Sáenz de Oíza (Cáseda-Navarra 1918 - Madrid 2000) is one of the most outstanding Spanish architects of the twentieth century, National Architecture Award (1945), Gold Medal of Architecture (1989) and Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts ( 1993). He said he was born in the Middle Ages and lived the avant-garde of the twentieth century. Architect, teacher, lecturer, indefatigable traveler, fond of sailing, cars, motorcycles, painting, photography, cinema, reading and handicrafts, was the father of seven children, and lived with his wife, María Felisa, a full and busy existence.
About the exhibition
The purpose of the exhibition is to influence the relationship of arts and crafts that accompany the activity of the architect of the twentieth century, understood by Sáenz de Oíza as an inseparable part of his life and work. Within the technological and avant-garde nature that underlies the architect's work, the exhibition shows him through his relationship with different disciplinary fields along with his personal affinities.
In the exhibition tour, after an approach to the origins of Sáenz de Oíza and his relationship with the spirit of the time, his personal world is shown next to his architectural work, accompanied by a selection of a small group of artists from the broad spectrum that it encompassed the Oizian look. Without forgetting his relationship with numerous friends, among them, the sculptor Jorge Oteiza and the builder Juan Huarte, as well as teachers, students, architects, students and field people, whose friendship Oíza always fed.
Works by artists such as Néstor Basterretxea, Eduardo Chillida, Antonio López, Lucio Muñoz, Jorge Oteiza, Pablo Palazuelo, Carlos Pascual de Lara, Alberto Schommer or José Antonio Sistiaga among others, will talk in the room next to the plans, sketches and models of some of the most significant projects of the architect.
Among the architectural works that can be seen in the exhibition are its most famous buildings: Torres Blancas (Madrid), the White City of Alcudia (Mallorca), the houses of the M-30 popularly known as El Ruedo (Madrid) or the Basilica of Aránzazu (Guipuzcoa), where he managed to bring together the work of artists and friends such as Jorte Oteiza, Eduardo Chillida, Lucio Muñoz or Antonio López.
About the exhibition
The purpose of the exhibition is to influence the relationship of arts and crafts that accompany the activity of the architect of the twentieth century, understood by Sáenz de Oíza as an inseparable part of his life and work. Within the technological and avant-garde nature that underlies the architect's work, the exhibition shows him through his relationship with different disciplinary fields along with his personal affinities.
In the exhibition tour, after an approach to the origins of Sáenz de Oíza and his relationship with the spirit of the time, his personal world is shown next to his architectural work, accompanied by a selection of a small group of artists from the broad spectrum that it encompassed the Oizian look. Without forgetting his relationship with numerous friends, among them, the sculptor Jorge Oteiza and the builder Juan Huarte, as well as teachers, students, architects, students and field people, whose friendship Oíza always fed.
Works by artists such as Néstor Basterretxea, Eduardo Chillida, Antonio López, Lucio Muñoz, Jorge Oteiza, Pablo Palazuelo, Carlos Pascual de Lara, Alberto Schommer or José Antonio Sistiaga among others, will talk in the room next to the plans, sketches and models of some of the most significant projects of the architect.
Among the architectural works that can be seen in the exhibition are its most famous buildings: Torres Blancas (Madrid), the White City of Alcudia (Mallorca), the houses of the M-30 popularly known as El Ruedo (Madrid) or the Basilica of Aránzazu (Guipuzcoa), where he managed to bring together the work of artists and friends such as Jorte Oteiza, Eduardo Chillida, Lucio Muñoz or Antonio López.
