HECTOR NAVA F

Specialized in Sustainable Product Design.

HECTOR NAVA F

About HECTOR NAVA F

Architect with a comprehensive approach to design, focused on how spaces impact daily life. With experience in construction, conceptual design, and project management across different countries, he excels at leading diverse teams and tackling challenges creatively. He is recognized for blending aesthetic sensitivity with functional, efficient solutions, especially in high-demand sectors like healthcare, housing, and commercial architecture. His key achievements include successful project leadership, always prioritizing user well-being, sustainability, and accessibility in his designs.

  • Winner of the A' Design Award.
  • Specialized in Sustainable Product Design.
  • Original Design.
  • Creative, Diligent and Innovative.
  • All Designs
  • Sustainable Product
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Among Quillayes Mountain Bathroom

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Extended Interview with HECTOR NAVA F

Could you please tell us about your experience as a designer, artist, architect or creator?
My training as an architect began in Venezuela, where I graduated in 2010, and I later complemented my studies with a postgraduate degree in construction in 2015. Since university, I understood that architectural design is not only a matter of form or function but a tool for critical thinking and transformation. I’ve had the opportunity to work in several countries, which has enriched my perspective and allowed me to face different realities. This has sparked in me an intellectual curiosity towards architecture as a cultural, social, and ethical discipline.
How did you become a designer?
For me, design is a way of thinking about the world. It is an act of critical reading of our surroundings and, at the same time, a way to propose possible futures. I became an architect not only because of an aesthetic interest but because of the potential to influence people's daily lives and enhance their experience of space. What motivates me is not the form, but the meaning.
What are your priorities, technique and style when designing?
It was a deeply conscious choice. I knew that architecture brought together many of my interests: technique, creativity, art, theory, and social sensitivity. Although I was drawn to the artistic side, I discovered in architecture a way to intervene responsibly in the systems we inhabit.
Which emotions do you feel when designing?
I am attracted to projects that require technical precision but also those that allow space for symbolic, emotional, and political reflection. My greatest aspiration is to design works that don’t scream for attention but profoundly transform the lives of those who inhabit them.
What is your growth path? What are your future plans? What is your dream design project?
I believe a good designer solves problems; a great designer generates solutions and asks questions that open up new possibilities. The difference lies in the ability to transcend technical or formal solutions and touch on the human, ethical, cultural, and social dimensions. A great designer not only masters the craft but also constantly questions it.
What are your advices to designers who are at the beginning of their career?
To me, a good design becomes truly good when it responds to its context in a critical and conscious way, when it not only “works” but also communicates, integrates, and transforms. The kind of design that improves people’s lives, that is inclusive, sustainable, and coherent across all levels: spatial, technical, symbolic, and ethical.
You are truly successful as a designer, what do you suggest to fellow designers, artists and architects?
Good design is an investment in dignity, health, equity, and culture. I believe it’s not about luxury or superficial aesthetics, but about quality of life. A well-designed space has the power to reduce social tensions, improve human relationships, and promote more responsible use of resources. Investing in design is investing in our collective future, I believe architecture carries that social responsib
How do you decide if your design is ready?
These types of questions are tough for me, because it’s hard to choose just one or two figures. I believe many contribute to one's growth as a professional from Koolhaas to Álvaro Siza, Zumthor, Eisenman, and beyond architecture as well, artists like Jesús Soto or Carlos Cruz-Diez. They’ve all influenced my development and continue to inspire me at different moments.
What is your biggest design work?
As with the previous question, it’s hard for me to choose favorites. But I can mention, for example, Siza’s Portugal Pavilion or Bo Bardi’s Glass House, because of their structural delicacy and how they engage with the landscape. Libeskind’s Jewish Museum in Berlin or Miralles’ Igualada Cemetery stand out for the emotional intensity they achieve through space. These are works that don’t just look good, they think well.
Would you tell us a bit about your lifestyle and culture?
Almost a mantra for me, it’s about cultivating doubt, studying beyond architecture, and listening without prejudice. Personally, I’ve tried to stay in touch with theory, teaching, and writing. All of that nourishes design thinking. A good designer is not just someone who draws well they must think, read, teach, and above all, observe.
Would you tell us more about your work culture and business philosophy?
I probably would’ve become a musician, a painter, or something connected to the city. I’ve always been drawn to urban analysis, human behavior, and material culture. Architecture became the way I could combine many of those passions into a single practice.
What are your philanthropic contributions to society as a designer, artist and architect?
Design is a way of thinking and acting upon the world, it is language, strategy, and ethics. It is not just a response to a need, it is an act of responsibility and radical imagination, a critical interpretation. It also involves observing the world attentively, questioning it, and proposing alternatives that make it more just, livable, and meaningful. For me, it is a social, cultural, and political practice, as poetic as it is technical, that translates complex ideas into future everyday experiences of the collective imagination

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