Laboral City of Culture

Originally conceived as a mining orphanage and transformed at the time of its construction into a Labour University, Luis Moya’s building was conceived as a great ideal autarkic city closed in on itself.
When in 2001 the Government of the Principality of Asturias took over the building of the Universidad Laboral de Gijón/Xixón, it was decided to renovate a space of great complexity, consolidating its educational functions and creating new complementary uses. It was then conceived to superimpose on the ideal city of Moya an idea of a new city, a centre of cultural and creative production of the twenty-first century, with spaces for learning and teaching; for seeing, hearing and consuming cultural products; for sharing networks, exchanging knowledge and communicating ideas.
Access to pets allowed, leashed, in yards and gardens.