAPE STRATEGIES FOR A NEW READING OF THE CITY’
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE AND DESIGN, TORONTO
CANADA

‘URBANISMO PAISAJE’
ITESM TEC DE MONTERREY, LEON, GUANAJUATO
MEXICO

2010
‘JORGE AYALA STUDIO PARIS’
UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA TIJUANA, BAJA CALIFORNIA
MEXICO

‘LA THEORIE DES RHIZOMES’
EPFL ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE
SWITZERLAND

‘LANDSCAPE URBANISM: FIRST WORKS’
ITESM TEC DE MONTERREY, LEON
MEXICO

‘RELIEVES, TIPOLOGIAS, MORFOLOGIAS, INFRAESTRUCTURAS’
ITESM TEC DE MONTERREY, GUADALAJARA
MEXICO

‘LANDSCAPE URBANISM AT ESA’
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ROME
ITALY

‘LANDSCAPE URBANISM: PARIS AGENDAS’
FACOLTA DI ARCHITETTURA AD ALGHERO, SARDINIA
ITALY

2009
‘LANDSCAPE URBANISM: A RENEWED PRAXIS’
NANJING UNIVERSITY, NANJING
CHINA

‘LANDFORMS, HORIZONTALITY, INFRASTRUCTURE, TECHNIQUES’
STUDIO ZHU PEI, BEIJING
CHINA

‘LANDSCAPE URBANISM, UNE DISCIPLINE EMERGENTE POUR LES VILLES DU XXI° SIECLE’
ECOLE NATIONALE D’ARCHITECTURE PARIS MALAQUAIS, PARIS
FRANCE


EXHIBITIONS

2010
LA GALERIE D’ARCHITECTURE DE PARIS
PARIS, FRANCE
LANDSCAPE URBANISM EXHIBITION

2009
FUNDACION METROPOLI
MADRID, SPAIN
AA LANDSCAPE URBANISM RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION

2008
ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION PROJECTS REVIEW
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION SCHOOL ANNUAL EXHIBITION

2007
2ND BIENNALE OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM OF SHENZHEN- HONG KONG
SHENZHEN- HONG KONG, CHINA
AA LANDSCAPE URBANISM PARTICIPATION

7TH BIENNALE INTERNATIONAL OF ARCHITECTURE OF SAO PAULO
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
OFFICIAL PARTICIPATION

LA GALERIE D’ARCHITECTURE DE PARIS
PARIS, FRANCE
YOUNG GRADUATED ARCHITECTS INVITATION


PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION BOARDS

SINCE 2009
MEMBRE DE L’ORDRE DES ARCHITECTES, ILE DE FRANCE

MEMBER OF THE ARB ARCHITECTS REGISTRATION BOARD, LONDON, UK

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