lecture at ut austin

languages time zones latitudes but design is the same

design it’s a tool to solve problems

otherwise is just a pretty picture

Finalist of Mies Van der Rohe 2000 Award, Barcelone, Spain

SITRANDEVacational complex

Location: Ytu, ParaguayContract: Design BuildArea: 58.680 SFAuthors: Arch. Luis Ayala

Arch. Solano BenitezArch. Alberto Marinoni

Date: 1998Published on Casabella magazine, ItalyARQ magazine, Chile; 041 magazineArgentina; Mies Van der RoheFoundation Catalogue, Spain

problemLow budgetLarge siteDistance from the cityDisruption of environment

Finalist of Mies Van der Rohe 2000 Award, Barcelone, Spain

SITRANDEVacational complex

Location: Ytu, ParaguayContract: Design BuildArea: 58.680 SFAuthors: Arch. Luis Ayala

Arch. Solano BenitezArch. Alberto Marinoni

Date: 1998Published on Casabella magazine, ItalyARQ magazine, Chile; 041 magazineArgentina; Mies Van der RoheFoundation Catalogue, Spain

DEMELENNE HOUSESingle family house

Location: Aregua, ParaguayContract: Design BuildArea: 3.450 SF

Authors: Arch. Luis AyalaArch. Solano BenitezArch. Alberto Marinoni

Date: 1999

problemLow budgetDistance from the cityRenovation of deteriorated structure

DEMELENNE HOUSESingle family house

Location: Aregua, ParaguayContract: Design BuildArea: 3.450 SF

Authors: Arch. Luis AyalaArch. Solano BenitezArch. Alberto Marinoni

Date: 1999

YACHT HOUSESMulti Family Houses

Location: Asuncion, ParaguayContract: ProjectArea: 30.000 SF

Authors: Arch. Luis AyalaArch. Solano BenitezArch. Alberto Marinoni

Date: 1999

problemAngry wifeAttract investors

UNILEVERHeadquarters offices

Location: Villa Elisa, ParaguayContract: Design BuildArea: 43.140 SF

Authors: Arch. Luis AyalaArch. Solano BenitezArch. Alberto Marinoni

Date: 2001Published on “ARQ” magazine Chile

problemBad orientationBuild more area with lessInnovative image for employes

UNILEVERHeadquarters offices

Location: Villa Elisa, ParaguayContract: Design BuildArea: 43.140 SF

Authors: Arch. Luis AyalaArch. Solano BenitezArch. Alberto Marinoni

Date: 2001Published on “ARQ” magazine Chile

LUNA & ALON HOUSESingle Family House

Location: Lambare, ParaguayContract: Design BuildArea: 1.150 SF

Authors: Arch. Luis Ayala

Date: 2001Published on “Casas LatinoamericanasContemporaneas” Book, Trama Editorial,Ecuador

problemLow budgetShort timeSustainabilityMost difficult client

EMERGENCIAS MEDICASPublic Hospital, Emergencies

Location: Asuncion, ParaguayContract: Design BuildArea: 135.500 SF

Authors: Arch. Luis AyalaArch. Solano BenitezArch. Alberto MarinoniArch. Sergio Fanego

Date: 1999

problemVery Short timeBuild a 200 beds hospital in 2 monthsDeal with the governmentParanormal activity

EMERGENCIAS MEDICASPublic Hospital, Emergencies

Location: Asuncion, ParaguayContract: Design BuildArea: 135.500 SF

Authors: Arch. Luis AyalaArch. Solano BenitezArch. Alberto MarinoniArch. Sergio Fanego

Date: 1999

MOTOR MASAutomotive Mechanic Shop

Location: Asuncion, ParaguayContract: Design BuildArea: 7.500 SF

Authors: Arch. Luis AyalaArch. Solano BenitezArch. Alberto Marinoni

Date: 1999

problemAcousticsSustainabilityBuild more with lessBuilding must express feelings

MOTOR MASAutomotive Mechanic Shop

Location: Asuncion, ParaguayContract: Design BuildArea: 7.500 SF

Authors: Arch. Luis AyalaArch. Solano BenitezArch. Alberto Marinoni

Date: 1999

Longitudinal Section

Floorplan

Transversal Section

CENTRO ELECTRICOCommercial retail store

Location: Asuncion, ParaguayContract: Design BuildArea: 1.400 SF

Authors: Arch. Luis AyalaArch. Solano BenitezArch. Alberto Marinoni

Date: 1999

problemDefine a brand imageCatch attentionPrototype “ability”Deal with transvestites

CENTRO ELECTRICOCommercial retail store

Location: Asuncion, ParaguayContract: Design BuildArea: 1.400 SF

Authors: Arch. Luis AyalaArch. Solano BenitezArch. Alberto Marinoni

Date: 1999

CENTRO ELECTRICO 2Commercial retail store

Location: Asuncion, ParaguayContract: Design BuildArea: 2.340 SF

Authors: Arch. Luis AyalaArch. Solano BenitezArch. Alberto Marinoni

Date: 1999

problemDefine a brand imageCatch attentionPrototype “ability”

CENTRO ELECTRICO 2Commercial retail store

Location: Asuncion, ParaguayContract: Design BuildArea: 2.340 SF

Authors: Arch. Luis AyalaArch. Solano BenitezArch. Alberto Marinoni

Date: 1999

Previous conditions

CENTRO ELECTRICO 2Commercial retail store

Location: Asuncion, ParaguayContract: Design BuildArea: 2.340 SF

Authors: Arch. Luis AyalaArch. Solano BenitezArch. Alberto Marinoni

Date: 1999

Previous conditions

CHOPPERIA SHOPPING SOLDraft bear bar

Location: Asuncion, ParaguayContract: Design BuildArea: 500 SF

Authors: Arch. Luis Ayala

Date: 2004

problemSell more beer!Define a brand imageCatch attention

CHOPPERIA SHOPPING SOLDraft bear bar

Location: Asuncion, ParaguayContract: Design BuildArea: 500 SF

Authors: Arch. Luis Ayala

Date: 2004

ARIES HOUSESingle Family House

Location: Asuncion, ParaguayContract: Design BuildArea: 10.500 SF

Authors: Arch. Luis AyalaArch. H. DienstmaierArch. Liliana Hadad

Date: 2003

problemExisting structure10.000 SF, 13 cars, 1 userMeet very stringent costs

ARIES HOUSESingle Family House

Location: Asuncion, ParaguayContract: Design BuildArea: 10.500 SF

Authors: Arch. Luis AyalaArch. H. DienstmaierArch. Liliana Hadad

Date: 2003

GLORIA MARSHAL ELEMENTARY

Location: Spring, TXContract: Design, Documentation, CA

Authors: SHW GroupTracy Eich, designer Luis Ayala, designer

Area: 106.000 SqFt

Date: 2008-2010

problemDaylight every classroomPrototype buildingSustainabilityBuild more with lessBuilding as a teaching tool

GLORIA MARSHAL ELEMENTARY

Location: Spring, TXContract: Design, Documentation, CA

Authors: SHW GroupTracy Eich, designer Luis Ayala, designer

Area: 106.000 SqFt

Date: 2008-2010

grandpoint elementary

gloria marshall elementary

100% Day lighting provided to all classrooms

Light shelves help increase the amount of natural daylight brought into the classroom.

Shading devices help block harsh Eastern and Western sun.

•economical•less brick / stone•more metal panels•400 ft long

First floor Second floor

What initially began as a “repeat” school design resulted in one of the greenest elementary schools in the state of Texas without adding any costs to the district’s capital budget. When SHW Group and Spring ISD first began exploring the goals for the new school, conversations quickly turned to daylighting, energy efficiency and water conservation. This led to an original sustainable, high-performance school designed as a teaching tool that will educate generations of students about resource conservation.  Pacesetting sustainability The school was designed to achieve LEED Gold certification and has already been accepted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to receive an ENERGY STAR rating due to its energy-efficient building design. In addition, SHW Group designed the school to meet criteria for Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS), the nation’s first green building rating program especially designed for K-12 schools. The building will also be the first school in Houston to use geothermal heating and cooling, which is expected to save at least 25 percent in energy consumption over the current code.  Once complete, the school will be a two-story rectangular building oriented with long sides facing north and south. Each classroom will have natural light and the south-facing classrooms will take advantage of daylight harvesting. In addition, the building was designed to have lights off in the classrooms 75 percent of the time, so each room will have sensors that turns the lights on and off based on levels of natural light.  Teaching tool Before the school opens, Spring will work with Cambridge Strategic Services to design an environment-focused, project-based curriculum. This will ensure that the entire school and its sustainable elements are teaching tools.  For example, the entry to the building will be alongside a science garden and eco-pond that includes an above-ground cistern and a water trough. These can be used to teach children integrated concepts about math and science that allow for real-world experiences. Under the parking lot and playgrounds is a geothermal well field that will house a system of tubes and valves that take hot and cold water in and out of the building. Through the use of a web-based learning tool, students will be able to interact with the building systems and know the temperature of the water as it leaves the building and when it returns from deep in the earth.  Additional green features include: A highly reflective white-colored roofAn on-site wind turbine, 10,000-kilowatts of roof-mounted photovoltaic cells which will convert sunlight directly into electricityA butterfly garden along a walking trailAn underground cistern that will collect rainwater from the roof and be used to flush toilets and urinalsTrees from the existing site will be reused in the building as desks, benches and conference room tablesMany of the materials used for its construction will be made with recycled content or made of rapidly renewable resourcesThe school will also use less water by having no irrigation

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MIDDLE SCHOOL #17

Location: Cypress Fairbanks, TXContract: Design, Documentation, CA

Authors: SHW GroupTracy Eich, designer Luis Ayala, designer

Area: 245.000 SqFt

Date: 2007-2010

Courtyard aerial view Site Plan

First Floor

Second Floor

CONTROL TOWER HOUSESingle Family House

Location: Luque, ParaguayContract: Construction AdministrationArea: 2.220 SF

Authors: Arch. Javier Corvalan (design) Arch. Luis Ayala (CA)

Date: 2001