La Universidad de Navarra organiza en Madrid un acto de reconocimiento al trabajo del arquitecto Javier Carvajal
The University of Navarra organizes in Madrid a ceremony in recognition of architect Javier Carvajal work
Around 200 professors and students from School of Architecture will travel to the capital to participate in the event.
The University of Navarra has organized an act of recognition of the architect Javier Carvajal work this Friday, October 29, at 19.30 pm, at the School of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Madrid. In addition to the center professor, the initiative is also promoted by the committee Superior de Colegios de Arquitectos de España, together with the architects' associations of Madrid and Catalonia and the School of Architecture of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
Around two hundred students and professors from the University of Navarra will travel to the capital for attend to attend this event, which will also include the presentation of the book La huella de un maestro. The book contains a series of images of file General of the University of Navarra that can currently be seen in a exhibition installed in the entrance hall of the School of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (until November 9).
Jordi Ludevi, from committee Superior de los Colegios de Arquitectos de España (CSCAE); Juan Miguel Ochotorena, professor at School of Architecture of the University of Navarra; Ignacio Vicens, Full Professor of the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid; and Paloma Sobrini, dean of high school of Architects of Madrid, will intervene in the workshop on behalf of the associations promoting the event. submission For its part, the School of Architecture of Madrid will present its Medal of Honor to the professor during the ceremony.
Likewise, the University of Navarra will take advantage of the event to present the award Javier Carvajal, a national award that will reward the coherence, entity and solidity of a person or institution committed to the dissemination and teaching of architecture.
Works and awards
Javier Carvajal Ferrer (Barcelona, 1926) graduated as an architect from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (1953) with award Extraordinario de Fin de degree program, where in 1965 he obtained the Chair de Proyectos. Since 1976 he has been a professor at the School of Architecture of the University of Navarra.
His professional career has been recognized on numerous occasions: in 1960, Medal of Fine Arts; in 1964 the high school of American Architecture awarded him the award for the Best Foreign Architecture; in 1968, award for the Best Architecture in Europe by the Fritz Schumacher Foundation of the University of Hamburg; in 1973, Grand Cross of Alfonso X the Wise for teaching merits; in 1980 he won the award for the Best Architecture in Madrid awarded by the COAM; and in 2002, the award Antonio Camuñas de Arquitectura, among other awards.
His projects include the Escuela Universitaria de programs of study Empresariales de Barcelona (1961, Barcelona); the Spanish Pavilion for the Universal exhibition in New York (1963); the Valencia Tower (1972, Madrid); and the Library Services Nueva de la Universidad de Navarra (1998).