The architect Javier Carvajal Ferrer gave a lecture at lecture at the School of Architecture of the University of Navarra in which he advised students that when they make a building they should keep in mind two values that must always be present in the final result : beauty and efficiency. "If you only achieve one of the two, you are not doing architecture," he said.

Javier Carvajal, a former professor at the University of Navarra, also advised future architects to read books and treatises on architecture, "but always with a critical vision. It is not a matter of criticizing for the sake of criticizing, but of thinking about why you like or dislike a building. The architect does not have to do what others do, but must build what he wants to build. You have to read a lot with an analytical and critical will".

Traveling in Europe

Likewise, he considered that it is part of the Education of every urban planner to travel a lot to see different trends. "Europe is an unparalleled showcase, as is America. Being in Rome, for example, is a daily finding . In my opinion, the most interesting countries are Italy, Germany and Spain," he said during his speech at the University of Navarra.

Regarding his curriculum, the author himself did not consider that the most important buildings of his work are those that have had more impact (Spain Pavilion in New York, Valencia Tower, New Library Services of the University of Navarra ...) but those that have transmitted more emotion to him when building it. "I have much better memories of my house in Somosaguas, because of how the whole construction process was, than of a building that may have had a greater popular impact," he said.

Finally, he did not want to miss the opportunity to insist that of all the work he has developed as an architect the best has been the teaching. "The teaching is the will to transmit to others what excites me. The students are the raison d'être of the schools and you," he said, referring to the students, "should be proud to be in one of the three most important schools of architecture in Spain".