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This is the official website of the architect Ana Cristina Ayala member of the architects firm “AR.Design”. This page is made to let people learn more about the work and projects of AR.Design. And also to introduce the ARTchitecture magazine, which is sponsored by the staff of this company. AR.Design was founded in 2015 in Caracas by Ana Cristina Ayala, Eva Ramos, Anel Vasquez, Raquel Portillo and Ana Cristina Rodriguez with the objective to create urban spaces suitable for the welfare of the society and the people. Moreover, AR.Design is not only dedicated to the satisfaction of basic needs, but also our designs are innovative, beautiful, comfortable and totally capable of making life easier for Venezuelans. If you want more information about Ana’s and her company’s works you only have to see this web page and call or write them. If you have a question please don’t forget to contact them.

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 * PERSONAL PROFILE OF THE ARCHITECT ANA CRISTINA AYALA **

Mi name is Ana Cristina Ayala. I was borned in Caracas, Venezuela in November 23rd. I am eighteen years old, and my religion is catholic.  I did kinder-garden in “Las Ovejitas” and I graduated in the “Cristo Rey” school.  Talking about my family, I live with my parents and my two brothers, and I have many uncles and cousins. I am always in touch with them because we are very close.  Also, I want to have 3 children, two girls and one boy.  In this moment I study architecture in the "Simon Bolivar" University.  I am organized, comprehensive and a good listener. I mean, I’m a friendly person; you can always count on me.  I love music, so I´m always dancing hahaha. I like to go out with my friends, especially to the movies and, of course, to the beach.  I would like to travel Europe and United States, learn English and study to be an interior designer, which is my passion.  I like volleyball but I don’t practice it.  I hate spaghetti and I love Mexican “Tacos”.  I like philosophic stuffs. Sometimes I talk with my friends about mysteries of life, etc. And, in the other side, I don’t like biology, physics and math. ( <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Why is Anel's podcast in this page <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">)

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 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">PROFFESIONAL PROFILE OF THE ARCHITECT ANA CRISTINA AYALA **

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">I am the architect Ana Cristina Ayala, I graduated from the Simón Bolivar University. Also, I studied another career, a technical, Interior Design in the Institute of Design in Caracas. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> Before graduating from the school I did an internship with the “SIMBIOSIS Arquitectura + Gerencia” Company, where I saw the whole process of construction of a mall project in la Trinidad. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> Then, after I graduated of university I start with a simple job at assistant in Caracas at the ARKIT Company, which is an independent firm. But, then I was the only partner of my old boss Lorenzo that is also my uncle. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> That architectural office has many <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">conventions <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> (agreements) with other international companies, so we made projects with them, and one of the most important company that works with ARKIT is “Arkitektonica”, which made, long ago, the “Four Season Hotel” design with ARKIT. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> Now, I work in AR.Desing, that is <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">a <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> independent company that I <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">create <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> with other architects and there I dedicate to the interior design part, and I work only for fun.

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 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">EXPECTATIONS OF THE ENGLISH COURSE **

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">For this course, I expect to learn more English, practice and perfect it. I would like to improve speaking, writing, and reading, and specially I want to talk more fluent. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Those are what I expect because, first, I hope to live out of Venezuela someday, maybe for a few years. And second, because nowadays it’s really important speak English or have a second language. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">My concern it is because at present if you want to have a great job and be recognized as a good professional, it will be easier if you speak English. And it is more important to speak it if you work in an international company or you have to make a project with other professionals or something like that.

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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">ARTchitecture magazine shows you the newest innovations on architecture and interior design. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">In it you can find actual projects and interviews to the most known architects. You can also learn interesting topics about technology, business, history and culture that concern the architect’s world. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">From ARTchitecture you can get the best ideas for redecorating your home, find articles related to the newest constructions, architecture prizes winners, green designs, recognized buildings of all times, and much much more. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">The sponsors of this magazine are AR.Design (architects firm), Arcat (manufacturer and generic objects and systems), The Metal Initiative (a program for educating owners, architects, contractors about the use of metal in building construction), Live Roof (pre-vegetable invisible modular green roof system).

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DISCUSSION nanac1991: Hi!!! Anel anel_victoria1391: Hello Ana! how are you? nanac1991: fine!! thank you!!... nanac1991: you saw the text of plagiarism?? what do you think about cheating?? anel_victoria1391: yes i saw it. anel_victoria1391: well, i think is very bad and sad. each person should be autentic. nanac1991: Yes is horrible! But for the people is easier copy a work than do it for themselves nanac1991: Is faster copy something that you have in front of you, than take a time and think! nanac1991: hahaha anel_victoria1391: hahaha yes its true. but we have to make an effort. anel_victoria1391: have you ever cheated'??? nanac1991: No I don´t, but I always look for ideas and then I write my work, so is not completely right and you? anel_victoria1391: mm ok yeah...well me too! Sometimes i read first and then do my work! but never copy. is not honest. nanac1991: But, at ends, I don´t agree with any punishment that the professors could apply nanac1991: Is responsability of each one, I meant, doing the right thing or not. anel_victoria1391: i think, maybe, the punishment its ok because is a possibility way to make conscience of this problem. nanac1991: yes, it can be true! nanac1991: Well, sorry but I have to go! nanac1991: Kisses anel_victoria1391: ok! me too ana! anel_victoria1391: byee!!! nanac1991: byee!!

THE EFFECTS OF PLAGIARISM IN ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING

How an architect can make a building by himself if, in the five years of career, always copied from someone else? Really, the plagiarism issue is a problem, but, I think this is responsibility of each one. We all conscieous that plagiarism is wrong, and, if the student really want to learn and be a professional, he don’t going to cheat. I believe that at the end, always comes out the cheat and this person never will become a great architect if is not authentic. PHOTO DESCRIPTION

In the picture you can see a white building, situated on the sea, so it should be implanted in the coast or in an island. This building has four floors and a terrace. Behind it, seems to be another building, taller than the white one. Also, you can see another terrace on the air without any support which lets you see the sea from above. In the entrance to these buildings there are walkways, bushes and trees that make you feel comfortable. And, also this space gives the construction more solidity, so the people won`t feel like the buildings are sinking.

ARTICLE ABOUT CAD AND BIM

<span style="color: #2a2a2a; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"> Both CAD and BIM are two software or computer programs that allow you to acquire, save and present information related to a construction project. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; display: block; font-family: Arial; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 16.2pt; text-align: justify;"> CAD is a very popular system used by the architecture industry and many others. It lets you make designs and drafts using vectors (lines) to represent structures. But the CAD working environment involves not only shapes, it also presents information about materials, processes, dimensions and is able to represent objects in 2 and 3 dimensional spaces. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; display: block; font-family: Arial; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 16.2pt; text-align: justify;"> In contrast to CAD, BIM is a more complete working tool because it includes aspects of the construction process that are not used in CAD. This system tries to unite all the information given by the whole group of work, the design team, the construction team, the building users and administrators. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; display: block; font-family: Arial; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 16.2pt; text-align: justify;"> The essential idea of the BIM is to analyze all the information about the cycle of life of the building, since the process of construction starts until it ends, including the study of the quality of the functionality of the building, before and after it has been constructed. However CAD is based more in the design process, devising floors, sections and facades of a specific space. Instead BIM is based more to the process of construction.

Summary Show and Tell Minimalist Interior Design
The minimalist, in general, takes space and objects to their essence, trying not to use unnecessary accessories, because it express a lot with the minimum of elements. The minimalist slogan is “less is more” because it looks for abstraction, simplicity, reduction, synthesis, order, purism and dematerialization of the objects in their environment. It plays with geometry of shapes and forms and it uses pure and straight lines, basic shapes and neutral colors. the most suggested color is white, because it looks for a simple, functional and elegant space.