The greatest architectural undertaking of the 20th century in Spain
The Universidad Laboral de Gijón
An Ensemble of Architecture and Art
This website was created to complement the book written by Rafael Morán Rumoroso, published by the Asociación de Antiguos Alumnos de la Universidad Laboral de Gijón and presented in October 2023 as part of the events celebrating the 75th anniversary of the start of construction of the building.
As the website develops, we will add further detail, and we will show and discuss everything that could not be included in the book, allowing the reader to deepen their knowledge of the architecture and works of art of the Universidad Laboral, as well as of those that were left unexecuted in 1957 when the works were halted.
Book published in 2024, which explains in detail how the architect Luis Moya designed the largest architectural complex in Spain, and what he based it on; more than 100,000 students were trained there in the various technical specialities of vocational education.
NEW BOOK ON THE WORKS OF ART IN THE GREAT ARCHITECTURAL COMPLEX
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This book is presented as a summary catalogue and inventory of 282 large-format pages (30 x 29 cm), carefully bound, in which each and every one of the works of art produced at the Universidad Laboral from 1950 onwards is catalogued in detail; these works survive today in a state of conservation that falls short of what this monumental architectural complex requires.
The architecture
THE IMAGES USED ON THIS WEBSITE COME FROM THE BLOG OF THE ASOCIACIÓN DE ANTIGUOS ALUMNOS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD LABORAL DE GIJÓN, FROM THE PERSONAL BLOGS OF FERNANDO VIZOSO, VÍCTOR MANUEL CAMBLOR PRIETO AND SUSI PEICH, AND FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE ESCUELA SUPERIOR DE ARQUITECTURA DE MADRID (UPM), as well as those taken directly by Rafael Morán.
Details of the murals intended for the assembly hall
In this section we will show details of the unpublished murals by the Zamora-born painter Delhy Tejero, which were to have been executed in mosaic by the artist Santiago Padrós and were intended, once translated into mosaic by Santiago Padrós, for the right and left walls of the assembly hall.
Discovered by Rafael Morán Rumoroso on 23.03.23, after 65 years of neglect during which they were presumed lost, they are now awaiting a decision by the Gobierno del Principado de Asturias on their restoration and conservation and on their final destination.
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It can be found in the Interior Art section
THE REPLACEMENT OF THE STATUES OF THE AULA MAGNA
They can be seen in the Architecture section. The group of sculptures
They can be found in the Interior Art section
It can be seen in the Architecture section.
PROGRESS OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORKS IN PHOTOGRAPHS
It can be seen in the section The Works / The Craftsmen
It can be seen in the Architecture section, under the crosses of the church and the tower.
Rafael Morán Rumoroso
info@universidad-laboral-gijon.es
