Fernando Oíza is an architect from the University of Navarra and an expert in wood construction from the UPV. Since the completion of his studies, he has exercised independent professional work; either individually or integrated into multidisciplinary teams. With more than 25 years of professional practice, he combines the capacity for formal and constructive design, as supported by works and recognitions obtained throughout his career.
Particularly interested in technique, he has specialized in “dry” construction systems -characterized by the absence of water throughout the construction process- and light in a physical sense, but also conceptual in commitment to contemporaneity. The consequence is higher quality quotas in the execution, with a significant shortening of construction times. From the range of construction systems available to the designer, he opts for wood as it is considered the material of the present with the most future for environmental reasons. Wood is the only fully regenerable construction material, a quality to which others are added, such as being the one that requires less energy consumption in its handling, transformation and transport; be a carbon prison, or be reusable throughout its useful life until the end when it will be incorporated back into the biological cycle through humus. Naturally without forgetting that wood is the most versatile material in construction, which provides the warmth and comfort that many spaces require.
The building's energy balance through the envelope is another of its preferred research areas, in the search for bio-passive designs that optimize its energy demand by taking advantage of the surrounding conditions.
He maintains what has been the hallmark of his previous work: working on all possible scales of architecture, maintaining the principle of maximum dedication and commitment regardless of size; with the belief that the fundamental thing is not the size or the budget, but the intrinsic possibilities that the client-project tandem contains.
